NEW DELHI: A fearless half-century from swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav was followed by a special spell from Jasprit Bumrah as India secured a commanding 47-run victory over Afghanistan in their opening Super 8 fixture of the T20 World Cup on Thursday in Barbados. Suryakumar’s quick-fire 53 off 28 balls helped set a challenging total of 181…
The Indian women’s hockey team produced its best performance of the European leg of the FIH Pro League, while narrowly losing 2-3 to Great Britain after a spirited fight on Sunday. India made a brilliant comeback in the second half after being 0-2 down with Sharmila Devi scoring four minutes from the regulation time to…
England played out a 1-1 draw against Denmark in their second Euro 2024 Group C clash at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. Despite the result, England retains the top spot with four points, while Denmark is second with two points. Gareth Southgate’s men opened the scoring, with record goalscorer Harry Kane finding the net in…
Long jumper Shaili Singh won silver medal at the JBL Jump Fest, a World Athletics Continental Tour (Bronze level) meeting in Kosice, Slovakia, on Thursday. The 20-year-old Shaili finished second amongst six athletes with a best attempt of 6.43m, which came in the fifth round. Bulgaria’s Plamena Mitkova took the gold medal with 6.70m, a…
NEW DELHI: The ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 has not gone as planned for the legendary Indian batter Virat Kohli. However, during the Super 8 match against Afghanistan on Thursday, he provided a moment of brilliance that evoked memories of his iconic shot from the previous edition of the tournament.In the fifth over of India’s…
Six straight losses in FIH Pro League have completely exposed the Indian women’s hockey team’s weaknesses and vice-captain Navneet Kaur says the players are looking to learn from these setbacks in the last two outings to finish their campaign on a positive note. India is scheduled to face Germany and Great Britain in their last…
On June 20, the 48th edition of the Copa America will begin, with the United States serving as the tournament’s host nation. Ten South American teams and six North American teams will compete in the tournament; the summit clash of the tournament is scheduled for July 14 in Florida. Sportstar looks at full squads of…
Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova retired injured from her second-round match in the Berlin grass-court event on Thursday against Anna Kalinskaya. Vondrousova was leading 5-3 in the first set when she slipped on the first point of the ninth game. The fifth-seeded Czech walked to her bench holding her right hip and received medical treatment….
NEW DELHI: Leg-spinner Rashid Khan emerged as the game-changer for Afghanistan, claiming the crucial wickets of Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Shivam Dube during the T20 World Cup Super 8 match against India at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.India, who won the toss and opted to bat, started the match with high hopes. However, their…
The India women’s hockey team could not break its sequence of half-a-dozen consecutive losses in the FIH Pro League, losing to Germany 2-4, its seventh consecutive defeat in the tournament here on Saturday. Sunelita (9th) and Deepika (15th) scored superb field goals to give India a huge morale-boosting 2-0 lead but soon saw it being…
