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Johannesburg, Jan 16 (TIWN) Leg-spinner Dane Van Niekerk, who has not played a T20I since February 2019, will be leading South Africa in the upcoming Women's World T20 in Australia. The squad consists of 11 players who were part of the last edition of the tournament held in 2018. |
16-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 16 (TIWN) Veteran leg-spinner Pravin Tambe won't be able to participate in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) set to get underway on March 29. Speaking to IANS, a BCCI functionary confirmed that Tambe can't play in the IPL since he has played in the T10 League. |
16-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 14 (TIWN) Steve Waugh's mental strength is something Ajinkya Rahane has always admired, the India Test Vice-Captain said in a social media post as he caught up with the legendary former Australia skipper. |
14-Jan-2020 |
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Melbourne, Jan 14 (TIWN) Melbourne Stars' opener Marcus Stoinis rewrote history books on Sunday as he slammed his maiden century during his team's Big Bash League (BBL) encounter against Sydney Sixers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Stoinis played an unbeaten cameo of 79-ball 147, which is now the highest individual score in BBL history. |
14-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 13 (TIWN) India batting coach Vikram Rathour feels the competition between Shikhar Dhawan and K.L. Rahul for the opening slot is a healthy one, ahead of their three-match ODI series against Australia starting here on Tuesday. |
13-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 13 (TIWN) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif on Sunday garnered a lot of appreciation on social media after the former Uttar Pradesh skipper posted an image on Twitter with batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who was termed as 'Lord Krishna' in it. |
13-Jan-2020 |
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Guwahati, Jan 12 (TIWN) Aleena Reji, who clinched silver at the Junior Asia Cup, is very excited to take part in the third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG). Cycling has been included in the games for the first time and the 20-year-old expressed that this is her last chance to participate in the event. |
12-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 11 (TIWN) Australias limited-overs captain Aaron Finch is focussing on playing till the 2023 World Cup and said he would look to realise that "goal" if form and fitness permit. |
11-Jan-2020 |
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London, Jan 11 (TIWN) Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has been shortlisted as one of the 20 contenders for the greatest Laureus Sporting Moment Award in the last 20 years. |
11-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 11 (TIWN) Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday wished former India skipper Rahul Dravid on his 47th birthday. |
11-Jan-2020 |
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Auckland, Jan 11 (TIWN) Top-seeded Serena Williams cruised into the ASB Classic's women's singles final on Saturday, ousting No.3 seed and fellow American Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 6-1. |
11-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 11 (TIWN) Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Saturday turned 47 and the cricket fraternity took to social media to extended wishes to one of the most decorated cricketers of all times. |
11-Jan-2020 |
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Manchester, Jan 10 (TIWN) Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refuted reports and said defender Harry Maguire could return for Saturday's league game against Norwich at Old Trafford. |
10-Jan-2020 |
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (TIWN) Odisha FC will leave nothing to chance as they battle with Mumbai City FC, possibly their most direct competitor for the play-off spot in the Indian Super League, at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. |
10-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 10 (TIWN) India U19 all-rounder Divyansh Joshi has been ruled out of the upcoming World Cup and has been replaced by Maharashtra's Siddhesh Veer, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Friday. |
10-Jan-2020 |
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Kolkata, Jan 10 (TIWN) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon on February 2 here with over 9000 runners registering for the event. |
10-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 10 (TIWN) Eighteen teams comprising of reserve teams of eight Indian Super League clubs (except Northeast United FC and Odisha FC) and two I-League clubs (Punjab FC and Indian Arrows) will compete in the preliminary round of Hero Second Division League 2019-20. |
10-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 9 (TIWN) With the FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup in India on the horizon, the final round of the premier womens football league of the country -- Indian Womens League (IWL) 2019-20 -- will kick-off at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bengaluru on January 24. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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Pune, Jan 9 (TIWN) Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is one wicket away from becoming Indias leading wicket-taker in T20Is, and when Virat Kohli and Co. take on Sri Lanka in the third and final match on Friday, he can achieve the feat. Currently, he is tied with R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal with 52 wickets to his name. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (TIWN) Ace Indian women shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal on Thursday came out with a spectacular performance, winning their respective second-round matches of the ongoing Malaysia Masters to enter the quarterfinals. However, it was curtains for men shuttlers as both Sameer Verma and H.S. Prannoy crashed out of the tournament. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 9 (TIWN) Australian opener David Warner is all set to take on the Men in Blue in the upcoming three-match ODI series, which begins on January 14 in Mumbai. The aggressive batsman posted a photograph after boarding the plane enroute to India with a message. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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Quito (Ecuador), Jan 9 (TIWN) Argentinean Richard Schunke has been granted Ecuadorian citizenship by presidential decree, boosting the Tricolor's defensive options ahead of the South American zone qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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Sydney, Jan 9 (TIWN) Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios combined to defeat Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury 3-6, 6-3, 18-16 on Thursday, giving Australia a 2-1 victory against the UK and sending their country to the semi-finals of the inaugural ATP Cup. |
09-Jan-2020 |
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Melbourne, Jan 8 (TIWN) Mackenzie Harvey will lead Australia in the upcoming Under 19 World Cup while Ollie Davies and Lachlan Hearne will serve as his deputies in the tournament slated to be held from January 17 in South Africa. |
08-Jan-2020 |
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Sydney, Jan 8 (TIWN) Australia head coach Justin Langer will be taking a short break when his side travels to India for the upcoming three-match ODI series. |
08-Jan-2020 |
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Brisbane, Jan 8 (TIWN) Serbia have become the second team to enter the quarter-finals of the ongoing ATP Cup after they edged out France to top Group A. |
08-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 8 (TIWN) Former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann has decided to "take a break from social media" after his Twitter account got hacked. Lehmann, whose account has now been restored, said he took the decision as the hacking took toll on him. |
08-Jan-2020 |
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Rome, Jan 8 (TIWN) Cristiano Ronaldo started 2020 on the right foot posting his 56th career hat-trick for club and country to lead Juventus over Cagliari 4-0 in Serie A. |
08-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 7 (TIWN) India's first World Cup-winning captain and legendary cricketer Kapil Dev turned 61 on Monday and wishes for the former all-rounder pored in on various social media platforms. Kapil had led India to their maiden World Cup title in 1983. |
07-Jan-2020 |
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Sydney, Jan 6 (TIWN) Maintaining their winning run, the Tim Paine-led Australia hammered New Zealand by 279 runs in the third and final Test of the rubber here on Monday to register an emphatic 3-0 series win. |
06-Jan-2020 |
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Tokyo, Jan 6 (TIWN) Tomokazu Harimoto, 16, will make his Olympic debut after being selected for the Japanese table tennis team on Monday. Born to two former Chinese national team members, Harimoto, now ranked fifth in the world, became the youngest ever world junior champion in 2016 when he was just 13. |
06-Jan-2020 |
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Sydney, Jan 6 (TIWN) Australia have grabbed a full 120 points from their series against New Zealand and are firmly placed in second position on the ICC World Test Championship points table. |
06-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 6 (TIWN) In a bizarre incident on the third day of the Ranji Trophy contest between Mumbai and Karnataka at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here play was halted a few times after snakes entered the ground. |
06-Jan-2020 |
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Guwahati, Jan 5 (TIWN) Unseasonal rain delayed the start of India's first T20 international against Sri Lanka here after home team skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first. |
05-Jan-2020 |
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Srinagar, Jan 5 (TIWN) Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan went on top of the I-League standings with a fluent 2-0 win over Real Kashmir FC (RKFC) at the TRC ground here on Sunday. |
05-Jan-2020 |
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Jodhpur, Jan 5 (TIWN) Maharashtra has struck gold at the team event of the 28th Sub Junior Artistic Gymnastics National Championship 2019 while representing the same state, while the 12-year-old Mann Kothari from the Mumbai Suburban team begged silver in the Floor and High Bar event. |
05-Jan-2020 |
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Madrid, Jan 5 (TIWN) Atletico Madrid has edged Levante 2-1 and climbed to third place in LaLiga and remain within striking distance of Barcelona and Real Madrid. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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London, Jan 5 (TIWN) Wolverhampton and Manchester United battled to a scoreless draw in their FA Cup third-round match, while Manchester City romped 4-1 over fourth-division side Port Vale. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 4 (TIWN) The news of India all-rounder Hardik Pandya's engagement to Bollywood actress Natasa Stankovic was not just a surprise for his fans, but also for his family. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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Sydney, Jan 4 (TIWN) As Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne on Friday scored an unbeaten 130 off 210 balls on Day 1 of the third and final Test against New Zealand here, Twitterati praised him lavishly for the feat. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 4 (TIWN) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday called on former President Pranab Mukherjee and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal here, and said he will "adopt" the Delhi government's model in the education and health sectors. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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Mumbai, Jan 4 (TIWN) Progress High School, Goa, and The Unique Model Academy, Imphal, will vie for the first ever sub-junior boys' title when the two teams clash in the final of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National Football meet on Sunday at the Reliance Corporate Park ground in Navi Mumbai. |
04-Jan-2020 |
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Melbourne, Jan 3 (TIWN) Veteran South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has reiterated his desire to feature in this year's World T20, feeling his experience of 15 years in international cricket can come in handy to lead the Proteas quicks in Australia. |
03-Jan-2020 |
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Cape Town, Jan 3 (TIWN) England have decided to do away with playing football to warm-up before a training session after they lost opener Rory Burns to it for the remainder of the ongoing four-match Test series against South Africa. |
03-Jan-2020 |
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Kolkata, Jan 2 (TIWN) Veteran stumper Parthiv Patel on Thursday backed under-fire India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, saying one or two innings can change the perception around him and give the youngster much-needed confidence. |
02-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 2 (TIWN) Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh on Thursday termed the devastating bushfires in Australia as tragic, saying it's time action is taken against the raging issue of global climate change. |
02-Jan-2020 |
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Beijing, Jan 2 (TIWN) New World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice president Yang Yang stressed the importance of education in the global fight against doping. |
01-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 2 (TIWN) Shivangi Sarma, who clinched a silver medal each in 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle at the South Asian Games 2019, expressed that swimming has been given more importance in India in the last few years. Sarma said it's good to see the Indian government supporting athletes financially. |
01-Jan-2020 |
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Lausanne (Switzerland), Jan 2 (TIWN) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics aims to be a "carbon-neutral" Games. |
01-Jan-2020 |
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New Delhi, Jan 2 (TIWN) The Archery Association of India (AAI) will hold its elections on January 18, ending a long-drawn limbo due to feuding factions within the association. In accordance with an order passed by the Delhi High Court in October and later modified in November, 31 state associations are part of the electoral roll. |
01-Jan-2020 |
