Sports

Sindhu, Sen advance; Saina retires with injury in French Open

28 Oct 2021 05:03 AM IST

India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Denmark’s Julie Jakobsen in straight sets to advance into the second round of the women’s singles event at the French Open 2021 on Wednesday. Battling it out at the Court 2 of Stade Pierre de Coubertin, the two-times Olympic medallist and reigning world champion,

Nishant Dev cruises into 2nd round

28 Oct 2021 05:02 AM IST

India’s Nishant Dev put up a brilliant performance to progress into the second round of the 71kg category at the 2021 AIBA Men’s Boxing Championships in Belgrade on Wednesday. Making his debut at the world’s prestigious event, the Karnataka boxer looked in good touch against Laszlo Kozak as he hit

NAMIBIA HOLD NERVE TO BEAT SCOTLAND BY 4 WICKETS

28 Oct 2021 04:59 AM IST

Namibia kicked off their Super 12 campaign with a victory against Scotland by 4 wickets in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Namibia faced certain difficulties but the team was able to chase the modest target of 110 with five balls to

Jason Roy, spinners shine as England thump Bangladesh by 8 wickets

28 Oct 2021 04:58 AM IST

England batter Jason Roy played a crucial knock of 61 runs as his side defeated Bangladesh by eight wickets in their clash here at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Wednesday. With this win, England went to the top of the table in Group 1 after they consigned Bangladesh to

HOCKEY JUNIOR WORLD CUP IN BHUBANESWAR TO BE PLAYED WITHOUT SPECTATORS

27 Oct 2021 04:00 AM IST

The FIH Odisha men’s Hockey Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021 scheduled to begin on November 24, will be a telecast-only affair as Hockey India and FIH jointly decided to hold the marquee quadrennial tournament without the presence of spectators as part of precautions against COVID-19. “With the sheer popularity of

Matteo Berrettini seals spot in 2021 ATP Finals

27 Oct 2021 04:00 AM IST

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini will make his second ATP Finals appearance after becoming the sixth singles player to qualify for the 2021 season finale, to be held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin from November 14-21. The 25-year-old secured his return to the year-end championships for the first time since 2019

NZ PACER FERGUSON RULED OUT OF T20 WC WITH CALF TEAR

27 Oct 2021 03:58 AM IST

New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE with a calf tear. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) in a release stated “Ferguson felt tightness in his right calf following training last night (Tuesday) and a subsequent MRI scan on

As team we were taken aback, says SA skipper Bavuma on De Kock’s withdrawal against WI

27 Oct 2021 03:57 AM IST

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma said the Proteas respect opener Quinton de Kock’s decision to not take a knee in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Tuesday. De Kock decided not to take the knee ahead of Tuesday’s game against the West Indies and the batter missed the match following

MAKRAM SHINES AS SOUTH AFRICA BEAT WINDES BY 8 WICKETS

27 Oct 2021 03:56 AM IST

Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen starred as South Africa thrash West Indies by eight wickets in the Group 1 encounter of Super 12s in the ongoing ICC men’s T20 World Cup here at the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday. South Africa chased the target of 144 with eight

Haris Rauf, Asif Ali fire Pakistan to thrilling win against New Zealand

27 Oct 2021 03:54 AM IST

Haris Rauf scalped four before Asif Ali blistering cameo of 27 in 12 balls helped Pakistan defeat New Zealand by five wickets here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 on Tuesday. Pakistan limited New Zealand to 134 for eight and then chased down the

AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW TO BE NEW TEAMS IN IPL AS CVC CAPITAL AND RPSG WIN BIDS

26 Oct 2021 04:16 AM IST

Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new members of the Indian Premier League (IPL) family as it will now be a ten-team affair from the next season. The bidding took place at the Taj Hotel in Dubai on Monday and it is the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) (Lucknow) and CVC

Both powerplays were bad and decisive for India

26 Oct 2021 04:12 AM IST

India-Pakistan matches are always high voltage matches but this time, the Indian team was very good on paper but we lost the match in powerplay itself. Neither our batsmen played a good cricket in the batting powerplay nor the bowlers could get any wickets during this period. In fact, when