Colombo: Cheteshwar Pujara marked his recall with an unbeaten century after Sri Lanka’s Dhammika Prasad ripped through India’s batting in the decisive third and final Test in Colombo on Saturday. The tourists, who resumed at 50-2 after a rain-curtailed opening day, moved to 292-8 by stumps on the second day at the Sinhalese Sports Club with Pujara holding fort on […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: Tennis star Sania Mirza was on Saturday conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting honour, while shooting sensation was among the Arjuna award recipients in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Sania, clad in a maroon saree and blue blazer, amid thunderous applause at the […]
» Read moreKarachi: Pakistan veteran Younis Khan has no plans to retirement as he dreams of becoming the first Pakistani to score 10,000 Test runs. Younis is 1186 runs short of the 10,000-mark in Tests. “It has always been my desire to do something special for Pakistan cricket and scoring 10,000 runs in Test cricket is my dream now,” Younis, who will turn […]
» Read moreDurban: AB de Villiers continue to shatter records in ODIs. The South African added one more feather to his cap when he became the fastest to reach 8000 ODI runs during the third ODI against New Zealand in Durban on Wednesday. De Villiers went past 8000 runs in just his 182nd innings, 18 innings quicker than India’s Sourav Ganguly and […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: The Karnataka high court stayed Sania Mirza’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award after Paralympic athlete H N Girisha filed a plea against the recommendation of the Indian tennis ace for the country’s highest sporting honour, TV channels reported. The 2012 London Paralympics silver medallist Girisha was upset at the way Sania has been recommended by the Union sports […]
» Read moreKolkata: Indian tennis aces Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza will team up against compatriot Leander Paes and his fancied partner in an exhibition mixed doubles match ‘Tennis Masters 2015’ in Kolkata on November 25.
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