India will begin their three-match T20I series against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, with the world champions looking to put their recent struggles behind them. The Indian side has not been at its best in T20Is since winning the World Cup in March. They did sweep Zimbabwe 3-0 in … Read more
New Delhi, September 13: Old Trafford will be a cauldron of hostility and fierce rivalry as two of the most heated sides, Manchester United and Manchester City, will lock horns against each other in the 199th derby in the Premier League. It will also be the first time that Enzo Maresca will head out as … Read more
If you belong to the upper echelon of Indian pistol shooters, making it to the national team is nowhere near as tough as making a comeback to that level. The second act is what has always been the real hurdle. Jitu Rai will allude to its difficulty: Saurabh Chaudhary is still trying to regain all … Read more
India are set to begin their three-match T20I series against Afghanistan with the first match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, September 13. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM IST, with the toss taking place at 6:30 PM. The series is part of both teams’ preparations for the … Read more
The internal rift within Hockey India (HI) took a new turn on Saturday after its president Dilip Tirkey served a show cause notice to Director General Cdr RK Srivastava, stripping him of all his powers. The reason for the legal notice was to “maintain discipline, accountability and the smooth functioning of HI”. “On behalf of … Read more
Boxer Preeti Pawar has a mountain staring at her at this Asian Games. The line-up for the 54kg is almost like the Olympics. A stack of familiar and seasoned names are tilting their lances at the CWG champion and World No 3; three-time world champion and Tokyo Olympics (51kg) bronze medallist Huang Hsiao-wen of Chinese … Read more
Sunday’s feature event, the S A Poonawalla Million (Gr 3), will be a unique race in the sense three of the seven contestants in the fray are still unbeaten. And there is every chance that these three–Jaandaar, Avener and Invincible Force–will be concerned at the judge’s end. The first-named, who humbled the good type Lady … Read more
Joe Root led from the front as England survived a major wobble to beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday, sealing a 3-0 series whitewash. The home team, chasing just 130 to win, were in deep trouble when openers Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay were dismissed in the first … Read more
Ahead of their much anticipated derby clash with Manchester United, waxed lyrical about the Sky Blues’s new £125 million (approx Rs 1616 crore) signing Enzo Fernandez, who has fitted in seamlessly at the heart of their midfield despite arriving from Chelsea with the English Premier League season already underway. Hailing the Argentine’s leadership skills as … Read more
Chelsea’s English Premier League title hopes suffered another blow as Hull City continued their stunning start to the season, holding Xabi Alonso’s Blues to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Mohamed Belloumi was the hero of the day for newly-promoted Hull, who are yet to lose a top-flight game this season, netting twice … Read more