Sports

Wrestlers must be more careful, camp must go on: Yogeshwar

08 Sep 2020 02:36 AM IST

Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt on Monday said that the national wrestling camp should not be postponed despite four grapplers testing positive for Covid-19 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat. The camp is scheduled to start on 15 September. The wrestler-turned-politician suggested that the grapplers must

Gloveman Rishab’s batting stand him in good stead

08 Sep 2020 02:33 AM IST

Every player improves his game with the passage of time. Wickerkeeping of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not up to the mark during his initial days with Team India. He used to be looked down upon due to his average glove work then. But as the time passed by, Dhoni improved

Djokovic disqualified from US Open

08 Sep 2020 02:32 AM IST

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic gets disqualified after accidentally hitting a line umpire with a ball in a fourth round match.

England win second T20 against Oz to seal series

07 Sep 2020 03:36 AM IST

Riding high on Jos Buttler’s 77 off 52 balls, England romped home to a six wicket victory with seven balls to spare to win the series, their first in T20 cricket against Australia. It renders Tuesday’s game a dead rubber as far as the series is concerned but if England

Dhoni’s Rs 1,800 membership dues of JSCA kick up storm

07 Sep 2020 03:35 AM IST

A nondescript issue of Rs 1,800 dues that Mahendra Singh Dhoni apparently owes to his parent body, the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA), seems to be snowballing into a major controversy. More fuel was added to the fire after some school students and diehard fans of the legend collected the

How Hyderabad became a heritage city of sports

07 Sep 2020 03:33 AM IST

On 2 June 2014, Telangana became the youngest state of India with the city of Hyderabad (declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in March, 2013) as its capital, which it shares with Andhra Pradesh. About a century ago, the plague had wreaked havoc on Hyderabad. According to Anglo-Indian historian,

IPL schedule announced, MI to face CSK in opener

07 Sep 2020 03:30 AM IST

Defending champions Mumbai Indians will face threetime winners Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. The tournament starts on September 19 and will be entirely in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) behind closed doors amid the Covid-19 pandemic. MI and

Clouds of corona crisis hover over IPL

07 Sep 2020 03:28 AM IST

With prominent players like Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina withdrawing their names from Indian Premier League due to the Covid-19 scare, the fate of the tournament hangs in balance.

Harbhajan Singh pulls out of IPL 2020

05 Sep 2020 02:27 AM IST

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has pulled out of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) due to personal reasons. “Dear Friends, I will not be playing IPL this year due to personal reasons. These are difficult times and I would expect some privacy as I spend time with my family. @ChennaiIPLCSK

Lionel Messi confirms he will stay at Barcelona

05 Sep 2020 02:23 AM IST

Star striker of Barcelona FC, Lionel Messi said that he will remain at Barcelona next season after performing a shock U-turn on his future. La Liga responded with a statement after Messi’s declaration, reiterating its stance that the €700m release clause needs to be paid in full if the 33-year-old

Yorkshire to launch formal probe into Azeem Rafiq’s racism allegations

05 Sep 2020 02:22 AM IST

Yorkshire county cricket club have confirmed that they will launch a formal independent investigation into allegations of “institutional racism” made by their former spinner Azeem Rafiq. Rafiq, who played for Yorkshire between 2008 and 2018, in a recent interview to ESPNcricinfo, claimed that the abuse he suffered left him close

K.P. Thomas: Truly a modern-day Dronacharya

05 Sep 2020 02:20 AM IST

UNESCO recognises 5 October as the World Teachers’ Day to acknowledge teachers’ relentless and rigorous contribution towards education and development. However, in India, it is celebrated on 5 September. On this auspicious occasion, we must recall K.P. Thomas and his legacy. He was the first-ever physical education teacher-cum-coach to win