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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is under pressure to expedite the process of granting visas to participating nations for the upcoming Asian Championships from February 18 to 23 here at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. This includes granting visas to the Chinese wrestling team, as well as to wrestlers […]

A high on confidence India will take on New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Wednesday. India rewrote the record books by blanking New Zealand 5-0 in the recently-concluded T20I series and there is no reason why the Virat Kohli-led side […]

From a prodigy in domestic cricket to making it big on the U-19 international scene, Yashasvi Jaiswal has come a long way as he slammed a majestic century against Pakistan to fire India into final of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. He is also the current top-scorer […]

The Indian under-19 cricket team on Tuesday thrashed arch rivals Pakistan by 10 wickets in Potchefstroom to reach the final of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup. India thus became the first team ever to reach the final of the tournament in three consecutive editions. India lost in the final […]

     India clinched the T20I series against New Zealand 5-0, but there were moments in the series, when the side was under the pump and New Zealand were bossing proceedings. However, the Indian team showed zeal and remarkable spirit as they kept applying pressure and eventually, New Zealand unravelled. As per Virat […]

India suffered a big blow when Rohit Sharma was been ruled out of the rest of the tour of New Zealand after suffering a calf strain in the final Twenty20 international against New Zealand. Mayank Agarwal has been named his replacement in the ODI squad. “He underwent an MRI scan in Hamilton […]

With Rohit Sharma being ruled out of the New Zealand series, Team India captain Virat Kohli has confirmed a debut for Prithvi Shaw in the first ODI against New Zealand. Shaw came into the side as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan and will now walk out to open the innings in the first […]

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the first two one-day internationals against India this week due to a shoulder problem and replaced in the squad by Mark Chapman. Williamson suffered an “inflamed AC joint in his left shoulder” while fielding in a Twenty20 match against India last week […]

Cristiano Ronaldo stretched his scoring streak to nine consecutive league games with a penalty double as Serie A leaders Juventus bounced back from their defeat to Napoli with a 3-0 win over Fiorentina whose owner said Sunday’s result left him feeling “disgusted”. Lazio moved second, five points behind the reigning […]

The series scoreline reads 5-0 but all the matches were keenly contested and the biggest differentiating factor between the sides was the ability to handle and respond to pressure. India found players who were able to put their hand up and rise to the occasion, New Zealand did not. They […]

The Kansas City Chiefs ended a half-century Super Bowl drought with a dramatic 31-20 comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday to write a breathtaking finish to the National Football League’s 100th season. With the Chiefs trailing 20-10 in the fourth quarter, quarterback Patrick Mahomes engineered three touchdown […]

KL Rahul, who was captaining India in the absence of the injured Rohit Sharma, gave the ball to Shivam Dube for the 10th over. Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor, who had sussed the conditions by then, decided to go after him and eventually, the over was plundered for 34 runs. […]

India’s top badminton doubles specialist Chirag Shetty has been closely following news of the novel coronavirus, because it can directly affect his playing plans over the next few months. Having already claimed at least 213 lives—all in China—the new virus has spread across the world with 24 countries reporting a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers faced a daunting emotional task on Friday as they returned to NBA action while honoring the memory of franchise icon Kobe Bryant. The Lakers were hosting the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center arena in their first game since Bryant — who won five NBA titles […]

Shardul Thakur, KL Rahul and even Virat Kohli’s performance was highlighted in India’s second successive Super Over win against New Zealand inside three days in the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Friday. The fast bowler for taking the match into the Super Over by picking up two wickets in the […]