Melbourne: Bruce Oxenford and Paul Wilson, two of Australia’s most respected and long-serving umpires, have announced their retirements from the Cricket Australia National Umpires Panel after the current domestic season. The Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and Queensland, set to happen at the WACA...
Wellington: Veteran batter Steve Smith will continue to partner Usman Khawaja at the top of Australia's batting order as skipper Pat Cummins confirmed his playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand, which commences at Basin Reserve Thursday. The line-up has the same bowling...
London: Erling Haaland scored five as holders Manchester City coasted into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup with a 6-2 victory over Luton Town. Haaland became the first player to score five or more goals in an FA Cup match for a top-flight club since...
Wellington: New Zealand opening batter Devon Conway will miss the first Test against Australia, starting at the Cello Basin Reserve here Thursday due to a thumb injury he sustained during the T20I series. Batter Henry Nicholls has been called into the squad as batting cover...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Tuesday that redevelopment of the historic Barabati Cricket Stadium in Cuttack and laid foundation stone for the redevelopment of the VSS cricket stadium in Sambalpur. Patnaik added that the Barabati Stadium will be redeveloped into a world-class sports...
Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the redevelopment of the historic Barabati stadium in Cuttack and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of VSS cricket stadium in Sambalpur, Tuesday. Patnaik also inaugurated cricket facilities at Berhampur Sports Complex, Shree Jagannath Cricket Stadium and Women’s...
New Delhi: A plethora of current and former athletes including Tokyo Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra, India’s first individual Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, 2003 World Championship bronze winner Anju Bobby George, are among the top names in the list of experts deliberating on how...
Bengaluru: Pacer Arundhati Reddy from Delhi Capitals has been fined 10 per cent of her match fees for breaching the WPL Code of Conduct during her team’s match against UP Warriorz at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, here. Arundhati admitted to the Level 1 Offence under...
New Delhi: Fresh turmoil hit Hockey India Tuesday when its long-serving CEO Elena Norman resigned from her position owing to non-payment of dues for the past few months, sources in the national federation told PTI. The Australian held the -post for nearly 13 years and...
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is contemplating a raise in Test match fees following a growing inclination among players to prioritise their participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) over red-ball cricket, says a report. The board has likely...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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