Mumbai Indians (MI) will try to rectify their mistakes made in the last game and try their luck against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) today. The fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on September 23 at 7.30pm. KKR and MI have gone head-to-head with each […]
Three members of the gang that murdered members of cricketer Suresh Raina’s family in Punjab’s Pathankot last month, during a reported robbery, have been arrested, said Punjab chief minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Wednesday, as he declared the case ‘solved’. Eleven other accused are yet to be arrested, said DGP Dinkar Gupta, giving details of […]
Austria’s Dominic Thiem, 27, defeated Germany’s Alexander Zverev in a thrilling comeback in the five-set final 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) to lift his maiden 2020 US Open title on Monday. This was the first US Open final to be decided by a fifth-set tie-break. With this win, Thiem claimed his maiden Grand Slam trophy […]
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was sensationally disqualified from the US Open on Sunday after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball in frustration during his round 4 match at Flushing Meadows. The world number one went 5-6 down in the first set to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta when he hit a […]
In a sigh of relief, Chennai Super Kings will now start training from Friday as no new Covid-19 case has been detected in the contingent. A fresh Covid-19 test was conducted on Thursday to detect the virus. A source said, “All the players and support staff who were tested yesterday are negative. We will start […]
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cricketer Suresh Raina on Saturday pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 and has decided to return home, citing personal reasons. CSK informed about Raina’s decision through a post on Twitter. “Suresh Raina has returned to India for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL […]
England’s James Anderson on Tuesday became the first pacer in the history of Test cricket to scalp 600 wickets. Anderson achieved the feat against Pakistan on the final day of the ongoing third Test of the three-match series at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton when he got the wicket of Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali. The […]
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Wednesday wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) raising objections over the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) title sponsor reportedly having stakeholders from China. In a letter to BCCI president Saurav Ganguly, CAIT said, “We are deeply pained to note that now Dream11 has been […]
Decorated wrestler Vinesh Phogat and India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma are among the four players recommended on Tuesday for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Table tennis player Manika Batra and 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu have also been recommended for the prestigious award. “Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra and Mariyappan Thangavelu have […]
Fantasy sports platform Dream11 have made a three-year winning bid to bag the title sponsorship rights for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). “Dream 11 has won the title sponsorship for Rs.222 crore,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed on Tuesday. On August 10, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) […]