An FIR has been lodged against Amitabh Choudhary, acting secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), for alleged misappropriation of funds of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) during his tenure as its president. Chief Judicial Magistrate G K Tiwari had passed an order asking the officer-in-charge of the steel city’s Bistupur police station to register […]
» Read moreThe legend of Vijender Singh continued to grow as the Indian boxing star outslugged his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali in a close bout to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title here on Saturday. It was double delight for the fans as Vijender also snatched the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title from the Chinese, who is nine years younger […]
» Read moreGalatasaray have signed Brazilian midfielder Fernando from Manchester City on a three-year contract for a fee of 5.25 million euros ($6.18 million), both clubs announced on Friday. Fernando, who joined City from Porto in 2014 and made more than 100 appearances for the Manchester club, heads to Turkey after being used sparingly by manager Pep Guardiola last season. “The club […]
» Read moreVenting his anger at missing out on the Arjuna award yet again, Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna on Saturday lambasted the All India Tennis Association (AITA) for not nominating him within the deadline but the Federation said there was no point sending his application since he did not meet the requisite criteria. The deadline to send applications expired on April […]
» Read moreBCCI posted a video of Ajinkya Rahane’s wife Radhika celebrating his ninth Test ton in Colombo yesterday, attached with a message: “Finally! She said, after @ajinkyarahane88 gets to a well-made 9th Test century #TeamIndia#SLvIND.” Finally! She said, after @ajinkyarahane88 gets to a well-made 9th Test century #TeamIndia #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/l1HlAM95x2 — BCCI (@BCCI) August 3, 2017
» Read moreH.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap continued their good run, reaching the pre-quarterfinals with straight-game wins in the men’s singles competition of the New Zealand Grand Prix Gold. Prannoy, 24, who had clinched the U.S Open in California last month, staved off a challenge from Indonesia’s Firman Abdul Kholik 23-21 21-18. Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who had also reached the finals […]
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