CS meets Paralympian Amir Ahmed; star Footballers of J&K
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Duloo, today met Amir Ahmad Bhat, who is going to partake in the Pistol Shooting competition at the Paralympics, going to be held in Paris at the end
Afridi looking forward to cricket’s Super Bowl on June 9, says it will be battle of nerves
New York: Shahid Afridi sees the India-Pakistan contest as an equivalent to the hugely popular ‘Super Bowl’ in USA and reckons whichever team handles nerves better will come out on top in
T20 WC: Australia chase history, Pakistan open campaign against USA
Bridgetown (Barbados): With the World Test Championship mace and the 50-over World Cup trophy already in their bag, Australia will look to hit the ground running in their quest to become the
CartoonNetherlands open Twenty20 World Cup campaign with six-wicket win over Nepal
Texas: Netherlands beat Nepal by six wickets with eight balls remaining in a tight contest that was delayed by rain at the Grand Prairie here. The Dutch opted to bowl first and
All-round Afghanistan trounce Uganda by 125 runs for winning start in T20 World Cup
Providence (Guyana): Pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi produced a fiery spell after Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran struck half centuries in a solid opening partnership as Afghanistan began their T20 World Cup campaign with
Gavaskar picks Kohli to open for India against Ireland, wants Jaiswal at No. 3
New York: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels Virat Kohli should open alongside skipper Rohit Sharma in India’s T20 World Cup game against Ireland on Wednesday with Yashasvi Jaiswal dropping down to the
T20 WC: India open against gutsy Ireland in renewed quest for World Cup glory
New York: Sceptics call them ‘old wine in new bottle’ but a clutch of superstar Indian cricketers would leave no stone unturned to break away from their archaic template when they take
Trumpelmann, Wiese shine as Namibia win in Super Over
Bridgetown (Barbados): Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann became the first player to take wickets in the first two deliveries of a T20 international as his team beat Oman via the Super Over in a
GR8 Sports India Pvt. Ltd. Kashmir Willow bats used in third consecutive T20 World Cup
Srinagar: Cricket bats made by GR8 Sports India Pvt. Ltd., using Kashmir Willow, have been featured in their third consecutive T20 World Cup. Two international players from Oman, Mehran Khan and Bilal
USA thump Canada by seven wickets, begin tryst with top-flight cricket in style
Dallas: Tournament co-hosts USA announced their arrival in top-flight cricket in spectacular fashion as Aaron Jones led a seven-wicket pasting of Canada with a 40-ball 94 in the opening match of the
Over 40 pc ads in Cricket World Cup 2023 promoted smokeless tobacco brands: Study
New Delhi: Nearly half of the advertisements telecast during the last 17 matches of the Cricket World Cup 2023 were surrogate promotion of smokeless tobacco brands, according to a study that has
From slums of Kampala to T20 World Cup: Story of Uganda’s inspirational rising stars
New Delhi: An estimated 60 per cent of Ugandan capital Kampala’s population lives in slums and fast bowler Juma Miyagi is a cult figure in these impoverished areas. These usually football-loving people
Last Dance: Final chance for Kohli, Rohit to give India a World Cup after 13 years
Bengaluru: It’s tough to find two cricketers who are so different from each other yet so closely intertwined by the same thread of fate as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rohit’s initiation
Sachin Tendulkar likely to be present in New York for T20 World Cup game between India and Pakistan
New Delhi: The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will have a very special person supporting them as the legendary Sachin Tendulkar is expected to be present during their marquee T20 World Cup
Unsung heroes: BCCI announces cash rewards for IPL’s groundsmen and curators
New Delhi: Describing them as “unsung heroes”, BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Monday announced that groundsmen and curators of all the 10 regular IPL venues will be given Rs 25 lakh each
Title No 3: Kolkata’s Knights are IPL’s ‘Super Kings’
By: Kushan Sarkar/PTI Chennai: Mitchell Starc was magical. Andre Russell was mesmerising. Gautam Gambhir remained stoic. Shah Rukh Khan hid his emotions behind a mask. Those contrasting pictures vividly conveyed Kolkata Knight
How I should be rated as captain is up to you people: Shreyas Iyer amid hype about Gambhir
Chennai: Shreyas Iyer-led teams have reached IPL final two times in the last four years. But the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper has little qualms about not being celebrated enough as a leader
Shaheen Afridi was never offered vice-captaincy role: PCB
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday said the national selectors never offered vice-captaincy role to Shaheen Shah Afridi in the run-up to the next month’s T20 World Cup in the
JKSC conducts series of sports activities
SRINAGAR: Continuing its endeavour to organize sports activities to emphasize the importance of sports, the departmental cricket tournament by J&K Sports Council (JKSC) keeps on drawing crowds each passing game. Amid an
India, the biggest promotor of T20 cricket, is determined to end a World Cup title drought
New Delhi: In the ever-growing Twenty20 cricket landscape, India boasts the richest and most-watched league in the world. Yet, all that investment and attention hasn’t translated into international success for India’s national