NEW DELHI:India skipper Virat Kohli and ace off-spinner R Ashwin were on Tuesday nominated for the International Cricket Councils (ICC) Mens Player of the Decade award.
NEW DELHI: West Indies legend Brian Lara has termed Suryakumar Yadav "a class player" and feels that the 30-year-old should have been a part of the India squad for the upcoming series against Australia, which begins this Friday.
PANAJI: "I've never had the chance to watch a Kolkata derby live at the stadium," says Sandesh Jhingan, one of the biggest names in Indian football in contemporary times.
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF), along with the International Professional Scouting Organisation (IPSO), is set to organise an online scouting workshop from Monday to Friday.
NEW DELHI: Irfan Pathan's in-swinging yorker that slipped through Adam Gilchrist's defences in the Sydney Test during the 2003-04 series, was a rare piece of bowling artistry in a game dominated heavily by batsmen -- 1,747 runs were scored and only one innings that of Australia's first -- was completed.
NEW DELHI: Less than a fortnight after he led Delhi Capitals to the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as coach of the franchise, Ricky Ponting is already back at the nets guiding the Justin Langer-coached Australian cricket team inside their Sydney quarantine hub.
NEW DELHI:Steve Smith's return is a big plus for Australia and a "big headache" for Team India, feels Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell ahead of the blockbuster clash which begins next week.
NEW DELHI: AIFF's developmental team Indian Arrows is set to begin training for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown, with the camp set to begin on Friday in Bhubaneswar. 28 players have been selected for the first phase along with six officials, led by head coach Venkatesh Shanmugam.
KARACHI:The players of Karachi Kings, who won the fifth edition of the recently-concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL), has each been awarded a flat by the franchise owner, as per a Pakistani journalist
CHANDIGARH: Lawn Tennis Association has organized the HPCL-CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament for Boy’s & Girl’s under-16 from 16th to 18th November, 2020.
NEW DELHI: Defending champion Srinu Bugatha will lead the Indian elite men's category alongside Abhishek Pal, Avinash Sable and Pradeep Singh at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon slated to be held on November 29.
CHANDIGARH:Top seed Aditya Chauhan and second seed Radhika Vasudeva advanced into finals of the HPCL-CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
PANAJI:The overhaul of players and staff at Mumbai City FC during the off season saw the club recruit a familiar face in Indian football, with Sergio Lobera taking over the reigns as the club's new head coach. The Spaniard will be looking to add the elusive Indian Super League trophy to the club's cabinet, and has expressed his full faith in the current balance and set-up of the squad ahead of the much-anticipated 2020-21 edition of the league.
NEW DELHI:Midfielder Anirudh Thapa feels the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is a gilt-edged opportunity for football fans in India to experience the greatest spectacle that the sport can offer.
NEW DELHI: West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford was recently spotted wearing his Indian Premier League's (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians gloves while playing for Karachi Kings during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020.
MUMBAI:Ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) which will be played behind closed doors amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Star Sports and FSDL have brought forward a series of exciting opportunities for fans to engage with their favourite clubs and players.
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced MPL Sports, the athleisure wear and sports merchandise brand from esports platform Mobile Premier League, as the new kit sponsor and official merchandise partner for the Indian cricket team.
CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh’s Karandeep Kochhar clinched victory on his home turf with a stoic last round effort of three-under-69 at the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2020 Presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.
NEW DELHI:Virat Kohli has been granted paternity leave and he will return to India after the first of the four Tests against Australia ends on December 21, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.
KOLKATTA:Jamal Bhuyan, who led Bangladesh against India in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup Joint Qualifier last year, has revealed that the entire team was charged up ahead of the game and he had an added task of marking his Indian counterpart Sunil Chhetri.
NEW DELHI:Minerva Academy has been accredited by the sports ministry as Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE).
SAN FRANCISCO: US-based video game company EA has revealed that FIFA 21 is delayed and will arrive on Google Stadia Cloud gaming service next year.
BENGALURU: Indian men's hockey team midfielder Sumit feels the Asian Champions Trophy, which will be their first assignment since the outbreak of novel coronavirus, will be a perfect platform to test where the team stands.
ABU DHABI : Marcus Stoinis's all-round performance, Shikhar Dhawan's superb 50-ball 78, and pacer Kagiso Rabada's four-wicket haul propelled Delhi Capitals (DC) into their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) final with a 17-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the second Qualifier here on Sunday.
AGRA:The Agra police have begun investigating details of the scam involving sportspersons in the city, desirous of participating in the Khelo India Games, after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) registered an FIR against an alleged mastermind, from the city.
SHARJAH: Velocity captain Mithali Raj on Thursday won the toss and elected to bat against Trailblazers in second match of the Women's T20 Challenge 2020 being played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
CHENNAI:After a nine-month break, the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2020 will resume in a bio-bubble at the MMRT circuit on Saturday and behind closed doors necessitated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has signed a multi-year deal with sports marketing firm Baseline Ventures. Baseline will now be managing all the commercial interests of Gaikwad.
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia on Thursday announced the schedule for first 21 Big Bash League (BBL) 2020-21 matches in December in which it confirmed that bubbles in Hobart and Canberra will host the initial games starting December 10 before venues in Queensland (December 23) and Adelaide (December 28) join the party.
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India has lodged an FIR and demanded an immediate probe after several athletes across the country were duped of money through a false advertisement for next year's Khelo India Games slated to be held in Panchkula.
NEW DELHI: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) will conduct another set of online education workshops during the course of this month for Hockey India coaches, technical officials and umpires. A group of 15-30 coaches and umpires will be attending two workshops this month.
SHARJAH: SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain David Warner on Tuesday said that the team has done well to turn around its fortunes since falling to a 12-run defeat to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) while chasing a target of 128 last month.
ABU DHABI :Delhi Capitals pacer Kagiso Rabada and KL Rahul of Kings XI Punjab are currently leading the respective bowling and batting charts following the completion of 55 matches in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
LAHORE: South Africa's Faf du Plessis will make his Pakistan Super League debut when he will turn out for Peshawar Zalmi in the playoffs stage of the tournament, which will resume from November 14.
BENGALURU: It has been exactly one year since both Indian hockey teams secured their Olympic berth in Bhubaneswar following successful outing in the Olympic Qualifiers at the iconic Kalinga Stadium.
NEW DELHI:With a fresh spike of 45,230 coronavirus infections and 496 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday rose to 82,29,313 said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
DUBAI: Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg has heaped praise on Eoin Morgan, saying the KKR skipper has carried the middle order of Kolkata Knight Riders throughout the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
NEW DELHI: Going forward in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this season, it seems teams winning the toss will look to chase totals since dew on the ground is making it hard to defend.
DUBAI: Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who dismissed MS Dhoni during Kolkata Knight Riders' crushing six-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings in their last Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter, was seen taking tips from the former India skipper following the conclusion of the match.
MUMBAI: A total of 150 players have resumed limited sports activities in Maharashtra in accordance with the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) recent guidelines amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
