Korea hold India to 2-2 draw in men’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey
Dhaka: Defending champions and Olympic bronze-medallists India were held to a 2-2 draw by a fighting Korea in their opening match of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey tournament here on Tuesday. Playing their first tournament after the historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, India started brightly and scored in the fourth minute through Lalit Upadhyay […]
Warner named ICC men’s player of month for Nov
Hayley gets women’s award
Dubai: Australia opener David Warner and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews were on Monday adjudged the men’s and women’s ICC Players of the Month of November after their superlative performances. Warner’s crucial efforts in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup which Australia won for the first time helped him pip Pakistan opener Abid Ali and […]
Jammu registers win in 33rd Jr Volleyball Championship
Advisor Khan distributes prizes among winners of the tourney
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today distributed the trophies among the winners and finalists of 33rd Junior level volleyball tournament organised by the Volleyball Association of J&K. On the occasion the Advisor was the chief guest, who also watched the final match played between the boys of Jammu and Kathua districts. Excise Commissioner, […]
JK shines in senior National Wushu Championship
Secretary Sports Council felicitates players
JAMMU: Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, today felicitated the medal winners of Senior National Wushu Championship held at Bhopal Madhya Pradesh recently. Terming this as a token of appreciation for all the hard work that athletes have put in to bring laurels for the Union Territory of J&K, she reaffirmed administration’s commitment towards acknowledging […]
Real Kashmir storm into second successive IFA Shield final
Kalyani (wb): Defending champions Real Kashmir FC beat Gokulam Kerala FC 2-1 to enter the final of the IFA Shield football tournament here on Sunday. The Malabarians dominated possession but the David Robertson-coached RKFC put up a cohesive display and converted their chances to storm into their second final on the trot. In the summit […]
Three West Indies cricketers in Pakistan hit by COVID-19
Karachi: Three West Indies cricketers have tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the limited-overs series in Pakistan starting next week. Cricket West Indies said on Saturday left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell and allrounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers tested positive in Karachi and are self-isolating for 10 days. All three were in the […]
Australia beats England by 9 wickets to open Ashes series
BRISBANE: Australia won the Ashes series opener by nine wickets on December 11 with 1 1/2 days to spare after Nathan Lyon picked up his 400th test wicket and quickly added three more to dismantle England’s bid to save the first test. England resumed Day 4 at 220-2 and Lyon struck in the fourth over, […]
England fined 100% match fee and docked five WTC points for slow-over rate
Dubai: England have been fined 100% of their match fee and penalised five ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the lost first Test in Brisbane. David Boon of the Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Joe Root’s side was ruled to be five overs short […]
ICC still not losing hope of featuring in 2028 Olympics as ‘additional sport’
New Delhi: The ICC is not losing hope of cricket being among “additional sports” to be played at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started the process of identifying the core sports for the grand sporting spectacle. The IOC on Thursday named 28 sports in the “initial programme” for the […]
Joe Root’s record helps lead an England rally in Ashes opener
Brisbane: Joe Root set a record for most runs in a calendar year by an England test batter and shared an unbroken 159-run stand with Dawid Malan on Friday to lead a rally in the Ashes series opener against Australia. Root was unbeaten on 86 and Malan was 80 not out when England reached 220-2 […]
