BURMINGHAM: India’s medal surge in the Commonwealth Games continues. India’s PV Sindhu wins gold in badminton singles. She beat Canada’s Michelle Li 21-15, 21-13 in the women’s singles badminton final.This is her first individual gold in the Commonwealth Games. With this, she had won five medals in the games. She had won bronze in 2014 […]
BIRMINGHAM: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday.Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal […]
Sanket Mahadev Sargar bagged India’s first medal by winning silver in the 55kg weight lighting category at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. Sanket lifted a total of 248 kg but came second after suffering an injury in the second attempt. Meanwhile, Malaysian Mohammed Aniq bagged gold by lifting 141kg (249 kg total) in the […]
NEW DELHI: Mithali Raj, The Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, on Wednesday announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket. 39-year-old Mithali is retiring as the leading run-scorer in the women’s ODIs. She represented the national team in 232 matches and has scored 7805 runs at an average […]
SYDNEY: Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has passed away of a suspected heart attack. He was 52 years old. He was found in his villa in Koh Samui, Thailand.‘Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. The family requests privacy at this time […]
India defeated England by four wickets to win the World Under-19 title for a fifth time on Saturday. India made 195 for 6 with 14 balls to spare after dismissing England, playing their first final in the tournament in 24 years, for 189. Fast bowler Raj Bawa claimed 5-31 while Ravi Kumar finished with 4-34. […]
DUBAI: Mitchell Marsh and David Warner played knocks of 77 and 53 respectively as Australia lifted its maiden T20 World Cup title here at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.In the summit clash, Australia outclassed New Zealand by eight wickets with seven balls to spare while chasing a target of 173. Chasing 173, Australia got […]
NEW DELHI: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will be given to 12 sportspersons including PR Sreejesh, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar and Lovlina Borgohain. The awards will be given in New Delhi on November 13. The award was announced by the Union Ministry of Sports. Sreejesh is the third Keralite to receive the Khel Ratna […]
The Indian men’s hockey team’s dream of entering the Olympics final after 41-years remained unfulfilled as it lost 2-5 to world champions Belgium in the last-four stage but the side is still in the hunt for a bronze in the Tokyo Games here on Tuesday. Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th, 53rd minutes), the tournament’s highest goal […]
TOKYO: Shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday became the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. Sindhu defeated China’s He Bing Jiao in the bronze medal match of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1. Sindhu defeated Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in the bronze medal match that lasted for 52 […]