An amateur footballer in France, described as a “fanatic”, was on Friday banned from playing for 30 years for punching a referee. “The penalty is appropriate. These fanatics must not be able to set foot on a football pitch again. They have no place there,” said Benoit Laine, president of the Loiret football district in … Read more
Padma Shri awardee Gurcharan Singh has said many coaches taking credit for the success of athletes only because they trained at their academies is a wrong practice. The 87-year-old veteran cricket coach, who has produced more than a dozen internationally-acclaimed players including Kirti Azad, Ajay Jadeja and Maninder Singh among others, added that Sunil Gavaskar, … Read more
In a significant first for world cricket, the ICC on Friday named an all-female panel of match officials, including the Indian trio of GS Lakshmi, Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan, for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Three match referees and 10 umpires make up the 13-woman team in what is a … Read more
Indian cricketer Axar Patel tied the knot with Meha Patel in Vadodara on Thursday. The all-rounder skipped the ODI series against New Zealand this time owing to his wedding. Although he did not share any photos or videos, many fan accounts on Twitter shared some from his memorable day. Happy married life Axar Patel 💞👩❤️👨#AxarPatel … Read more
Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza bowed out of Grand Slam tennis Friday with defeat in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final playing alongside Rohan Bopanna — her first playing partner 22 years ago. The 36-year-old Mirza, regarded as her country’s greatest women’s tennis player, returned to Melbourne Park for one last hurrah and made it all the … Read more
Australia Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins has trashed the claims that pointed his views on environmental issues causing Cricket Australia a loss of AUD 40 million in sponsorship with Alinta Energy. A week before Australia embark on the tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar series, Cummins is again courting an old controversy that began … Read more
An annoyed Rohit Sharma takes a dig at the broadcaster for showing his century in the third ODI against New Zealand was the first in “three years” as the skipper pointed out he hardly played any 50-over matches during the period due to various reasons. As Rohit pulled away to deep square to get to … Read more
After blanking New Zealand in the ODI series by 3-0, Team India captain Rohit Sharma praised Shardul Thakur, who took crucial wickets of visitors to ease some pressure from the team, and said teammates call him a ‘magician’ in the squad as he makes telling contributions with ball and bat literally every time he is … Read more
A day after the sports ministry formed an Oversight Committee, to probe allegations of sexual misconduct against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) officials and to run the day-to-day affairs of the body, top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia tweeted that they were not consulted before forming the committee. Boxing great Mary Kom was … Read more
India’s omission of star Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma from an upcoming Twenty20 series against New Zealand is only intended to give them a rest, coach Rahul Dravid said Monday. The duo’s absence from two successive series had stoked rumours that Hardik Pandya would take over as regular T20 captain Pandya led the team … Read more
Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who is making a return to competitive cricket after close to six months, on Monday said his first priority is to get a “100 percent” match fit ahead of the crucial Test series against Australia. “I am feeling good to be back on the field. Very excited. Hopefully, it will … Read more
The ICC has allegedly lost close to USD 2.5 million after becoming a victim of cyber crime, according to a report. The incident of phishing, which originated in the USA, took place last year, ESPNCricinfo reported. “The route used by fraudsters to commit the financial scam was Business E-mail Compromise (BEC), also known as e-mail … Read more
New Delhi: Olympian wrestler and 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Bajrang Punia on Friday said that they are fighting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to hear their demands. Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Malikkh, Ravi … Read more
Former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves detained in Spain on suspicion of sexual assault. Earlier, a Spanish court had opened an investigation into allegations former Brazil defender Dani Alves sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub last month. A Barcelona court opened a probe “into an alleged crime of sexual assault as a result of … Read more
New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Friday reached out to Indian Olympic Association (IOA), demanding formation of an enquiry committee to probe the allegations of sexual harassment they have levelled against WFI President, a day after threatening to lodge multiple FIRs against the sports administrator. In a letter addressed to IOA President PT Usha, the … Read more