By G Unnikrishnan Chennai, February 25 India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak backed out-of-form opener Abhishek Sharma to regain his rhythm but did not rule out a tactical rejigging of the top-order, including playing Sanju Samson, in the must-win T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Zimbabwe here on Thursday. Coming into the ICC showpiece in […]
Read More
Prague, February 25 World Champion D Gukesh has categorically stated that the problems around cheating in chess are made to be bigger than their existence.Speaking during a press conference for the Prague International festival, Gukesh said he did not support Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who has been infamously levelling charges against quite a […]
Read More
By G Unnikrishnan Chennai, February 25 Bogged down by top-order brittleness and under pressure after a heavy loss, defending champions India would need every ounce of resilience they can muster when they take on a tricky Zimbabwe in their second Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Winning this contest by […]
Read More
By Amanpreet SinghAhmedabad, February 25 The West Indies’ big-hitting ability will face a stern test from South Africa when the two unbeaten teams square off in a Super 8 clash of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday, looking to tighten their grip on a semifinal spot. South Africa come into the contest after a […]
Read More
Chennai, February 25 The heavy loss to South Africa in their Super 8 opener was the “shakeup” title favourites India needed going into the business end of the T20 World Cup, said former head coach Ravi Shastri. India will be desperate to make a strong comeback against Zimbabwe here on Thursday after the heavy 76-run […]
Read More
By Mona Parthsarathi New Delhi, February 24 Past laurels will not guarantee selection, and players, irrespective of their stature, will have to fight for their spot in a potentially make-or-break year for the Indian women’s hockey team, its new coach Sjoerd Marijne has asserted.The Indian women’s team is going through a difficult phase. It failed […]
Read More
New Delhi, February 24 Indian long-distance runner Pooja Aatmaram had made a nervous dash away from her Chaperone ahead of a scheduled in-competition dope test last year, revealed the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) as it handed her a reduced three-year ban for early admission of guilt. The 30-year-old Pooja, who mostly competes in the 5000m […]
Read More
Gulmarg, February 24 Army made an emphatic start to the Gulmarg leg of the Khelo India Winter Games, winning three of the five gold medals at stake here on Monday. CRPF and Himachal Pradesh also finished among the gold medals on the first day. It was not a day for the favourites as veterans like […]
Read More
New Delhi, February 23 Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra on Monday announced the end of his eight-year tenure as vice chair of the International Olympic Committee’s athletes commission, describing his stint as one of the most meaningful chapters of his sporting journey. The 43-year-old Bindra, who became India’s first individual Olympic gold-medallist in the 2008 […]
Read More
Australia (Brisbane), February 23 Having secured a stunning T20I series triumph, reigning world champions India will have the psychological edge when they take on Australia in the first women’s ODI of a three-match series here on Tuesday.India had beaten Australia in the World Cup semifinal last year in Navi Mumbai, and the hosts would be […]
Read More
