Shuttler PV Sindhu was on Monday nominated for the prestigious Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award. The Indian ace’s career graph has been on an upward curve since last year, when she became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games. In March 2015, Sindhu became the youngest recipient of the Padma Shri. Following her […]
» Read moreThe BCCI selectors today included left-arm spinner Axar Patel in the Indian squad for the last two one-dayers of the ongoing series against Australia and dropped Ravindra Jadeja. Axar Patel had twisted his ankle before the series-opener in Chennai, therefore, the selectors had included Jadeja in the 15-man squad as a cover. India have already sealed the series with a […]
» Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office on Sunday but will have to build an uneasy coalition to form a German government after her conservatives haemorrhaged support in the face of a surge by the far-right. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) stunned the establishment by winning 13.1% of the vote, projected results showed, a result that […]
» Read moreNew Zealand have announced a nine-member core team for next month’s limited over series against India with six players to be added later from their A side currently touring. Allrounder Jimmy Neesham and batsman Neil Broom were dropped from the squad after they failed to fire during the ICC Champions Trophy in June. “The nine we’ve picked have made up […]
» Read moreAll-rounder Hardik Pandya rose to the occasion yet again with a fluent 78-run knock as India registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in the third ODI to grab the number one spot, on Sunday. Chasing 294 for a win, India overhauled the target with 13 balls to spare in front of a packed Holkar stadium to take a series-clinching […]
» Read moreManav Thakkar and Manush Shah beat the top-seeded Chinese Taipei duo of Feng i-Hsin and Tai Ming-Wei 11-7, 11-6, 17-15 in the Slovenia Open Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Open on Sunday.
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