Sports

DEVDUTT PADIKKAL: Valiant debutant’s gallant game

23 Sep 2020 08:03 AM IST

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an ideal forum to promote young cricketers, where new players not only share dressing rooms with the world’s top cricketers but also learn a lot from them. These cricket stalwarts of their era, who are now coaches of the teams of youngsters, even contribute

Samson-Smith knocks ferry RR to a mammoth victory over CSK

23 Sep 2020 08:02 AM IST

Samson’s 74 and Archer’s four sixes in last over propel Rajasthan Royals to a 16-run win over Chennai Super Kings.

Padikkal & Chahal star in RCB’s win over Sunrisers

22 Sep 2020 10:01 AM IST

RCB posted 163/4 in their allotted 20 overs and then defended the total by causing a sensational batting collapse at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Stoinis’ astonishing game makes him a star cricketer

22 Sep 2020 10:00 AM IST

If we have a look at the record of Marcus Stoinis in international cricket, there is nothing outstanding in it. But Stoinis has proved to be a brilliant match-winner for his team, Australia. This is actually the real sign of a big player who proves to be the most useful

Halep wins Italian Open as Pliskova retires due to injury

22 Sep 2020 10:00 AM IST

Former world number one Simona Halep on Monday won the women’s singles title at the Italian Open, earning the win after defending champion and longtime rival Karolina Pliskova was forced to retire due to injury in the second set while trailing 0-6, 1-2 in the summit clash. Halep, who had

Confident CSK eying to vanquish Rajasthan Royals

22 Sep 2020 10:00 AM IST

After an impressive outing in their IPL campaign opener against reigning champions Mumbai Indians (MI), the Mahendra Singh Dhoniled Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be up against the 2008 champions Rajasthan Royals in their second game of the season at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.For the Steve Smith-captained

2 players test positive for COVID -19 ahead of French Open

22 Sep 2020 09:59 AM IST

The organisers of the French Open on Monday confirmed that two players competing in the qualification tournament have tested positive for COVID-19. Along with these two players, one coach has also tested positive for the virus. However, the identities of players haven’t been revealed. Three other players also came in

Dhoni’s aggression influenced my style: Footballer Thapa

21 Sep 2020 16:27 PM IST

Indian sports professionals have always shown their admiration towards each other irrespective of what games they represented. Blue Tigers skipper Sunil Chhetri had earlier revealed how he drew inspiration from the legendary boxer M.C. Mary Kom while terming himself as her biggest fan. And now, Indianfootballer Anirudh Thapa has talked

Smith joins Rajasthan Royals squad, Buttler to miss first match

21 Sep 2020 13:57 PM IST

Australia cricketer Steve Smith has joined the Rajasthan Royals squad ahead of the team’s opening match of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and is excited for the tournament. “Good to be back here in Dubai with the Royals. Obviously, would have loved to be in India but there are

Stoinis leads DC to victory over Kings XI in Super Over

21 Sep 2020 13:56 PM IST

Stoinis shines as he picks two wickets off the last two balls of the match before smashing 53 off 21 balls to take an otherwise struggling DC past the 150-run mark.

Leggie Piyush Chawla makes leg-spin fashionable in IPL

21 Sep 2020 13:55 PM IST

The high-calibre leg-spinners such as Imran Tahir, Rashid Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal and Amit Mishra have really created an impact in the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the last few years. Theyall have made the leg-spin fashionable in this format of cricket. One leg-spinner, Piyush Chawla, however, remained marginalized and

Kohli’s RCB raring to challenge Warner’s Sunrisers

21 Sep 2020 13:54 PM IST

David Warner’s SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will start their campaign in this year’s IPL with a game against Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Dubai International Cricket stadium here on Monday. While the SRH have clinched the trophy once in 2016 — besides the 2009 triumph in their earlier