Sports

Smith, Warner’s presence a challenge: Pujara

18 Nov 2020 08:25 AM IST

India are capable of repeating their heroics from their successful 2018-19 test tour in Australia even though the hosts are stronger this time with the return of batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith, India’s Cheteshwar Pujara has said. Both Warner and Smith were unavailable for Australia while serving 12-month ball-tampering

SERENA REVEALS WHAT ‘WENT WRONG’ ON WAY TO MEETING DAUGHTER OLYMPIA

18 Nov 2020 08:23 AM IST

Twenty three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has opened up about the time before her daughter’s birth and how she feared she might not return to the tennis court post her delivery. In April 2017 after winning the Australia Open title, Williams had revealed she was 20 weeks pregnant and

CRICKETERS AIRLIFTED AFTER NEW COVID CASES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

18 Nov 2020 08:23 AM IST

MELBOURNE: As an emergent measure, several members of the Australian Test squad were on Tuesday airlfited from South Australia, following a Covid-19 outbreak there, to New South Wales to save a domestic season, which includes a full series against India, from complete disruption due to the pandemic. The players, airlifted

Cricket Australia ‘committed’ to host Adelaide Test despite Covid-19 spike

18 Nov 2020 08:20 AM IST

In a statement, Cricket Australia says: ‘CA continues to monitor the situation in South Australia but remains committed to hosting the first Vodafone Test against India at the Adelaide Oval.’

STRONG ATLETICO START HAS SUAREZ DREAMING OF TITLE

17 Nov 2020 11:54 AM IST

Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez has talked up his side’s La Liga title chances ahead of next week’s showdown against former club Barcelona, saying his side’s strong start to the campaign could give them an edge. Atletico have won five of their first seven games and are the only unbeaten

IOC CONFIDENT ABOUT TOKYO GAMES EVEN AS CASES SURGE

17 Nov 2020 11:51 AM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach expressed confidence on Monday that the Tokyo Games will be held successfully next year, even allowing spectators to attend, as the world grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. Bach’s two-day visit to Tokyo is likely to bolster Japan’s efforts to stage

ARSENAL BECOME FIRST PL CLUB TO JOIN UN SPORTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION FRAMEWORK

17 Nov 2020 11:48 AM IST

Arsenal on Monday became the first Premier League club to sign up to the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate Action Framework. The UN initiative aims to bring together the global sports community with a commitment to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement and support the ambition to

IPL cash-cow delivers even amid pandemic times

17 Nov 2020 11:45 AM IST

The robust appeal of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was once again highlighted this year after the world’s richest Twenty20 league escaped the economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic with only a few minor scratches. The Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) league, which has an estimated brand value of $6.8 billion,

FREE FROM DOMESTIC DUTY, FIRST-CLASS BOWLERS FOR INDIA’S NETS IN AUSTRALIA

17 Nov 2020 11:44 AM IST

With no plans of any first-class cricket in India as of now, it has become easier for the Indian team to send an entire contingent with the net bowlers to Australia with no compulsion of releasing the net bowlers, all first-class players, for domestic season. The dates of the domestic

India’s preparations at full steam, Oz keen to hit back

17 Nov 2020 11:41 AM IST

The Indian cricket team is using innovative ways to counter the extra bounce and pace they are expected to face on Australian surfaces over the next two months.

Bach arrives in Tokyo to review preparations for Olympics

16 Nov 2020 08:03 AM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrived in the Japanese capital on Sunday for a four-day visit to review the preparations for the postponed Olympic Games with top Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Tokyo 2020 organising committee had announced on Friday that Bach will be awarding the

Dream the impossible: Lewis to kids after equalling Schumacher’s record

16 Nov 2020 08:02 AM IST

Lewis Hamilton’s astounding performance in the Turkish Grand Prix gave him his 10th victory of the season—and, more crucially, saw him claim the seventh drivers’ title of his career, to equal the record of Michael Schumacher. The 51-year-old retired German racer won his 7th World Championship in Formula One in