NEW DELHI: West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran set a new world record for the most sixes in a calendar year in T20 cricket during a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match on Saturday. Playing for Trinbago Knight Riders, Pooran smashed nine sixes in his 43-ball 97 against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, leading his team to…
Local boy Sumit Rathi, who hails from Muzaffarnagar, will wear the captain’s armband when Mohun Bagan Super Giant takes on arch-rivals East Bengal in a promotional derby at the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, here on Monday. The 23-year-old Rathi, who was part of the Mohun Bagan’s Indian Super League Winners Shield grabbing squad last…
FILE PHOTO: Chelsea’s Noni Madueke celebrates after Nicolas Jackson scored its first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers. | Photo Credit: REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Chelsea’s Noni Madueke celebrates after Nicolas Jackson scored its first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Odisha FC secured its place in the group stage of the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League 2024-25 with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Etihad Club of Jordan in its final Group B match. The match was a thrilling encounter from the start, with both teams creating early chances. Odisha’s Jennifer Kankam Yeboah opened the scoring…
British archer Jodie Grinham became the first pregnant Paralympics athlete to win a medal when she took bronze in women’s individual compound, official Paralympics social media accounts said on Saturday. Seven months pregnant, 31-year-old Grinham held her nerves to beat Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist and friend Phoebe Paterson Pine by a razor-thin 142-141 scoreline in…
NEW DELHI: KL Rahul‘s leadership has been praised by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fielding coach Jonty Rhodes, who acknowledged Rahul’s efforts since taking charge of the franchise in its inaugural season in 2022. Under Rahul’s captaincy, LSG made it to the playoffs in the first two seasons but finished seventh in the 2024 edition, raising…
Hockey India on Sunday announced financial assistance of Rs two lakh to the country’s men’s and women’s senior core group probables, who have not yet got jobs in government institutions or public sector undertakings. The decision was taken during Hockey India’s AGM here. Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said the decision was taken after it…
While Erling Haaland is back to scoring hat-tricks, Kylian Mbappe awaits his first league goal in the Royal White. Here’s what else unfolded in the beautiful game across the globe. Premier League Manchester City began its Premier League defence with a confident 2-0 win against Chelsea. However, in its following match against newly-promoted Ipswich Town, Pep…
After doing her mixed zone duties, Krittwika Sinha Roy had a brief, almost silent conversation with her husband Harmeet Desai before disappearing into the dressing room. It had been three months, Krittwika says, since both of them had met each other. Initially, her plan was to be in Chennai between August 26 and 28. On…
India haven’t lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2014-15, and while many of the Australian players have vowed to change the trend in the upcoming edition, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has predicted that the trend will continue with a 3-1 victory for India in the five-Test series.India’s much anticipated tour Down Under begins with the…
