Australian Open 1st round: Rafa Nadal wins in three sets
Melbourne: Rafael Nadal has renewed his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over American Marcos Giron. Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are tied with 20 major singles titles each. Federer is not playing due to his lengthy recovery from right knee surgery, and nine-time champion […]
KL Rahul should be made Test skipper: Sanjay Jagdale
Indore: Former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale believes that KL Rahul should be handed over the Indian Test cricket team’s captaincy as the 29-year-old batter can provide long-term leadership after Virat Kohli’s stunning decision to step down. Kohli on Saturday dropped a bombshell by quitting Test captaincy, a day after India suffered a Test series defeat […]
The Ashes, 5th Test: England collapse hands Australia dominant 4-0 series win
HOBART: Australia completed a dominant 4-0 Ashes series victory over England on Sunday by winning the fifth Test by 146 runs with two days to spare. England, set a target of 271 for victory, crashed to 124 all in the last session on the third day at Hobart, losing 10 wickets for 56 after Zak […]
Kohli’s decision to quit Test captaincy is personal, BCCI respects it: Ganguly
New Delhi: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has lauded Virat Kohli for taking the team forward in all forms of cricket during his stint as India skipper but said his decision to quit Test captaincy was a personal one. Kohli on Saturday ended his seven-year reign as India’s most successful Test captain, a day after an […]
Your legacy as captain will stand for benchmarks you set: Ashwin on Kohli
NEW DELHI: “Your legacy as a captain will stand for the kind of benchmarks you have set,” spinner R. Ashwin summarised Virat Kohli’s spectacular Test captaincy stint, as other members of the Indian cricket team also hailed the integrity and the vision of the talismanic leader. Kohli, who took over from MS Dhoni midway through […]
Kohli steps down as India Test captain
Cape Town: Virat Kohli on Saturday dropped a bombshell by quitting Test captaincy, a day after India suffered an unexpected series-defeat against a second-string South Africa. Kohli signed off as India’s most successful captain 40 wins in 68 Tests after being given the reins of the side back in 2014 when M S Dhoni stepped […]
South Africa beat India by seven wickets to win test series 2-1
CAPE TOWN: South Africa beat India by seven wickets to win the third Test and secure the series 2-1. Resuming the day 101 for two, South Africa go the job done in 63.3 overs with major contributions coming from Keegan Petersen (82), Rassie van der Dussen (41 not out) and Temba Bavuma (32 not out). […]
Sindhu enters semifinals of India Open
New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the women’s singles semifinals after defeating fellow Indian Ashmita Chaliha in straight games at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament here on Friday. Top seed Sindhu, a former world champion, took 36 minutes to get the better of 21-year-old Chaliha 21-7 21-18 and set up […]
Travis Head’s century lifts Australia
The Ashes, 5th Test Day-01
Hobart: Travis Head spoiled a promising start for England in the Ashes on Friday with his second century of the series as Australia recovered from 12-3 to reach 241-6 at stumps on a rain-hit first day of the fifth test. Head, who scored 152 in the opening test at Brisbane, counterpunched England’s early success with […]
WGAJK postpones all scheduled events for January
Srinagar, January 13: Winter Games Association of Jammu and Kashmir (WGAJK) postponed all events which were scheduled to be held this month at Gulmarg in association with J&K Sports Council. In statement issued here, president WGAJK Abbas Wani said that keeping in view the Covid guidelines, we are postponing all the competitions of Alpine, snowboard […]
