Stefanos Tsitsipas was given a brief scare by lucky loser Zizou Bergs on Monday before roaring back to win his first-round match at the Australian Open 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. The Greek seventh seed, last year’s runner-up in Melbourne, had been due to face 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini but the Italian withdrew with an...
hivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal thumped the Afghan bowling to take India to a relatively easier yet another series victory at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Feels good, I just realised that I have got 200 T20 wickets. But what is important to keep doing well for India, honestly a few years later I won’t...
Australia batter Steve Smith is considered to one of the top cricketers in the world right now but it was his tennis skills that left everyone at the Rod Lever Arena in Melbourne stunned. Smith was part of a charity game involving Novak Djokovic ahead of the Australian Open and his skills left even the...
Chasing 159 runs, India lost four wickets, but Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh led the team to beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali in the first T20 International on 11 January. With this win, India lead the tri series by 1-0. India started their...
The buildup to the India vs Afghanistan T20I series has been all about the return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma into the T20I format. The star batters last played a T20I match at the 2022 T20 World Cup, where India lost in the semi-finals. Since then they have been limited to ODIs and Tests. However, for the last...
Veteran Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami became one of the 26 athletes to have been conferred with the Arjuna Award by President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday. Shami, who was India’s finest bowler in the ODI World Cup 2023, received the award in person, and was honoured by the president. After receiving India’s second-highest sporting award, Shami...
Double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and World No. 8 Prannoy HS will spearhead a strong Indian squad at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 slated to be held in Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 13 to 19. The prestigious team event will be important for Indian shuttlers to gain valuable qualification points in the Race...
Young Indian shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh on Monday secured two Olympic quota places for the country with gold medals in the men’s and women’s 10m Air Pistol events of the Asian Qualifiers in Jakarta. The duo’s qualification took the total number of Indian shooters bound for Paris to 15, equalling the highest-ever tally...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan on Sunday, January 7. Star cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are included in the T20I side after a gap of 14 months, hinting at their potential selection for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson also...
India beat South Africa by seven wickets at Newlands to level the series 1-1. Shreyas Iyer played the final shot to take India to victory. Earlier, An eventful first session on Day 2 came to an end with India needing 79 runs to win this Test and square the series. Seven wickets fell in the...