A large crowd at Grace Road in Leicester for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 game between England Women and Pakistan Women on a gloomy Tuesday, was treated to some special batting from Natalie Sciver and Heather Knight during the home team’s 107-run win on DLS Method. Sciver, who became the first woman to be…
Ravi Shastri to apply for Team India coach job
June 28, 2017Team India former Director Ravi Shastri has made up his mind to apply for the top job in the Indian team. Shastri will apply for the job of the Head Coach which has been lying vacant after Anil Kumble resigned last week. Kumble’s original one-year contract ended with the Champions Trophy, but he was to…
Mysuru Varsity to host All India Kho Kho Tournament
June 28, 2017The University of Mysore will be conducting All India Inter University Men’s Kho Kho Tournament after a gap of 25 years and South Zone Inter University Women’s Kho Kho this year. Over 16 qualified teams will be taking part in the All India Inter University Men’s Kho Kho while for 70 University teams are expected…
Sri Lanka F2 Futures Men’s Tennis: Prajwal Dev advances
June 28, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the Sri Lanka F2 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament in Colombo won his first round singles match in the qualifying round yesterday. Prajwal Dev beat Vibuda Wijebandara (SL) 6-1, 6-2. He will meet Pakistan’s Heera Ashiq in the next round. In another first round match, Suraj R. Prabodh,…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Defending champs rout Windies
June 27, 2017Regular wickets and lack of significant partnerships keep Windies to 204 before defending champion overhauls the target in just 38.1 overs. Ellyse Perry went for 10 runs in her first over. She had bowled loose and short and Hayley Matthews punished her for it with two fours. Australia Women’s premier all-rounder, though, came back strongly…
Federer lifts ninth Halle Open title
June 27, 2017Swiss legend Roger Federer clinched his ninth Halle Open title after beating hapless Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-3 in the final. The top seed Roger Federer showed no mercy with fourth seed Alexander Zverev after wrapping up his ninth title in his 11th Halle final within 53 minutes. From the start Federer piled on the pressure…
Lodha Reforms: BCCI to set up panel for early implementation
June 27, 2017In a Special General Meeting (SGM) here yesterday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to form a committee to implement the Lodha reforms at the earliest. The committee will also be looking into issues like ‘one-state, one-vote’, age cap of 70 years, increasing the number of members in the selection panel…
I am still the man to beat: Usain Bolt
June 27, 2017Ahead of IAAF World Championships in London, Usain Bolt has warned his rivals and claimed that he remains the man to beat in the competition, despite what he called a “horrifying” start to his season and some impressive performances from his younger opponents. The event will commence from Aug. 5. Bolt carefully observed the Olympic…
Badminton Association announces Rs. 5 lakh to Kidambi Srikanth
June 26, 2017Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth extended his stellar run of form to become the first Indian male shuttler to win two consecutive Super Series title after he won the Australia Open Super Series yesterday and carve his name in the history of Indian badminton. And to celebrate this historic moment, Badminton Association of India has…
World Hockey League Semi Final – 2017: India finishes sixth
June 26, 2017India went down 2-3 to a resilient Canada in the fifth-sixth place play-off of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final here yesterday. By making a fifth finish, Canada have booked their berth for the 2018 Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar. It was goals by Gordon Johnston (3′, 44′), Keegan Pereira (40′) and an…















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