Australia’s Travis Head struck a remarkable 19-ball half-century including 30 off one over as his side beat England by 28 runs in the first match of their T20 series in Southampton on Wednesday. Head banged four sixes and eight fours in an explosive innings of 59 as Australia reached 86-0 in 5.5 overs. Opener Matthew…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) plans to restructure the domestic competition and qualification system for major international events from the 2025 season, president Adille Sumariwalla said in Chennai on Wednesday. While interacting with the media on the sidelines of the fourth edition of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship that got underway at Jawaharlal Nehru…
Bidding to attract bigger crowds for top-flight women’s cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC ) has decided on free entry for anyone below 18 years of age during the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE for which prices of tickets will start from five dirhams (Rs 115 approximately). The 10-team tournament, to be…
Action continued on the second day of the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024 with renowned names shining across the 9 final events held at the International Aquatic Complex in Yemmekere, Mangaluru. The Mixed 4x100m Medley saw Tamil Nadu’s Pramiti Gnanasekaran, Danush Suresh, B Bendection Rohit, and Deeksha Sivakumar create a new record of 4:05.30…
The duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy entered the mixed doubles second round but the other Indian shuttlers, including Priyanshu Rajawat, made early exits from the Hong Kong Open here on Wednesday. The Indian husband-wife duo saw off compatriots Tarun Kona and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli 21-9 21-10 in 22 minutes in…
India’s historic stint at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris saw the country win a record 29 medals, with most of them coming as bronze. Its bronze medal tally rose by more than 100 per cent compared to the previous edition, rising from six in Tokyo to 13 at the French capital this time around….
The Indian contingent made a great start as Pooja, Siddharth Choudhary, and Abinaya Rajarajan claimed gold medals with record-breaking performance in their respective events on the opening day of the South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. It was 1-2 in the women’s 100m sprint for the Indian…
The Indian men’s team started Chess Olympiad 2024 with a clean sweep against Morocco in the first round of open section, at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. R. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi beat Mohamed Tisir and Mehdi Pierre Ouakhir, respectively while Arjun Erigaisi and P. Harikrishna had the last…
Essex has been deducted 12 points after England’s Cricket Regulator found its player Feroze Khushi used an oversized bat earlier this season, the County Championship side said on Wednesday. In a match against Nottinghamshire in April, Khushi’s bat manufactured by Gray-Nicolls was examined by umpires during his innings and it failed a bat-gauge test. Khushi…
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has been banned from driving for six months because of motoring offenses in Wales. The 23-year-old Fernandez did not appear in court for sentencing on Wednesday. He had been found guilty earlier this year on two charges of failing to identify the driver of a Porsche Cayenne. A driver of the…
