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Jay Shah has been elected as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He will succeed Greg Barclay and will assume charge on December 1. The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was elected unopposed as no nomination was filed against him. At 36, Shah will be the…
Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket with immediate effect. The left-hander took to social media to call time on his career spanning over 13 years for India, in which he played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is scoring 2315, 6793 and 1579 runs respectively in the three formats. “It’s…
The Pro Kabaddi League 2024 auction witnessed 12 teams engage in intense bidding to fill their squads with top-quality players in Mumbai. The PKL 2024 auction was held over two days with more than 500 kabaddi players listed in the bidding process. On the first day of the auction, Sachin Tanwar emerged as the most sought-after player and was eventually bagged by Tamil…
Despite logging the second-best throw of his career to date, Tokyo 2020 champion Neeraj Chopra had to settle for the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Neeraj, despite not looking his best and logging just one valid throw of 89.45m in his six attempts in the…
The Indian men’s hockey team came from a goal down to beat Spain 2-1 and win the bronze medal at the Paris 204 Olympics and gave a befitting farewell to veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who played his last International match on Thursday. Spain took the lead through captain Marc Miralles (18’) but India struck right back through a brace by skipper Harmanpreet Singh (30’, 33’)….
Vinesh Phogat Olympics 2024: In a unfortunate event for India at Olympics, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on Wednesday from the 50kg freestyle wrestling for being overweight by a few grams, after she qualified for gold medal bout. Vinesh Phogat had beaten World No.1 and Tokyo 2020 champion Yui Susaki of Japan to qualify for…
The Indian men’s hockey team lost 2-3 against Germany in the semi-final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday. Harmanpreet Singh and Co. will now feature in the bronze medal match against Spain on Thursday, August 8, and hope to replicate their Tokyo 2020 podium finish at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. Germany, meanwhile, are set to…
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra stormed into the men’s javelin throw final by outclassing the field in the qualification at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday. At the Stade de France, Neeraj produced a monster 89.34m throw on his very first attempt to breach the direct qualification standard of 84m. It was the second-best throw of…
India’s misfortune in the 2024 Paris Olympics continued on Monday (August 5) as wrestler Nisha Dahiya suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the quarterfinals of the women’s 68kg freestyle competition to Pak Sol Gum of North Korea. After a come-from-behind win in the Round of 16, Dahiya looked set to reach the semi-finals as she was…
India Vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Highlights: In a dramatic finish, India was left in disbelief as Arshdeep Singh was trapped LBW by Asalanka while attempting a sweep, leading to a tied match against Sri Lanka. Arshdeep’s review confirmed HawkEye’s verdict that the ball was crashing into the leg-stump. Asalanka’s brilliant final over brought the game…