Defending champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant will begin its Durand Cup campaign against Downtown Heroes on July 27 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. The Mariners are in Group A and have been paired with arch-rival East Bengal FC, Indian Air Force FT and Downtown Heroes FC. Mohun Bagan’s group stage will end…
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz know they won’t win anything on reputation alone playing together at the Paris 2024 Olympics but vowed on Wednesday to do everything in their power to overcome a lack of preparation. Nadal, the 2008 singles gold medallist, will pair up with Alcaraz in a tennis dream team at Roland Garros,…
In a funny exchange on social media, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh entertained their fans, reminding of the viral video from the Indian Premier League earlier this year when Rinku was seen requesting Virat Kohli to give him a bat.The Indian team is currently on the tour of Sri Lanka, which is…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is set to take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in France. A total of 117 Indian athletes (including seven reserves) will travel to the French capital to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Here, Sportstar looks at some Indian…
NEW DELHI: Sanath Jayasuriya, the interim head coach of Sri Lanka, disclosed on Wednesday that Zubin Bharucha, the high performance director of Rajasthan Royals, has assisted his batters in getting ready for the forthcoming Twenty20 series against India. The coach anticipates that his team will capitalize on the retirements of prominent players like Virat Kohli…
A staff member from the Canadian women’s football team has been detained by French authorities for flying a drone over a New Zealand training session ahead of their match at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Canadian Olympic Committee said it was “shocked and disappointed” by the incident on Tuesday in Saint-Etienne and was investigating. “We…
The French Alps have been selected to host the 2030 Winter Olympics the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday. The Games will be held over part of the world’s largest interconnected ski area, which covers 600km of runs between Courchevel, Méribel and Val Thorens. Sports will be organised in four clusters, in Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Briançon…
Sri Lanka should take maximum advantage of the absence of three star Indian players who have recently retired from Twenty20 international cricket and compete strongly in the upcoming three-match series, Sri Lanka’s interim coach Sanath Jayasuriya said Wednesday. Captain Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli and allrounder Ravindra Jadeja retired from the shortest format after…
NEW DELHI: The great Sachin Tendulkar has played many memorable match-winning knocks in his glittering career. And it was evident that teams used to plan specially to dismiss him in order to win matches.Against Pakistan, the Indian batting legend played quite a few match-winning knocks none better than the 98-run knock in the 2003 ODI…
