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Ireland name 15-man squad for ODI series against Netherlands
Dublin , May 24 Cricket Ireland on Monday announced a 15-player squad for the upcoming men's World Cup Super League fixtures against Netherlands beginning on June 2.
The series will be played in Utrecht and will involve a three-match…
Ankita Raina among five athletes added to TOPS core group, financial proposals of nearly Rs 1 cr in…
New Delhi , May 24 Tennis player Ankita Raina has been added to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at a meeting held earlier on Monday.
Raina who is born and raised in Gujarat recently broke into the world's top 100 in women's…
TOPS sanctions Bopanna’s participation in tournaments from January to June
New Delhi , May 24 Indian tennis men's doubles player Rohan Bopanna has had his proposal to play 11 tournaments from January to June 2021 accompanied by his coach Scott Davidoff and physio Gaurang Shukla sanctioned by the Mission…
Mohali hockey stadium to be named after Padma Shri Balbir Singh Sr.
Chandigarh, May 24 (UNI) The Mohali International Hockey Stadium will be dedicated to Padma Shri Balbir Singh Senior in a formal tribute ceremony at the Hockey Stadium on May 25 on the death anniversary of legendary sports person.…
Formula One: Max Verstappen wins Monaco Grand Prix to take lead from Hamilton
Quai Antoine , May 23 Red Bull's Max Verstappen sailed to his maiden Monaco Grand Prix win to take the lead in the Formula One championship race for the first time in his career on Sunday.
Starting effectively from pole after…
Ban vs SL: I’m not Pollard or Russell, so I took some time to get in, says Mushfiqur Rahim
Dhaka , May 23 Mushfiqur Rahim might have smashed a gutsy half-century but the wicket-keeper batsman admitted that the pitch was not easy to bat on in the first ODI against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.
Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah hit…
Ross Taylor quashes retirement rumours, says age is just a number
Southampton , May 23 New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is in no mood to retire from cricket as he feels "age is just a number" and he is happy playing the game for his country.
The 37-year-old cricketer wants to contribute as much as…
My Olympian father is my biggest inspiration : Jaskaran Singh
Bengaluru, May 22 (UNI) Indian hockey team midfielder Jaskaran Singh - son of Hockey Olympian and former coach Rajinder Singh Jr, consider his father as biggest inspiration.
Jaskaran , who honed his skills under his Olympian father,…
Olympian Sushil Kumar arrested in murder case
New Delhi, May 23 (UNI) The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested India's two-time Olympic medallist, wrestler Sushil Kumar, who was absconding accused in the murder case involving a 23-year-old wrestler following a brawl at the Chhatrasal…
Ace woman footballer Bala Devi hopes of contract extension with Rangers FC
BENGALURU: Ace woman footballer Bala Devi left the Indian shores in January 2020 after signing for Rangers FC in the Scottish Women’s Premier League.
That was also the last time the footballer spent time in her hometown in Manipur. Ever…
CPL 2021: Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite among 7 players retained by Jamaica Tallawahs
St. John's (Antigua) , May 22 West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite are among the seven players who were on Saturday retained by Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021.
The Jamaica…
PSL 6: Shimron Hetmyer to play for Multan Sultans in Abu Dhabi-leg
Lahore , May 22 : West Indian famed T20 batting duo of Shimron Hetmyer and Johnson Charles were submitted as replacement picks by Multan Sultans in an online session held with the franchise representatives on Saturday evening.
The…
Bopanna-Franko top doubles seeds in Belgrade Open
Chandigarh, MAY 23 (UNI) Top seeded pair of Rohan Bopanna of India and Franko Skugor of Croatia have been dawn to meet Federico Delbonis of Argentina and Artem Sital of New Zealand in the doubles first round in the ATP 250 €511,000…
Narinder Batra re-elected as FIH president
New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Incumbent International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Narinder Batra was on Saturday re-elected for a second term during the world body's virtual 47th Congress.
Batra, who is the also the President of the…
Football team begins training in Doha after testing negative for Corona
Doha, May 22 (UNI) All 28 players and support staff of the Indian football team have tested negative for COVID-19 after their arrival in Qatar and started training for their qualifying upcoming matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and…
FIFA to look into holding World Cup every 2 years
Berlin, May 21 Football's world governing body FIFA has been given the mandate to make a feasibility study of hosting the men's and women's World Cups every two years instead of its current four-year cycle.
Domestic federations voted…
Olympic boxer Shakti Mazumdar passes away at 90
Kolkata, May 21 Boxer Shakti Mazumdar, who was a member of the Indian contingent at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, passed away after suffering a heart-attack at his home in the Ballygunge area of Kolkata on Friday. He was 90.
A…
Former Ireland and England seamer Boyd Rankin retires from international cricket
Dublin , May 21 Ireland pace bowler Boyd Rankin on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket and inter-provincial cricket, ending an 18 year long illustrious career.
Rankin is one of only 15 players in cricket history…
Lanka contract row: Players urge SLC to not hold them at ‘gunpoint’, want cordial…
Colombo , May 21 Sri Lanka cricketers have refused to sign new contracts offered by the apex body as they feel some players have been given unfair deals.
The Islanders, who do not want to be held at the "gunpoint" to accept the…
Cricket fraternity mourns death of Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s father
New Delhi , May 20 : Indian cricket fraternity led by former Test opener Wasim Jaffer and star batsman Suresh Raina mourned the demise of pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar's father on Thursday.
Bhuvneshwar's father Kiran Pal Singh passed away…
