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New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League is set to get underway on March 29 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai with Mumbai Indians kicking off the campaign on their home ground. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) AGM on Sunday was highlighted with Joint Secretary Rajan Manchanda supposedly being manhandled by Apex Council members. The agenda was also supposedly forced through despite dissent. But Secretary Vinod Tihara wants newly appointed Ombudsman Deepak Verma to look into the whole matter and then give his verdict on the whole matter. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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Dubai, Dec 30 (TIWN) The International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee is likely to consider four-day Test matches as being part of the World Test Championship from 2023. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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Melbourne, Dec 30 (TIWN) Australia on Monday called up DArcy Short into their one-day squad for their tour of India next month in place of pacer Sean Abbott. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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Tehran, Dec 30 (TIWN) Iran U-23 national football team head coach Hamid Estili says his side have learned from a 2-2 draw against Qatar, in which Iran threw away a two-goal lead. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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Sydney, Dec 30 (TIWN) Only a single Indian -- Virat Kohli -- has made the cut to be featured in the Test team of this decade as named by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. |
30-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) An old video of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has surfaced on social media where he is confessing about breaking a TV at his home after he saw his daughter trying to imitate an "arti" scene performed on an Indian daily soap. |
29-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 29 (TIWN) Sourav Ganguly may be one of the biggest names to have ever played cricket for the country but he isn't unlike most others when it comes to working on Sundays. The former India captain who is the current President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, posted an image on his Instagram handle on Sunday and in the caption said, "Hate working on a Sunday." |
29-Dec-2019 |
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Bemetara (Chhattisgarh), Dec 29 (TIWN) Maharashtra and Kerala entered semi-finals of the Chhattisgarh Amateur Kho Kho Association-organised 53rd Senior National Kho Kho Championships in the men's event at Allons Public School Ground here on Sunday. |
29-Dec-2019 |
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Melbourne, Dec 29 (TIWN) Afghanistan star Rashid Khan on Sunday flaunted a new bat design at the ongoing edition of the Big Bash League. Playing for the Adelaide Strikers against defending champions Melbourne Renegades, Rashid was seen holding a bat that had a depression on its back, giving it the look of a camel's back. |
29-Dec-2019 |
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Lahore, Dec 29 (TIWN) Days after he hogged limelight for being ill treated by few players during his playing days due to his Hindu religion, former Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has now alleged that the national cricket team welcomed those players in the side who "sold" their country. |
29-Dec-2019 |
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Chennai, Dec 29 (TIWN) All India Chess Federation (AICF) President P.R. Venketrama Raja on Saturday suffered a setback in the ongoing power struggle with Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan as the general body meeting passed the resolutions proposed by the latter. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Mary Kom refused to shake hands or hug Nikhat Zareen after winning the bout between the two in the 51kg final of the women's trials for the Indian team that will travel to China in February next year for the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifiers. There was also alleged foul language that the six-time world champion used against Nikhat when the latter approached her after the result was announced. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Arjuna awardee and national table tennis champion Monalisa Baruah Mehta has lauded the Khelo India Youth Games initiative by the sports ministry. The former table tennis player from Assam said that the competition is reviving the sporting culture in India. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Enjoying the festive season, sporting legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Novak Djokovic were seen having some fun as the Portuguese soccer star posted a video on social media of him teaching the tennis icon how to jump and head the ball to score a goal. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Former batsman VVS Laxman believes 2019 was a "very good year" for Virat Kohli and his boys during which they fulfilled his dream of the Indian team registering a Test series win in Australia. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Power Sportz, India's maiden sports news channel, met with Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday evening at Shastri Bhawan. The team led by Kanthi D. Suresh, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Power Sportz, presented a memorandum suggesting some recommendations to the sports ministry. The Sports Minister acknowledged the Memorandum. |
28-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN) The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Thursday handed former Asian silver medallist boxer Sumit Sangwan a one-year suspension for failing a dope test. |
26-Dec-2019 |
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Melbourne, Dec 26 (TIWN) Australia's batting mainstay Steve Smith was on Thursday booed by vocal New Zealand supporters during their team's first Boxing Day Test in 32 years at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). |
26-Dec-2019 |
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Melbourne, Dec 26 (TIWN) The ongoing Boxing Day Test between Australia and New Zealand on Thursday witnessed a record attendance at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as 80,473 fans turned out for the contest. Thursday's attendance was the the sixth highest turn-out ever for Day 1 of a Boxing Day Test. |
26-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 26 (TIWN) World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Jamuna Boro, who hails from Dhekiajuli in Assam, is delighted to see the rise of boxers in her home state. Along with Boro, Assamese boxers Bhagyabati Kachari and Lovlina Borgohain are among the top prospects for boxing in India. |
26-Dec-2019 |
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Melbourne, Dec 26 (TIWN) Twin half-centuries from Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne put Australia slightly ahead on Day 1 of the second Test against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). |
26-Dec-2019 |
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Kolkata, Dec 26 (TIWN) BCCI national selector Devang Gandhi was on Thursday ejected from the Bengal dressing room for unauthorised entry at the Eden Gardens on Day 2 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Andhra. |
26-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN) Pakistan spin legend Saqlain Mushtaq hailed former India captain Sourav Ganguly on his current role as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The pair have faced each other a few times on the pitch and Saqlain shared an interesting anecdote about Ganguly from their playing days. |
25-Dec-2019 |
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Centurion, Dec 25 (TIWN) South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis on Tuesday confirmed that right-handed batsman Rassie van der Dussen will make his Test debut in their opening Test of the four-match series against England, starting here at the SuperSport Park on Thursday. |
25-Dec-2019 |
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Fuzhou (China) Dec 25 (TIWN) Former Argentina star midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron says he still believes Qatar 2022 could represent the last chance for compatriot Lionel Messi to win a World Cup trophy. |
25-Dec-2019 |
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Dhaka, Dec 25 (TIWN) Bangladesh are ready to play Tests with Pakistan at a neutral venue and not in the latter's backyard, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury has said. |
25-Dec-2019 |
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London, Dec 25 (TIWN) Pakistan and Middlesex all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been suspended from bowling in all English cricket's domestic competition after his action was found to be illegal following an independent bowling-action assessment |
24-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 24 (TIWN) India witnessed the rise of another shooter when Zeena Khitta defeated Mehuli Ghosh and former world number one Apurvi Chandela to clinch the gold in the 63rd National Shooting Championship earlier this month. Khitta recorded a score of 252.2 in the 10m air rifle event. The 18-year-old said that she is hoping to book a place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. |
24-Dec-2019 |
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London, Dec 24 (TIWN) Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reserved high praise for his returning midfielder Paul Pogba. Pogba on Sunday played his first match since September with an ankle injury keeping him out for a lengthy spell. |
24-Dec-2019 |
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Bhopal, Dec 24 (TIWN) Manu Bhaker on Tuesday won gold at the junior and senior 10m air pistol events at the National Shooting Championships. The 17-year-old shot 241.5 in the final of the junior event and 243 in the senior event to win the top prize in both categories. |
24-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 24 (TIWN) Sakshi Chaudhary has been recognised as one of the best prospects for India in international boxing. After Vijender Singh won a medal in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Bhiwani Boxing Club in Haryana had an energetic youngster waiting at their doorstep eager to become a pugilist. Sakshi had taken inspiration from Vijender and was determined to become a boxer. |
24-Dec-2019 |
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Kolkata, Dec 24 (TIWN) The English and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed that there have been discussions with BCCI regarding the proposed four-nation tournament. |
24-Dec-2019 |
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Karachi, Dec 23 (TIWN) Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali and head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq on Monday slammed Bangladesh's reported unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, saying it is "a great injustice" and "there is no excuse not to come". |
23-Dec-2019 |
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Dubai, Dec 23 (TIWN) India skipper Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma ended the year on a glorious note after remaining static at the first and second position in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen. While Kohli has 887 points to his name, Rohit followed him with 873 points. |
23-Dec-2019 |
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Johannesburg, Dec 23 (TIWN) South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander will retire from international cricket after the upcoming four-match Test series against England. The news was confirmed by Cricket South Africa on their official Twitter handle. |
23-Dec-2019 |
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Karachi, Dec 23 (TIWN) Pakistan on Monday defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 263 runs in the Karachi Test, thus winning the historic two-match series 1-0. |
23-Dec-2019 |
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Cuttack (Odisha), Dec 23 (TIWN) India on Sunday chased down a target of 316 in a thriller of a series finale to beat the West Indies by four wickets and take the three-match series 2-1 at the Barabati Stadium here. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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London, Dec 22 (TIWN) England's World Cup winner and West Ham great Martin Peters died aged 76, his family has announced. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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Dhaka, Dec 22 (TIWN) Wicketkeeper-batsman Akbar Ali will lead Bangladesh's 15-member squad that is set to travel to South Africa for the 2020 U-19 Cricket World Cup. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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Karachi, Dec 22 (TIWN) Brilliant batting by Shan Masood (135) and Abid Ali (174) helped hosts Pakistan take control in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium here on Saturday. Pakistan ended the third day at 395/2, taking a healthy 315-run lead with Azhar Ali and Babar Azam batting on 57 and 22 runs respectively. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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Manchester, Dec 22 (TIWN) Reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City came from behind to beat Leicester City 3-1 in a high-octane clash here on Saturday night. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (TIWN) Gujarat Giants, spurred by skipper Amit Panghal and heavyweight Scott Forrest, staged remarkable rallies -- from 0-2 and 2-3 -- to stop Punjab Panthers with a 4-3 conquest in the high-voltage final of the Big Bout Indian Boxing League at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex, here on Saturday. |
22-Dec-2019 |
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New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) He might be the idol for millions in this country, but Sachin Tendulkar too has had his tough moments and in a recent interview revealed how the phase when he was out with the tennis elbow had him praying to God every day for one opportunity to get back on the cricket pitch. |
21-Dec-2019 |
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Pune, Dec 21 (TIWN) Avantika Narale initially made headlines when she rewrote Dutee Chand's 200m junior national record last year, but the sprinter was again in the news when she won a gold and silver in the 100m and 200m respectively in the Asian Youth Athletics Championship earlier this year. |
21-Dec-2019 |
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Cuttack, Dec 21 (TIWN) Shreyas Iyer said that fans can expect the Indian team to play the same way on Sunday as they did in the second ODI against the West Indies. India won the second match by 107 runs to level the three-match series and thus set up a finale in Cuttack. |
21-Dec-2019 |
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Bengaluru, Dec 21 (TIWN) In a bid to put Indian wheelchair tennis on the world map, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) in association with the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour (IWTT) and Karnataka Lawn Tennis Association, is conducting a three-day coaching camp at the KSLTA courts. The coaching camp, which began on Friday, is an initiative of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and caters to the wheelchair tennis players and coaches as well. |
21-Dec-2019 |
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Bogota, Dec 21 (TIWN) Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer will return to Colombia in March next year for an exhibition match against German Alexander Zverev after a meeting between the pair scheduled for last month was cancelled. |
20-Dec-2019 |
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Kolkata, Dec 20 (TIWN) The Indian Premier League coupled with the digital boom in 2016 has resulted in a dramatic transformation in the sports ecosystem, feels FanCode, a multi-sport aggregator platform. |
20-Dec-2019 |
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Pretoria, Dec 20 (TIWN) England have called up Somerset duo Dominic Bess and Craig Overton to their Test squad as cover ahead of the first Test starting on Boxing Day against South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion due to illness in the camp. Bess and Overton are due to arrive at the team's base in Johannesburg on Saturday morning. |
20-Dec-2019 |