The Indian team’s worries ahead of its opening World Cup game against Australia have been compounded with in-form Shubman Gill suspected to be suffering from dengue, rendering him a doubtful starter for Sunday’s match against Australia. Ishan Kishan could open the innings in case Gill is ruled out. The BCCI is yet to confirm the nature of the illness...
Devon Conway (152*) and Rachin Ravindra (123*)-led New Zealand to victory by 9 wickets against England. The Kiwis crushed the defending champions as England bowlers had no clue how to deal with the massive storms named Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra. Sam Curran started well for England’s bowling as he dismissed opener Will Young early...
The Cricket World Cup 2023 is about to begin, with the defending champions England set to take last edition’s runners-up New Zealand in the opening clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Though a few reports of the opening ceremony being held ahead of the start of the curtain-raiser fixture floated a...
The ICC on Tuesday named legendary Sachin Tendulkar as the ‘Global Ambassador’ for the men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 beginning Thursday in Ahmedabad. Tendulkar, who has an enviable record of featuring in six 50 over World Cups in his decorated career, will walk out with the World Cup trophy before the opening match between England...
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has confirmed his visit to the city ahead of the Durga Puja festival. For the three-time Ballon d’Or winner, this will be the maiden visit to the football-crazy city that has hosted many legends of the world sport, including Pele, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. “Hello Everybody, I will be...
Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos’s own goal handed his old enemy Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Sevilla on Friday in La Liga, taking the Catalans top of the table. Veteran centre-back Ramos deflected Lamine Yamal’s header into his own net in the 76th minute to break the deadlock in a tight clash. The 37-year-old said this...
Japan scored two goals in the last five minutes to take the dominance factor out of the scoreline that had Abhishek’s brace and strikes by Mandeep and Amit Rohidas on the sheet. The Japanese, in fact, were only looking sharper when the final hooter sounded The young Indian women’s 4x200m freestyle relay rewrote the ‘Best...
Multiple Grand Slam winner Leander Paes on Tuesday emerged as the first Asian man to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the player category. The 50-year-old Paes was one of the six nominees announced for the Class of 2024. He will be competing with Cara Black, Ana Ivanovic, Carlos Moya, Daniel...
India landed a third gold medal the Asian Games 2023 when on Tuesday its Equestrian team secured a top-of-the-podium finish in the dressage event. Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela and their respective horses combined to score 209.205 and landed India its first gold in the sport after 41 years. At the 1982...
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Highlights: India Women successfully defended 116 to beat Sri Lanka Women by 19 runs and win a historic gold medal in cricket. Oshadi Ranasinghe kept Sri Lanka alive for the longest time in chase but her wicket has Sri Lanka with too much to get as they eventually finished...