For the biggest match in the tournament, a team would always want a perfectly fit squad to select from. Pakistan had heaved a sigh of relief when their star pacer Shaheen Afridi had returned to fitness just days before the blockbuster match against India at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, Pakistan, on […]
India’s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Anurag Thakur, reacted to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) strongly-worded letter in response to BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s announcement of India’s unwillingness to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup there in 2023. PCB said cricketing ties with India may suffer if the Asia Cup is shifted to […]
In a hard-fought match, Dr Nidhi of Delhi defeated Binny Bansal of Chandigarh by 2-1 in the women’s single final of 35+ age category to win the All India Sudama Cup Masters Badminton Championship.In the match played at Sports Complex Mohali, Binny was the first to take lead as she managed to win the first […]
Former Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Lahore.He was 66.Rauf had made his first appearance as an umpire in international cricket in 2000. He officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is and was one of Pakistan’s leading umpires […]
Hardik Pandya produced a special all-round effort as India held nerves to pull off an exciting five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their Asia Cup opener here on Sunday. Hardik (3/25 in 4 overs) showed his high value under extreme pressure as his well-directed short balls helped India bowl out Pakistan for 147. It should […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Delhi High Court’s order appointing a Committee of Administrators (CoA) headed by Justice AR Dave (retd) to run the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).The stay order came from a Bench led by CJI NV Ramana after the Centre and the IOA moved the Supreme Court against the high court’s […]
FIFA announced the suspension of All India Football Federation (AIFF) citing “undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes.” The announcement was made on their website which stated that FIFA would lift the suspension “once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of […]
India’s PV Sindhu took another giant step towards permanently etching her name in the badminton history books by winning her maiden Commonwealth Games individual gold and completing a hat-trick of medals at the Games with a win over Michelle Li of Canada in the women’s singles final in Birmingham. Sindhu has now bettered the medal […]