Sports

CWG 2022: Harmanpreet scores three goals as India thrash Ghana 11-0

Birmingham: The Indian men's hockey team launched its campaign for an elusive gold medal at the Commonwealth Games hereby thrashing minnows Ghana 11-0 at the UOB Hockey and Squash Centre here Sunday. Drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh struck three goals (10', 25' and 53'), Jugraj Singh...

CWG 2022, Squash: Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal advance to singles quarterfinals

4 years ago

Birmingham: Indian squash players Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal advanced to the quarterfinals of Commonwealth Games 2022 after winning their respective singles event matches, here Sunday. In the women's singles, the experienced Joshna Chinappa quashed a strong challenge from the 21-year-old Kaitlyn Watts of New...

CWG 2022: Lifter Achinta Sheuli wins men’s 73kg, bags third gold medal for India

4 years ago

Birmingham: With an assured performance, India's 20-year-old weightlifter Achinta Sheuli won gold in the men's 73kg division at the Commonwealth Games 2022, lifting a new games record total of 313kg at the NEC Hall number 1 in Birmingham. He lifted 143kg in snatch and 170kg...

Messi, Neymar score in 4-0 win as PSG wins Champions Trophy

4 years ago

Tel Aviv: Lionel Messi opened the scoring and Neymar scored twice as French champion Paris Saint-Germain beat French Cup winner Nantes 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy. Messi, the record seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, netted midway through the first half. Taking a deflected pass from...

Target clean sweep: India unlikely to tinker much with batting line-up against West Indies Port of Spain: A ruthless Indian team is unlikely to take its foot off the pedal as it aims to top up a world-record winning feat with another clean sweep against the West Indies Wednesday. India created a world record Sunday by sealing their 12th consecutive series win in the ODI format against the West Indies -- the most against a team. In this backdrop, head coach Rahul Dravid might be tempted to try out some of his reserve players but he will have to maintain a fine balance between keeping the momentum and testing his bench strength. In the batting department, it is unlikely that Ruturaj Gaikwad would be preferred over Shubman Gill, who after two innings of 64 and 43 would not like to sit out. Gaikwad had got a full South Africa series where he looked distinctly uncomfortable against quality pace. While his IPL credentials have kept him in the mix, chances of Indian cricket establishment investing in him on short term basis look dim. Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson have also hit the straps with fifties in last game and Suryakumar Yadav is not expected to cool his heels at the expense of Ishan Kishan despite his twin failures in the first two games. Kishan is seen as a timer of the ball who can use the Powerplay overs well by hitting over the in-field. He isn't a power hitter who can force the pace after 35th over and hence Samson is a better option despite him being a left hander. Ravindra Jadeja as the designated vice captain was the first choice all-rounder in this series before he was ruled out of the first two games due to a knee niggle. It is still not certain whether Jadeja will be available for the final game as Axar Patel after his match-winning knock of 64 in the second game could feel hard done by. However if Dhawan wants two play two left-arm spinners, then Yuzvendra Chahal could be asked to rest but that will be at the cost of sacrificing variety in bowling attack. Arshdeep Singh had a groin issue during the England ODIs but since he is a left arm seam bowler, he could be tried out in place of Avesh Khan, who was a tad expensive in the second ODI. He leaked 54 runs in his six wicket-less overs. Avesh and Prasidh Krishna have a similar type of hit the deck bowling style, getting deliveries to rear up from back of length or good length. It only warrants that one among the two should start in the eleven. As far as West Indies is concerned, they have capable players but as a unit, they have failed to fire. They depend too much on individual brilliance of Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell or Romario Shepherd. More importantly, the team hasn't shown resilience to win important moments that can impact the outcome of the match. West Indies could do well to use the experience of Jason Holder in the final game of the series. The hosts would aim to put an end to their losing streak in ODIs, which has now stretched to eight matches, including a 0-3 loss to Bangladesh in the preceding rubber. Teams (from): West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (captain), Shai Hope (vice-captain), Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell and Jayden Seales, Hayden Walsh. India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh. Match starts: 7pm IST. PTI India, West Indies, ODI, cricket

Ind vs WI match preview: Buoyant India look to continue winning run against West Indies

4 years ago

Basseterre (St. Kitts and Nevis): Rohit Sharma's buoyant India will look to continue the winning run and extend their domination over the West Indies when they clash in the second T20 International here Monday. The visitors are coming off a comprehensive victory in the opener...

Jeremy Lalrinnunga smashes 2 Games records en route to 2nd weightlifting gold for India at Birmingham CWG

4 years ago

Birmingham: Young weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga smashed two Games records on his way to a sensational gold medal win at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) as he added a second yellow metal to India’s tally Sunday. Jeremy Lalrinnunga, the 2018 Youth Olympic champion dominated the men’s...

Boxer Lovlina starts CWG campaign with easy win

4 years ago

Birmingham: India's Olympic bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain made a perfect start in her quest for a Commonwealth Games medal with a comfortable victory against her first-round opponent from New Zealand in the women's light middle-weight (over 66-70 kg) bout to storm into the quarterfinals here...

CWG 2022, Weightlifting, Bindyarani Devi

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver, India’s fourth medal in Birmingham

4 years ago

Birmingham: Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women's 55 kg weight class. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb...

Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s schedule on day 3

4 years ago

Birmingham: Following is India's schedule for Sunday at the Commonwealth Games. All timings in Indian Standard Time (IST) Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3: Sajan Prakash (3.07 pm) Men's 50m Backstroke – Heat 6: Srihari Natraj (3.31 pm) Gymnastics: Men's All-Around final: Yogeshwar Singh...

Mirabai Chanu gives India first gold of 2022 CWG

4 years ago

Birmingham: Mirabai Chanu bossed the 49kg field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition here Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) to stamp her authority in...

Editorial

A Systems Fix

August 1, 2026

Dilip Cherian Governments, especially those with strong political instincts, usually respond to crises with tougher laws, tighter enforcement and louder...

July 29, 2026

A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that...

July 28, 2026

Better late than never. Two days after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Supreme Court has stated...

July 27, 2026

A quote from Milan Kundera goes thus: The final stage of a cultural movement is satire. When the people laugh...

Sports

Archives

Editorial