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…
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, BCCI president Mithun Manhas, and BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla (left), Ajit Agarkar The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has authorised its office-bearers to take a decision on the future of the men’s senior selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar, vice-president Rajeev Shukla confirmed after the Board’s 95th…
Ritabrata Banerjee hits out at Mamata-led TMC name NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Friday allotted new names and symbols to the rival Trinamool Congress factions led by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy, a day after directing both groups to stop using the party name “All India Trinamool…
Anu Raghavan will represent India in the 400m hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games. (Instagram) New Delhi: For eight years, 400m hurdles athlete Anu Raghavan has been an Asian Games medallist without ever standing on the podium. The certificate is with her. The bronze medal, however, is not.When Bahrain’s Kemi Adekoya was stripped of the…
