Rio Olympics bronze medallist woman wrestler Sakshi Malik (60kg) assured herself of a silver medal after reaching the finals at the Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi on Friday. The 24-year-old from Haryana defeated Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan to enter the finals. She had advanced to the semifinal after beating Uzbek grappler Nabira Esenbaeva 6-2 in the quarterfinal bout. Sakshi […]
» Read moreRafael Nadal extended his flawless record on clay this season to 12-0 with a 6-3, 6-1 destruction of Nick Kyrgios in the third round of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Nadal had no such troubles as he dominated Kyrgios to beat the Australian in just over an hour. “I played really well tonight. Right from the start I made very […]
» Read moreFormer Australian cricketers Jason Gillespie, Chris Rogers and Brad Haddin will take the coaching reins during Australia A’s tour of South Africa in July and August. Gillespie, the Adelaide Strikers coach, will be the head coach and assisted by Rogers and Haddin for the tour comprising four-day and 50-over matches. Australia A will play two four-day matches against South Africa […]
» Read moreVVS Laxman is the latest ex-India player to be awarded with an honorary life membership to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The elegant Hyderabad batsman becomes the fifth Indian to receive the honour, after fellow stalwarts, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan. The 42-year-old right-handed batsman enjoyed a successful 16-year international career with India and featured in […]
» Read moreShashank Manohar will continue as Independent Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) till June 2018. Mr. Manohar, architect of the new ICC Constitution and Financial structure, acceded to the wishes of the majority of the 13-member ICC Board to complete his first two-year term as chairman of the world cricket body. “Shashank Manohar will continue to function as the […]
» Read moreSandeep Sharma, the Kings XI Punjab swing bowler, was fined 50% of his match fees for a Level 1 offense of the Code of Conduct, the Indian Premier League governing body announced on Monday (8th May).
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