Indian skipper Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer to hit 100 million followers on Instagram. The Indian skipper has joined Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Argentine forward Lionel Messi, Hollywood actor and former pro-wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, American singer-songwriter Beyonce, and Ariana Grande in the 100 million club. Kohli is also the fourth […]
Yusuf Pathan, former India all-rounder, announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Friday. Yusuf, the older brother of another former India cricketer Irfan Pathan, is a two-time World Cup winner. He has also won the Indian Premier League twice with Kolkata Knight Riders – in 2012, 2014 – and once with Rajasthan Royals […]
Sardar Patel Stadium aka the Motera, the world’s largest cricket stadium, is set to host the day-night pink ball India-England Test from February 24-28. The venue in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad has a capacity of 1,10,000, but will allow only 55,000 fans in line with Covid-19 protocol. Earlier, the stadium had a seating capacity of housing 49,000 […]
Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday was renamed as Punjab Kings, ahead of the 2021 IPL auction on Thursday in Chennai. A new logo was also unveiled on Wednesday. The change of name was already reported on February 15. The franchise, jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul, is yet to […]
Mahindra and Mahindra are all set to give its latest offering – the 2020 Mahindra Thar-SUV – to each of the youngest members of the winning Indian team in Australia after their exploits at the final Test in Brisbane earlier this week. Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of the Mahindra Group, took to social media to […]
Search engine giant Google on Friday honoured Canadian-American physical educator, doctor, professor, and coach James Naismith, who invented the game of basketball in 1891. Google celebrated the legacy of Naismith for his invaluable contribution to sports. The animated doodle features two children who are trying to throw a ball into the basket and a man, […]
Indian wrestler Babita Phogat and her husband Vivek Suhag were blessed with a baby boy on Monday. Phogat shared pictures on her social media handle where she is seen cradling the new-born with Suhag by their side and wrote, “Meet our little SONshine. Believe in dreams; they do come true. Ours came dressed in blue!” […]
Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma and India captain Virat Kohli were blessed with a daughter on Monday. Virat Kohli took to Twitter to share the news and said that both the baby and Anushka are healthy, “We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon. We thank […]
Team India has lodged an official complaint after the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground racially abused pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj on the second and third day of the ongoing Pink Test between India and Australia. While the matter was brought up with the International Cricket Council (ICC) match officials and the security […]
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday banned three Indonesian shuttlers from all badminton-related activities for life after being found guilty of offences related to match-fixing, match manipulation and betting. According to The Badminton World Federation (BWF), eight Indonesian players who knew each other, and competed in lower-level international competitions mostly in Asia up until […]