Saina Nehwal and 4 other Indian shuttlers will play their pre-quarterfinal matches of the French Open Super Series Badminton tournament in Paris today. In the Women’s Singles, India’s shuttle queen and World Number 4 Saina will clash with Korea’s Yeon Ju Bae, while rising star PV Sindhu will take on Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland. In […]
Olympian Sumit Sangwan and 2 other Indian pugilists will battle it out in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships at Almaty in Kazakhstan today. Sumit Sangwan will lock horns with eighth seed Siarhei Novikau of Belarus in the 81kg division, while Vikash Malik will slug it out against fifth seed Miklos Varga of Hungary […]
Team India will tour South Africa later this year, to play 2 Tests and 3 One day international matches. This was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI and Cricket South Africa, CSA in a joint statement today. The date and venue of the matches will be announced later. BCCI gave […]
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has come into the top 10 of the world women’s doubles by gaining two spots to nineth place in the latest WTA Team Rankings issued today. Sania jumped from 11th spot despite not playing any event this week. The 26-year-old moved up as a result of other players dropping points. […]
North Zone and South Zone have been declared joint winners of the Duleep Cup cricket Trophy this year after the fifth day’splay of the final match was also called off without a ball being bowled in Kochi today. Only 10 overs on the second day on October 18 were possible in the five-day match […]
Shiva Thapa entered the quarterfinals of the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan today beating Argentina’s Alberto Melian in the 56kg category. The 19-year-old reigning Asian champion beat Melian in a split decision of 2-1. However, former cadet world champion Thokchom Nanao Singh bowed out of the event after losing his pre-quarterfinal bout 0-3 to eighth […]
Australia beat India by 4 wickets in the third one-dayer at Mohali to take 2-1 lead in the seven-match series. Chasing a stiff target of 304, the Australians rode on James Faulkner’s brutal unbeaten 64 off 29 balls, studded with two fours and six sixes, to dramatically change the complexion of the game and take […]
In the FIFA-Under 17 Football World Cup, Brazil takes on the host nation United Arab Emirates,UAE, while Slovakia plays against Honduras in Group-A matches in Abu Dhabi today. In Group-B, Italy will be pitted against New Zealand while Uruguay takes on African Champions Ivory Coast in Ras Al Kheimah. In the matches held on […]
India has retained its third position in the latest ICC Test rankings after South Africa and England. Proteans have 135 points followed by England and India with 116 points each. But England has decimal rating point advantage bringing at number two. Pakistan has moved to fourth place after its win against South Africa in the […]
The third one dayer between India and Australia is now going on at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. The run target is 304 set by India. Earlier, Australia captain George Bailey won the toss and opted to bowl first. Both teams made no changes in their line-up which played in Jaipur. The […]