New Delhi, March 2 Over two lakh girls across 250 districts nationwide will compete in ASMITA athletics events on March 8 and 9 to mark the International Women’s Day, Minister of State for Sports Raksha Khadse announced on Monday, advocating increased participation of women in sports to bolster India’s 2036 Olympic bid. The event, which […]
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New Delhi, March 2 Afghanistan will kick off their upcoming tour of India with a one-off Test match, followed by three one-day internationals in June, the BCCI said on Monday. “Afghanistan will play one Test match followed by a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series. The Test match will be played in New Chandigarh from June […]
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New Delhi, March 2 In a strongly-worded response to the Sports Ministry’s directive barring it from using ‘India’ or ‘Indian’ in its name and activities, the Differently-Abled Cricket Council of India (DCCI) has said that the order appears to be a “selective and targeted action” rather than a uniform policy. The ministry issued the direction […]
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New Delhi, March 2 The iconic Sunil Gavaskar says Sanju Samson is such a “nice guy” that everyone wants him to do well and his clutch knock against the West Indies must have taken the pressure off everyone’s shoulders. Samson broke his sequence of low scores with a match-winning 97-run knock at the big stage […]
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Kolkata, March 2 Skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday said opening batter Sanju Samson got the reward for his hard work with an unbeaten 97 against the West Indies, adding that India deserved to be in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup. India beat the West Indies by five wickets to set up a semifinal […]
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By Kushan Sarkar Kolkata, March 2 Sanju Samson is a man of unquestionable talent but his wretched run in the bilateral series against New Zealand forced the team management to give him a break to ease the mounting pressure ahead of T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir said after the Kerala player took the […]
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Kolkata, March 2 India opener Sanju Samson shut down his phone and social media accounts to ensure that he did not lose self-belief during a lean patch that ended with a match-winning knock in the do-or-die T20 World Cup game against the West Indies here. Samson smashed a 50-ball 97, dotted with 12 fours and […]
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Hubballi, February 28 Chief Minister Omar Abdullah watched from the stands at the KSCA Cricket Ground here as Jammu and Kashmir etched their name in the history books by clinching their maiden Ranji Trophy title on Saturday. Abdullah was present on the fifth and final day of the summit clash against Karnataka as J&K lifted […]
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The North News By G Unnikrishnan Hubballi, February 28 Jammu and Kashmir scripted an extraordinary tale of resilience in Indian domestic cricket to claim their maiden Ranji Trophy title by out-batting traditional heavyweights Karnataka here on Saturday, capping a glorious season that saw them tackle favourites and fellow upstarts with equal tact and confidence.The bald […]
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By Tapan Mohanta Kolkata, February 28 Their batting has finally burst into life, but cracks remain in India’s bowling armour as they take on an explosive West Indies in a virtual quarterfinal of the T20 World Cup, here on Sunday.West Indies’ defeat to South Africa and India’s emphatic win over Zimbabwe have turned this Group […]
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