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Lakshya finishes runner-up in All England Open, loses to Dane Viktor Axelsen
Birmingham, March 20: India's young sensation Lakshya Sen finished as a runner-up at the All England Open Badminton Championship after losing 10-21, 15-21 to Olympic champion and world no. 1 Viktor Axelsen
of Denmark in the final here…
Pankaj Advani lifts 8th Asian Billiards title
Doha, March 19: The 24-time world champion, India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani on Saturday lifted his eighth Asian Billiards title here in Qatar. With this win, he has 12 Asian titles overall across Billiards and Snooker. In the final, Pankaj…
ICC Women’s WC: Australia elects to bowl against India
Auckland, March 19: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 match at the Eden Park here on Saturday. Both sides made one change in their line-ups. For India, Shafali Verma replaced…
All England: Srikanth out, Gayatri Gopichand-Tressa enter QF
Birmingham, March 17: World championship silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth's campaign at the BWF Super 1000 All England Open Badminton Championships ended with a Round-16 loss to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia here on Thursday.…
All England Open: Sindhu, Saina ease into Round-2
Birmingham, March 16: Ace Indian women shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal advanced to the second round of the BWF Super 1000 All England Open Badminton Championships with straight sets opening round win here on Wednesday. Two-time…
ICC Women’s WC: England elect to bowl vs India
Tauranga, March 16: England have won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their do-or-die ICC Women's Cricket World Cup match at the Bay Oval here on Wednesday. Both England and India are unchanged from their previous fixtures…
Ashwin-Bumrah help India wrap up series against SL
Bengaluru, March 14 (BD Narayankar-UNI) Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah's bowling helped India bowl out Sri Lanka for 208 runs in their final innings of the series to seal a 238-run win over Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the pink-ball…
Rishabh Pant scores fastest fifty in Tests, breaks Kapil Dev record
Bengaluru, March 13 (UNI) Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer's brilliant fifties, besides Jasprit Bumrah's five-for 24 propelled India to post 303 for 9 declared, setting a massive target of 447 for Sri Lanka to square the two-Test series on…
India dominates Pink Ball Test, reduce SL to 86/6
Bengaluru, Mar 12 (UNI- BD Naraayannkar ): Shreyas Iyer's 92 and five wickets between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami put India on top on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test against Sri Lanka at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. Sri Lanka…
Badminton: Lakshya stuns Olympic champion, reaches final
Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany), March 12 (UNI) Indian young badminton sensation and world championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen stunned Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark to enter German Open Super 300 final here on Saturday.…
Do not choose shortcuts: PM to youth
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday advised the youth against choosing shortcuts to success adding "shortcuts will cut you short." Inaugurating the 11th Khel Mahakumbh in Gujarat, the Prime Minister said, "There is only…
Mandhana, Harmanpreet shine as India beat WI
Hamilton, March 12 (UNI) Veteran India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami on Saturday became the all-time highest wicket-taker in Women's ODI World Cups. With 40 wickets, Jhulan surpassed the 34-year-old record which was held by Australia's Lyn…
IOS Sports signs Karan Sharma
Lucknow, March 10 (UNI) IOS Sports and Entertainment on Thursday signed Uttar Pradesh Ranji team skipper and Lucknow Super Giants player Karan Sharma. The 23-year-old all-rounder, last week scored his
first Ranji Trophy century…
German Open: Prannoy, Krishna-Vishnuvardhan reach QF
Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany), Mar 10 (UNI) India's H S Prannoy and men's doubles team of Krishna Prasad Garga and Vishnuvardhan Panjala on Thursday sailed into the quarterfinal of German Open Super 300 tournament. Prannoy trounced Hong…
Pacer Sreesanth announces retirement from all forms of cricket
New Delhi, March 9: India pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Taking to Twitter, the right-arm pacer said: "During my 25 years career as a cricket player, I have always…
WI ladies beat England by 7 runs in Women’s World Cup
Dunedin, March 9 (UNI) West Indies pulled off another upset as they beat the defending champions England by seven runs in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the University Oval here on Wednesday. After edging out hosts New Zealand…
ISSF Shooting WC: India finish on top with 7 medals
Cairo, March 7 (UNI) The Indian team of Anish Bhanwala and Rythm Sangwan targeted gold in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol mixed team event as India finished on top with 7 medals (4 Golds, 2 Silvers and a Bronze) at the ISSF Shooting World Cup…
Capt. Rohit shares credits in Win: Team, Jadeja’s decision to declare
Mohali, March 6 (UNI) Team India Captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday said it was the team and Ravindra Jadeja's decision to declare India's first innings after the selfless player sent a message out to the dressing room to put Sri Lanka into…
Ashwin is 2nd highest Indian Test wicket-taker
Mohali, March 6 (UNI) All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the second highest Indian wicket-taker after he surpassed Kapil Dev on day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Sunday. He raced past Kapil's record of 434 wickets…
Women’s WC: India wins Toss, elects to bat vs Pak
Tauranga, March 6 (UNI) India won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their opening match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the Bay Oval, New Zealand here on Sunday. India skipper Mithali Raj said, "It's a good wicket…
