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…
Photo: ALEX GRIMM FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – JUNE 20: Christian Eriksen of Denmark applauds the fans as he warms up prior to the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Denmark and England at Frankfurt Arena on June 20, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Photo: ALEX GRIMM FRANKFURT…
The ICC men’s T20 World Cup has been of some ups and downs. While the ICC must be commended for bringing more Associate Member countries into the fold, it was clear that some were just not ready for the contests at this level. Teams getting bowled out under 50 and that score being chased down…
NEW DELHI: Indian cricketers, in a poignant tribute, wore black armbands during their T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown in Barbados.This gesture was in honour of former Indian fast bowler David Johnson, who tragically passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday at the age of 52. T20 WORLD CUP:…
