Sunday, 29 Dec 2024
Category: Sports

Pune 7 Aces register first win in PBL

World champion Carolina Marin had to find a special gear against 2018 India Open champion Beiwen Zhang to help Pune 7 Aces earn their first points in the fourth edition of the Premier Badminton League at the NSCI Dome here on Monday. Marin, who had lost her first match of the new season against Hyderabad […]

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Selection issues bog down India ahead of Boxing Day Test

MELBOURNE: Halfway into the tour, the Indian team management continues to be in a dilemma over selection issues despite having 19 players on their roster – the largest in recent times. According to coach Ravi Shastri, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin – who missed the second Test in Perth due to injuries – are on […]

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Barcelona hope to extend stay at top

Bengaluru, December 20: The last La Liga weekend of 2018 sees Barcelona looking to stay ahead of chasing Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, with opportunities also for teams towards the bottom to send their fans happily into the winter break. Leaders BarÇa are at home to Celta on Saturday, with five goals in his last two […]

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IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians appoint Zaheer Khan as Director of Cricket Operations

Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) appointed former seamer Zaheer Khan as Director of Cricket Operations on Tuesday. He is now part of the team’s think-tank. Khan, who is also called the pioneer of the knuckle-ball, would bring his two-decade experience to his new managerial role for Mumbai Indians. Zaheer Khan has also played […]

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Australia defeat India in second Test, level series 1-1

Perth : Australia defeated India by 146 runs in the second Test to level the four-match series at 1-1 here on Tuesday. India were dismissed for 140 runs in their second innings on the fifth and final day. Starting the final day at the overnight score of 112/5, the visitors seemed over-awed by the daunting […]

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India’s Tour Of Australia: Michael Vaughan Feels Virat Kohli Is Better Than Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting

India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday became the second fastest player to scorer 25 Test centuries during the second Test match against Australia at Perth. He achieved the feat in 127 innings, behind legendary Donald Bradman’s 68 innings. The 123-run innings was his sixth Test hundred on Australian soil, joining boyhood hero Sachin Tendulkar. Already […]