Anvay Dravid (File photo) India Under-19 held off Australia Under-19 by seven runs in a rain-shortened first Youth ODI in Rajkot on Friday, with Anvay Dravid providing the late push and Yashbardhan Chauhan scoring a half-century.The match was reduced to 20 overs per side after rain interrupted play at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. India posted…
BCCI office bearers at the 95th Annual General Meeting The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will complete 100 years in 2028 and plans to form a committee to organise year-long celebrations. The topic was brought up for discussion during the final phase of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) by an influential administrator…
Tea stall where Surendra Koli, accused in the Nithari case, was found dead in Haridwar on Friday. (Photos: PTI, ANI) NEW DELHI: Father of one of the victims in the 2006 Nithari case questioned the death of Surendra Koli in Haridwar on Friday, alleging he was murdered and did not die by suicide.“Surendra Koli has…
Pakistan chose not to field team against Israel (Screengrabs from GyanMaster and ChessBase India) Pakistan refused to play Israel in the opening round of the 46th FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Wednesday, handing Israel a 4-0 win by walkover.Pakistan did not field any player for the scheduled match, leaving all four boards…
India register biggest T20I win by balls (PTI Photo) India Women rewrote their T20I record books with a crushing eight-wicket victory over Japan, completing a 58-run chase in just five overs to register their biggest win by balls remaining. The defending champions finished the quarter-final with 90 balls to spare, surpassing their previous mark of…
Punjab minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond Punjab tourism minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Thursday said Punjab government’s ‘Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra’ scheme has facilitated pilgrimage for 5,10,807 devotees to various religious destinations in and outside the state.He said the scheme aims to facilitate elderly residents who wish to visit religious places by providing them free travel…
Nagoya: Members of the Indian delegation arrive during the official welcome and flag-hoisting ceremony ahead of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) The Asian Games 2026 officially begin in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Saturday, September 19, with India aiming to improve on its record medal haul from the previous edition in Hangzhou.The…
Abhishek Sharma lit up a dead rubber with a 30-ball century as India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Afghanistan with a 127-run win in the third and final T20I in Delhi on Thursday.Abhishek tore into the Afghanistan bowling attack, scoring 108 off just 34 balls with 11 sixes. His innings took India to 221…
Sanchita Dey Pradhan withdrawing her nomination NEW DELHI: In a significant blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party’s candidate for the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll, Sanchita Dey Pradhan, withdrew her nomination on Friday.Pradhan’s sudden departure from the race came after she met West Bengal chief minister and senior BJP…
Shiv Kapur (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images NEW DELHI: More than two decades after winning India’s only individual Asian Games golf gold, Shiv Kapur believes the country’s current crop of golfers has the talent to bring another medal home from Nagoya.The golf competition at the 2026 Asian Games begins on Sept 30, with India fielding…
