Zimbabwe players celebrate an Indian wicket during the T20 cricket match against India. | Photo Credit: Tsvangirayi Muikwazhi/AP Zimbabwe players celebrate an Indian wicket during the T20 cricket match against India. | Photo Credit: Tsvangirayi Muikwazhi/AP
NEW DELHI: Riyan Parag‘s father Parag Das presented him with the coveted India cap before the first T20I against Zimbabwe, marking a historic milestone as Riyan became the first male cricketer from Assam to represent the Indian national team.The occasion was infused with a palpable sense of pride and accomplishment, especially in the wake of…
Head coach Craig Fulton is well aware of the expectations from the Indian men’s hockey team in the upcoming Paris Olympics, and his mantra to his players is to play the game and not bother the occasion. “I agree that the expectations are higher after Tokyo bronze but the bottom line is that the team…
Joint-record time champion Uruguay will clash against Brazil in a Copa America 2024 quarterfinal match at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (Sunday in IST). The absence of Vinicius, who is suspended for accumulating yellow cards, should allow 17-year-old Endrick to start up front, with Rodrygo moving to either of the flanks….
India batter Abhishek Sharma became the fourth Indian to be dismissed for a duck on his T20I debut during the first T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Saturday. Sharma joined the likes of MS Dhoni, KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw in being dismissed for nought in their maiden T20I outing. The Punjab all-rounder was the…
NEW DELHI: Los Angeles Knight Riders player Derone Davis amazed spectators with an incredible display of fielding prowess during the Major League Cricket match against Texas Super Kings in Dallas early on Saturday.The incident took place in the 14th over of Super Kings’s chase when batter Joshua Tromp got an edge off a delivery by…
Kylian Mbappe’s broken nose remains a major concern for France as they head to the European Championship semi-finals, even if the France captain says he is not too bothered by his indifferent form. The importance of Mbappe to the French cause cannot be underestimated but an anonymous performance in Hamburg against Portugal in their quarter-final…
‘The kids’ Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams Jr. were off the pitch. The skipper and lead striker Alvaro Morata was taken out, too. Spain’s tactic had backfired and the 1-0 lead was let slip against Germany, leaving the Euro 2024 quarterfinal on a knife’s edge. A familiar story beckoned for la Roja. The previous three major…
NEW DELHI: Former India coach Ravi Shastri launched a scathing attack on Michael Vaughan after the former England captain criticised the scheduling of the T20 World Cup and suggested that it favoured India.Vaughan expressed strong disapproval regarding the tournament’s schedule, particularly in the aftermath of Afghanistan’s heavy defeat against South Africa in the semifinal match.He…
Joint-record time champion Uruguay will clash against Brazil in a Copa America 2024 quarterfinal match at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (Sunday in IST). Argentinian referee Dario Herrera will be officiating the match proceedings on the pitch. Herrera made his debut as a league referee back in 2013 and he became…
