New Delhi The International Cricket Council on Thursday confirmed the full schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be staged in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14. England will open the tournament at The Oval on May 30 when they will take on South Africa, while Australia will launch their title defence on […]
Auckland After recovering from their respective injuries, Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Verma will look to regain touch and form when they compete at the USD 150,000 New Zealand Super 300 tournament starting on Tuesday. Jayaram, who returned to action at the China Masters early this month after recovering from a hamstring injury that […]
Wuhan Every setback HS Prannoy faces in his career is a harbinger of an almighty fightback. So it was inevitable that after missing out on the Commonwealth Games medal a fortnight ago, the big backhand of Indian badminton would whip one across with menace and roar away in his usual one-step-back-two-steps-forward way. The big Indian […]
Prithvi Shaw on Friday night proved once again that the quality of reserve pool of players in India is arguably the best in the world currently. The India Under-19 World Cup-winning captain produced a solid knock to score his maiden fifty in the IPL. Shaw, aged 18 years and 169 days, scored 62 off 44, including seven […]
Wuhan Saina Nehwal continued her winning streak from Commonwealth Games 2018 to advance to the semifinals of Asia Championship as she defeated Lee Jang Mi 21-15, 21-13 on Friday. Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu, however, had a bad day as they fell in the quarterfinals to put an end to their Asia Championship campaign. While Srikanth fell […]
New Delhi MS Dhoni became the first T20 batsman to score 5000 runs as captain, he achieved this feat after his match-winning 70 not out against RCB on Wednesday. MS Dhoni once again showed his masterclass finishing that was set up by an intimidating knock by Ambati Rayudu as CSK chased down a stiff 206-run […]
Wuhan Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia rallied to beat Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 16-21, 21-9, 21-11 at the Badminton Asia Championships here on Thursday. Lee secured a spot in the last eight and set up a rematch of the Commonwealth Games final against Srikanth Kidambi in the quarterfinals. Lee defeated India’s top player early […]
Wuhan (China) After stupendous success at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made positive starts to their campaign at the Badminton Asia Championships on Wednesday. While Saina and Sindhu registered straight game victories over their respective rivals to enter the second round, Srikanth had to fight it out in his men’s singles opener. Saina, […]
Nagpur Talented city shuttler Nikkita Joseph launched her campaign in style in the Yonex-Shera-Roza-Bty Junior International Badminton tournament which began at Bangkok, Thailand on Monday. The 13-year-old won both her U-15 and U-17 girls singles matches in straight games on her international debut. In the U-17 girls singles, Nikkita overcame the late challenge from Nattana Suksan of Thailand 21-17, 21-19 […]
Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles is now the most formidable department in the national badminton set-up. And it just got even better with the emergence of Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei. It took just five tournaments for the newly formed pair to win their first title when Tang Jie-Yen Wei emerged victorious in the Celcom Axiata […]