New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Thursday said that the upcoming Tokyo Games will be a level playing field for everyone involved and opined that there is no country that has a significant advantage heading into the Games. Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 and the […]
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 3 (ANI): The remaining Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 matches will be played in Abu Dhabi from June 9-24 before the Pakistan men’s side departure for Manchester from the UAE capital on June 25. There will be six double-headers – five of them during the preliminary round and the sixth on […]
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Spain star Carolina Marin might have been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics but ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu knows that she still cannot take it easy considering the stiff competition she has to face in the upcoming Games. Rio 2016 Olympic badminton champion Marin on Tuesday had announced […]
Tokyo [Japan], June 3 (ANI): With just 50 days to go for the games, around 10,000 of 80,000 volunteers slated to help organisers during the Tokyo Olympics have quit amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think there is no doubt that one of the reasons is concern over coronavirus infections,” Kyodo News quoted Toshiro Muto, CEO […]
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): India Test vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to play more matches in the longest format of the game and she is really excited to hit the field for the one-off Test against England in June. After a span of seven years, Indian women will play their first Test against England […]
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): Sanjog Gupta, Head — Sports, Star India feels the excitement of the World Test Championship (WTC) final will be similar to that of the first ODI World Cup in 1975 and the first T20 World Cup in 2007. India and New Zealand will lock horns in the finals of […]
Asuncion [Paraguay], June 3 (ANI): Host Brazil will lock horns with Venezuela to kick start the Copa America tournament on June 13 while Argentina open their campaign against Chile on the next day. The finals of the showpiece event will take place at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium on July 10. “This is how CONMEBOL […]
Melbourne [Australia], June 3 (ANI): Former Australia bowling coach David Saker has called for Cricket Australia (CA) to make the investigation of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal public after the issue reignited the scars following Cameron Bancroft’s comments. Bancroft’s recent comments on the Sandpaper Gate fiasco made the episode a talking point in the cricketing world, […]
London [UK], June 3 (ANI): The Indian men’s and women’s cricket team on Thursday arrived here in London ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final and England series. India and New Zealand will lock horns in the finals of WTC at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton, beginning June 18, while the women’s cricket team will […]
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Six-time world champion Mary Kom might have had to settle for a silver medal at the recently-concluded Asian Boxing Championships, but the 38-year-old pugilist is ready to go all out in order to ensure a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics which will be her swansong. Mary Kom had […]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announcing that the remaining games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played in UAE in the September-October window, franchises have started working on the logistics. While they are looking to shift base to the […]
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Hockey India mourned the death of 44-year-old national technical official Rabbi Roshan who passed away on Thursday in Bihar due to a prolonged illness caused by COVID-19. Rabbi began officiating in 2010 and had officiated in a number of domestic tournaments including the Maharaja Sir B.P. Singh Prize Money […]
