Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu staved off a stiff challenge from 2016 All England champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to make a positive start to her campaign at the Singapore Open here on Wednesday. Sindhu, who had clinched her maiden India Open Super Series title earlier this month, fought back from a game down to eke out a 10-21, 21-15, […]
» Read moreIsa Guha, the former England international, has become the first woman to join the board of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. Guha, who has won the World T20, World Cup and the Ashes, was appointed as a non-executive director of the PCAon Tuesday(April 11). Guha became the first woman from Asia to represent the England women’s team when she made her […]
» Read moreBadminton Association of India (BAI) president and former union minister Akhilesh Das Gupta died on Wednesday following cardiac arrest. Gupta suffered massive heart attack and was rushed to the Lari hospital where he died in the wee hours, Congress sources said. Gupta (56) was a Rajya Sabha member and was minister for steels in Congress government. Gupta, son of former Uttar […]
» Read moreCanterbury skipper Andrew Ellis has been named New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) domestic Player of the Year for the 2016-17 season. This is the second time in three years that the all-rounder has won the award, having led his side to Plunkett Shield and Ford Trophy victories this season. The 35-year-old had a particularly good time in the Plunkett Shield, topping […]
» Read moreRussia’s Daria Kasatkina came up trumps in her first WTA final on Sunday, breezing past fellow 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1 to claim a maiden title in Charleston. “It’s very difficult to describe my feeling now,” Kasatkina said. “I feel I’m just sleeping and everything is not real. I’m so happy.” “Yesterday evening and all night I couldn’t sleep,” Kasatkina […]
» Read moreFormer Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi has joined Pakistan Super League side Karachi Kings as its president, the franchise confirmed on Friday (April 7). Even though nothing has been mentioned about his availability as a player for next year’s edition, it is expected that Afridi will be formally traded to Karachi from Peshawar Zalmi once the trading window is opened. Afridi […]
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