India thrash USA 22-0 in Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament
New Delhi: Playing their first tournament as junior world champions, Indian hockey colts thrashed United States 22-0 to register their third consecutive win at the seventh Sultan of Johor Cup on Wednesday in Johor Bahru. The India-USA fixture in hockey is...
Kerala high court restores life ban on Sreesanth
Kocchi: The Kerala high court on Tuesday restored the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, a news agency reported. The division bench of Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh ruled that the...
BCCI calls Anil Kumble just a ‘former bowler’, gets trolled
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India today faced criticism on Twitter after they referred to former India skipper and coach Anil Kumble as just a 'former bowler' when they wished him on his 47th birthday.
Asia Cup: India down Pak 3-1
Dhaka: India beat Pakistan 3-1 at the Asia Cup hockey tournament in Dhaka on Sunday. India scored through Chinglensana Singh (17), Ramandeep Singh (44), before Harmanpreet Singh sounded the board a minute later to close the contest. Ali Shan scored a late...
Australia’s team bus hit by rock in India after T20 win
Guwahati: A rock was thrown at Australia's team bus, smashing a window, after their eight-wicket T20 international win against India in Guwahati. Players and staff were travelling back to the hotel from the Barsapara Stadium, when the bus was hit. Cricket Australia...
Nagpur to host Second Test between India and Sri Lanka from Nov 24
Nagpur: The VCA’s Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur will be the venue for the Second Test between India and Sri Lanka to be played on November 24-28. India will play three Tests, three One-Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals against Sri...
ICC Umpire Richard Illingworth Hospitalised at Alexis Hospital in Nagpur
Nagpur: ICC umpire Richard Illingworth, who officiated as the third umpire in the fifth One Day International between India and Australia here has been hospitalised, following chest pain. The umpire from England was hospitalised on Monday, Director (Operations), Alexis Hospital,...
Ashish Nehra back in team for T20 series vs Australia
Mumbai:Veteran left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has made a comeback in the 15-member Indian team while selectors once again ignored senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the three-match T20 series against Australia, starting October 7. The selectors...
India vs Australia Series 2017 5th ODI Nagpur: India beats Australia by 7 wickets, becomes No. 1 ODI team in the world
Nagpur: Rohit Sharma struck a century as India beat Australia by seven wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground here on Sunday to end the series on a winning note. India thus won...
Newly laid pitch could reverse the recent trend in Nagpur
Nagpur: The pitch at the VCA Stadium does not have the best of track records in the past two years but curator Pravin Hingnikar asserted that the newly laid surface is likely to produce a good contest between India and...
India vs Australia: Hosts Look to Get Back to Winning Ways in Nagpur
Nagpur: Stopping a resurgent Australia would not be easy but a confident India would look to end the series on a high when they compete in the fifth and final ODI match on Sunday. The series already secured, India got the...
Ind-Aus ODI: Cops put VCA on notice over vexed issues but gives go-ahead nod
Nagpur: The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) that is hosting the fifth ODI between India and Australia at Jamtha Stadium on Sunday, October 1, has been put on notice by city police over a number of vexed issues. Police have shot...
BCCI nominates Dhoni for Padma Bhushan
The Indian cricket board has nominated Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the country's third highest civilian award -- the Padma Bhushan -- for his contribution to the game. A senior BCCI official confirmed that the Board has only sent one name...
PV Sindhu defeats Nozomi Okuhara to win Korea Open Super Series title
New Delhi: PV Sindhu will want to make sure that she puts the record straight when she takes on Nozomi Okuhara in the final of the Korea Open Super Series tournament on Sunday. The match will be held at the SK...
PV Sindhu enters Korea Open final, faces world champion Nozomi Okuhara
New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao 21-10 17-21 21-16 in a match that lasted an hour and six minutes. and progressed to the finals of women's singles at the USD 600,000 Korea Open Super...
CM Fadnavis launches Mission 1 Million
Mumbai/Nagpur: Under a new initiative Mission 1 Million, launched by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, over 10 lakh students across the state will play football. Fadnavis, also kicked the ball around in Bombay Gymkhana on the occasion, along with Dabbawalas of the...
Interschool 177 air rifle & pistol competition held in Nagpur
Nagpur: Interschool district air rifle and pistol competition (NMC & Gramin) was recently held at orange city sports shooting club from 7th September 2017- 9th September 2017. The tournament was organized by District Sports office Nagpur and co-organized by Orange city...
Centre Point School, Katol Road,Wins CBSE Cluster 9 basketball held in Ahmednagar
Nagpur: Two City school teams Centre Point School, Katol Road and BVM, Trimurti Nagar made their presence felt by winning the CBSE Cluster 9 basketball tournament for girls on Sunday. The five-day meet played in the U-17 and U-19 category was...
Indian under-17 cricketer allegedly drowns in swimming pool in Sri Lanka
New Delhi: 12-year-old Monath Sona Narendra, featuring in the Indian under-17 cricket team has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool in Sri Lanka. There were four members of the squad who were in the swimming pool of a hotel in Pamunugama...
Star India wins IPL media rights for 16,347.50 crore in auction
New Delhi: Star India edged out Sony Pictures to secure the Indian Premier League's media rights with a bid of Rs 16,347.50 crore on Monday. The bidding for various media rights of the cash-rich league was held in Mumbai for...
Bhumika Sinha bags gold at Karate Championship
Pune: Bhumika Sinha, a student of class seven MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul won the gold medal in the under-14 girls taluka level karate championship held at Wagholi on Saturday. Another student, Dhurv Ganguly also brough laurel to school by winning gold in...
