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Loving this already: Harmanpreet on donning Test jersey

31 May 2021 05:24 AM IST

MUMBAI: Ahead of the one-off Test against England in June, India batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday shared a picture of herself sporting the Test jersey. Harmanpreet shared the photo on one of her Instagram Stories and she wrote: “Loving this already.” She also shared a photo of the backside and

PLAYERS MIGHT GET ROTATED A BIT MORE IN SERIES AGAINST INDIA: ANDERSON

31 May 2021 05:22 AM IST

Pacer James Anderson has hinted that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) might rotate its players a bit more in the upcoming five-match Test series against India. However, the pacer also said that he would like to play all seven Tests this summer (two against New Zealand and then

CENTRE READY WITH BIG JAB PLAN AS COVID CASES FALL

31 May 2021 04:59 AM IST

Government targets to inoculate 1 crore people on a daily basis; Serum Institute to provide 10 crore Covishield doses in June.

KANTE IS BEST MIDFIELDER IN THE WORLD, SAYS AZPILICUETA AFTER WINNING UCL

31 May 2021 04:54 AM IST

After winning the Champions League 2020-21 season, Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta labelled teammate N’Golo Kante as the best midfielder in the world. Sole strike from Kai Havertz helped Chelsea defeat Manchester City 1-0 in the finals of the UEFA Champions League on Saturday (local time) here at the Estadio do

Mary Kom settles for silver medal at Asian Boxing Championships

31 May 2021 04:51 AM IST

Six-time world champion Mary Kom finished her campaign with a silver medal after going down fighting against Nazym Kyzaibay in a high-octane final in Dubai on Sunday.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SIGNALS THE RESURGENCE OF ENGLISH CLUBS

31 May 2021 04:49 AM IST

Did Frank Lampard’s departure and Thomas Tuchel’s arrival reverse Chelsea’s fortunes? Whether Chelsea’s confidence in defeating Manchester City in the FA Cup and Premier League in two months was the reason for this success? Is this a reason of a good plan to defeat a very consistent team whose defence

ENTIRE INDIAN CONTINGENT WILL BE VACCINATED BEFORE TOKYO GAMES, SAYS IOA

28 May 2021 10:02 AM IST

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday confirmed that its entire contingent bound for the Olympics will be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the Tokyo Games. The IOA has also said its entire contingent has at least received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, while some have been fully vaccinated as

NADAL, DJOKOVIC AND FEDERER IN SAME HALF OF FRENCH OPEN DRAW

28 May 2021 10:00 AM IST

Thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal, 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer and world number one Novak Djokovic were placed in the same half of the French Open draw on Thursday. The three most successful players in the history of the men’s game have won 17 of the last 20 Grand Slam

ZINEDINE ZIDANE STEPS DOWN AS HEAD COACH OF REAL MADRID

28 May 2021 09:58 AM IST

Former French World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane has decided to leave Real Madrid, the LaLiga club announced on Thursday. Last week, after failing to win the LaLiga title for the 2020-21 season, Zidane had said he was gutted and would be talking to the club about his future later on.

Preparations are going strong, excitement is building up, says Mayank Agarwal

28 May 2021 09:57 AM IST

India opener Mayank Agarwal is extensively preparing for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand in Southampton and is pretty much excited for the summit clash. Mayank on Thursday shared a picture in Team India’s new training jersey. The right-handed batsman can be seen smiling as he poses

DISCONTENTMENT OVER DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION & REVISED PLAN OF K.D. JADHAV WRESTLING STADIUM

28 May 2021 09:55 AM IST

It is indeed a glorious feat for all Indians that Late Khashaba Jadhav amongst all odds became the first Indian to have clinched India’s first individual Olympic medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Taking in to consideration the above fact Central Government in 2010 named a wrestling stadium of almost

MARY KOM, SASKHI ENTER FINAL OF ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP

28 May 2021 09:52 AM IST

Six-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom and Sakshi storm into the Asian Boxing Championship finals after notching up stupendous victories in their last-four stage bouts.