Monika has not only made her school, her academy, her teachers & coaches proud; but also her entire village and district is proud of her. Studying in 9th standard, Monika Daroga belongs to a small village in Bhilwara. An ambitious child as her teachers say, Monika has also been very active ... Read More »
India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday became country’s highest run-getting Test skipper overseas. Virat Kohli achieved the milestone during the opening day of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The record was previously held by former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, who has 1693 runs to his name. Ahead ... Read More »
Jose Mourinho’s fears over failing to sign a new centre-back were realised as a shambolic defensive display saw his Manchester United side lose 3-2 at Brighton on Sunday. For the first time in nearly two years, Mourinho’s men conceded more than twice with all three Brighton goals arriving before half-time ... Read More »
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will be fighting for records when the all-star pair clash in Sunday’s final at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters. Federer, a seven-time champion here, will be bidding to increase his tournament leading total, while Djokovic is keen to win the only Masters 1000 tournament missing from his ... Read More »
Bajrang Punia snatched the spotlight from fading superstar Sushil Kumar to open India’s gold account at the 18th Asian Games after the shooters delivered just a bronze in a low-key start to their campaign on Sunday. An in-form Bajrang won his maiden Asian Games gold in the 65kg category but a rusty Sushil lost ... Read More »
Hardik Pandya stole the limelight with his maiden five-wicket haul as India made a strong comeback in the series by taking complete control of the third cricket Test against England, on Sunday. At stumps on day two, India were well placed at 124 for two in 31 overs in their ... Read More »
“Sports Authority of India is being renamed. The word authority is being removed. It will be known as Sports India now,” sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said. The sports body, established in 1984, organised its 50th GB meeting, where it was also decided that coaches will be given a say ... Read More »
Salt Lake City (USA) : Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumar shrugged off her poor run of form by clinching gold medal in the women’s recurve event at the World Cup (Stage III) after a gap of six years beating Germany’s Michelle Kroppen 7-3 to qualify for the circuit Final, later this ... Read More »
Neymar’s father on Sunday called on supporters of the Brazilian star not to get into online disputes with the many critics of his performance so far at the World Cup. “Guys, cool down on social media. Avoid insulting anyone. If you want to support Juninho (Neymar), do it positively,” Neymar Sr ... Read More »
A hat-trick from Harry Kane helped England thrash Panama 6-1 in the World Cup Group G game at the jam-packed Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Sunday. The match against Panama marked England’s biggest win ever at the World Cup finals. With this resounding win, England have secured a last 16 place in the ... Read More »
Chhetri, who is set to play his 100th match in national jersey against Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai on Monday, has requested the Indian sports fans through a video uploaded on his Twitter handle to come and watch the team play. His plea got the backing of Kohli ... Read More »
Antalya: In Archery, the Recurve Women”s team of Deepika Kumari, Promila Daimary and Ankita Bhagat will play for Bronze medal on Saturday (May 26) against the archers of Chinese Taipei. On Friday, India opened its account at the second stage of the World Cup Stage II at Antalya in Turkey ... Read More »
Udaipur : Arjun Vajpai, Mountain Dew ambassador and the mountaineer to summit five peaks over 8000 metressuccessfully completed his expedition up the world’s third highest peak,Mt. Kangchenjunga. With this, he now becomes the youngest mountaineer in the world to scale six peaks above 8000 metres.The 24-year-old scaled the 8,586 meters ... Read More »
Gold medal winner received a cash award of Rs 30 lakh, silver medallist Rs 20 lakh and bronze medallist Rs 10 lakh. Sports Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore said that our sportspersons have amazing capacity to do well in every sport and not just in skill-based games. Rathore added sportspersons are ... Read More »
PUNE: Pune-based 17-year-old swimmer Sampanna Ramesh Shelar became the first person in the world to double cross Bangla Channel on Friday. Shelar created the world record by becoming the first person to swim to and fro from Saint Martin’s Island Jetty to Teknaf in Bangladesh also known as the Bangla ... Read More »
Chennai: All T20 matches scheduled to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium will now be reportedly shifted to another venue outside Tamil Nadu. The move comes on the back of anti-IPL protests across the state and a day after two protesters hurled slippers on the field during a CSK ... Read More »
Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan has demanded a monthly compensation of Rs 10 lakh per month for the interim period when the case is on. Hasin Jahan has demanded Rs 7 lakh as family maintenance while Rs three lakh per month for the child. According to the lawyer ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: Days after Shahid Afridi raked up the ‘Kashmir issue’, another former Pakistani cricketer has tweeted on India-Pakistan relationship. Shoaib Akhtar, the former fast bowler, on Saturday said that youth of both the countries need to stand up and ask authorities to sort out pending issues. “Both side of youth ... Read More »
SYDNEY: A distraught David Warner issued an abject apology for his role in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal on Saturday and said he was resigned to the prospect of never playing cricket for Australia again after his 12-month ban. In a fourth highly emotional media conference in three days involving the Australian cricket team, the ... Read More »
Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami, who is engaged in a legal battle with his wife Hasin Jahan and facing charges of adultery and domestic violence, on Sunday met with a road accident while travelling from Dehradun to Delhi. The pacer reportedly suffered injuries on his head and was given stitches shortly ... Read More »
