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New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN) Deepak Kumar's fine run in the men's 52kg category came to an end on Saturday as he lost to local favourite Daniel Asenov 2-3 in the final of the 72nd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
28-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 28 (TIWN) When Jasprit Bumrah started troubling young batsmen with pace generated by his quick arm action and short run-up at his school's cricket academy, a few other pace-bowling trainees approached their coach, mocking and doubting his action. |
28-Feb-2021 |
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Lucknow, Feb 28 (TIWN) Wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia from Punjab and Andhra Pradesh-born all-rounder Shikha Pandey do not figure in Indian One-day International (ODI) and T20 squads announced on Saturday. India will play five ODIs and three T20s against South Africa here, beginning March 7. |
28-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN) The Indian cricket team's landslide win over England in the third Test match seems to have allowed coach Ravi Shastri to indulge in humour on social media. In a rare reply to a tweet, Shastri on Saturday wrote "love the banter" on his handle. |
28-Feb-2021 |
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Krefeld (Germany), Feb 27 (TIWN) The Indian men's hockey team, ranked No.4 in the world, is ready to face world No.6 Germany in the first of the four-match tour of Europe beginning here on Sunday, said an upbeat captain PR Sreejesh. |
27-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN) Cancellations of a series of World Cups, which were part of the Olympic qualification programme, has all but evaporated the chances of Indian gymnasts, including 2016 Olympian Dipa Karmakar, qualifying in this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. |
26-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (TIWN) Spinner Axar Patel has said that he concentrated on improving his game to block out the negative thoughts as much as possible when he was out of the Indian team for the past three years. |
26-Feb-2021 |
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Dunedin (New Zealand), Feb 26 (TIWN) England women secured an unassailable 2-0 win over New Zealand with a seven-wicket win in the second ODI on Friday. Natalie Sciver led the way with bat and ball as England dismissed New Zealand for 192 runs and then chased down the target in 37.4 overs. |
26-Feb-2021 |
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Dusseldorf (Germany), Feb 26 (TIWN) The Indian women's hockey team's fitness and skills will be tested during their tour of Germany and will be valuable match practice in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, said captain Rani Rampal. The team is set to face world No.3 Germany in four matches starting on Saturday. |
26-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (TIWN) Spinner Axar Patel has said that he concentrated on improving his game to block out the negative thoughts as much as possible when he was out of the Indian team for the past three years. |
26-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (TIWN) India took a slender 33-run first-innings lead against England as they were bowled for 145 in 53.2 overs in the first session of the second day of the third Test here on Thursday. England captain, at best a part-time spinner, took a staggering career-best figures of five wickets for eight runs -- his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket -- to hasten India's demise. |
25-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (TIWN) India left-arm spinner Axar Patel's dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow was very Ravindra Jadeja-like. Patel, playing just his second Test, beat Bairstow on the inside edge for leg-before wicket. The right-handed batsman played for the turn, only to realise that there was no turn. It is something Jadeja does extremely well on Indian wickets where there is turn. |
25-Feb-2021 |
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Jaipur, Feb 25 (TIWN) Prithvi Shaw on Thursday became the eighth Indian player to score a double century in 50-over cricket. Shaw reached his 200 in just 142 balls playing for Mumbai against Puducherry in the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. He smashed as many as 27 fours and four sixes on his way to the landmark. |
25-Feb-2021 |
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Paris, Feb 25 (TIWN) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has narrowed down on Australian city Brisbane as its preferred candidate to host the 2032 Olympic Games. |
25-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 24 (TIWN) India, in reply to England's first-innnings' 112, were five runs for no loss in five overs at the dinner break on the opening day of the third day-night Test here on Wednesday. |
24-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 24 (TIWN) Murali Sreeshankar, India's national men's long jump record holder, is geared up to compete in the second leg of the one-day Indian Grand Prix Meet scheduled for Thursday at Patiala's National Institute of Sports (NIS) campus. Sreeshankar is focusing on achieving the 2021 Olympic qualification mark of 8.22m. |
24-Feb-2021 |
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Vasco (Goa), Feb 24 (TIWN) With their playoff hopes over and with one final game to go, Jamshedpur FC and Bengaluru FC will be aiming to end the Indian Super League (ISL) on a winning note as they face each other at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Thursday. |
24-Feb-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (TIWN) From a boy who once sat at a west Delhi intersection with tears in his eyes after failing to get admitted to a recognised school 17 years ago to becoming the second India pace bowler to play 100 Tests, it has been quite a journey for Ishant Sharma. |
23-Feb-2021 |
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Kalyani, Feb 23 (TIWN) Gokulam Kerala will be looking for a third consecutive win as they face Sudeva Delhi FC in the I-League at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium on Tuesday. |
23-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN) Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell's forgettable 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) didn't seem to matter at the 2021 auction as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ended up signing him for Rs 14.25 crore. RCB on Monday tweeted a video which showed how they, led by director of cricket operations Mike Hesson, planned their bid for Maxwell. |
23-Feb-2021 |
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Dubai, Feb 23 (TIWN) Top archers Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara will lead India's charge as Para Archery action returns with the seventh Fazza World Ranking Tournament -- Dubai 2021 at the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds here from Tuesday. |
23-Feb-2021 |
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Madrid, Feb 22 (TIWN) Atletico Madrid's title challenge suffered another setback as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Levante on Saturday. |
22-Feb-2021 |
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Auckland, Feb 22 (TIWN) New Zealand stars would "prefer" not having to miss out on their Test matches in England due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) but it would be just another case of things not going to plan in the current situation, said captain Kane Williamson. |
22-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 21 (TIWN) Former England captain Michael Vaughan shared a picture of a cricket stadium in Pakistan's Gwadar while taking a mild jab at the pitch quality during the second Test between India and England in Chennai. Vaughan has been a vocal critic of the spin-friendly conditions that were on offer in Chennai during the second Test, stating on a number of occasions that the pitch was not fit to host a Test match. |
21-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 21 (TIWN) Mumbai and Ahmedabad are likely to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches with the former likely to host group stage matches across four venues and the latter's refurbished Sardar Patel stadium in Motera to host the play-offs. |
21-Feb-2021 |
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Melbourne, Feb 21 (TIWN) Serbia's Novak Djokovic on Sunday blew away Russia's Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to win a record-extending ninth Australian Open title at the Rod Laver Arena. The win moves world No 1 Djokovic within two of Swiss great Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal's record total of 20 major victories. |
21-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (TIWN) Last year's finalist Delhi Capitals (DC) will find the competition "challenging" as the rivals too have consolidated their teams for the next edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) at Thursday's player auction, expected to begin in April, said captain Shreyas Iyer on Saturday. |
20-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (TIWN) Australia's T20 Internationals tour of New Zealand will be exclusively live streamed on FanCode in India. |
20-Feb-2021 |
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Bengaluru, Feb 20 (TIWN) Renowned physiologist and sports science expert Dr Genadijus Sokolovas arrived here on Friday to conduct the national swimming camp at the Dravid-Padukone Centre for Sports Execellence. His visit is expected to give a boost to senior national campers and developmental swimmers who are part of the TOP Scheme of the sports ministry such as Srihari Nataraj, Kushagra Rawat, and Mihir Ambre. |
20-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (TIWN) Former Sri Lanka cricket stars Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who occupy major off-field roles for Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians respectively in the Indian Premier League (IPL), have blamed lack of clarity on tours programme by Sri Lanka Cricket and lack of bowlers and all-rounders for the absence of any player from the country in the 2021 season of the tournament. |
20-Feb-2021 |
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Patiala, Feb 20 (TIWN) Odisha's international sprinter Dutee Chand warmed up for a challenging season ahead by winning 100m dash in 11.51 seconds in the first Indian Grand Prix here on Thursday. |
20-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 19 (TIWN) Delhi Capitals (DC) were lucky to get Australia batting mainstay Steve Smith for just Rs 2.2 crore and the franchise was willing to pay even more for him, said DC assistant coach Mohammed Kaif while speaking to the media on Thursday. |
19-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (TIWN) England left-arm fast bowler Sam Curran, who was supposed to join the England squad for the fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad, will now arrive with the limited-overs squad and play the shorter format series that begin with the first T20I on March 12. |
19-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (TIWN) Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul on Thursday said that the new name of the team represents it better as a unit. |
18-Feb-2021 |
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Budva (Montenegro), Feb 18 (TIWN) Youth Asian Boxing Championship 2019 silver medallist Ankit Narwal (64kg) started his campaign at the 30th Adriatic Pearl Youth Boxing Championship with a convincing win to enter the quarter-finals on Wednesday. |
18-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (TIWN) India on Wednesday announced their 17-man squad for the upcoming third and fourth Test matches against England, both of which will be played at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, near Ahmedabad. Fast bowler Shardul Thakur has been released for the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Umesh Yadav will replace him after a fitness assessment. |
17-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (TIWN) On September 21, 2014, when a 17-year-old opening batsman Rishabh Pant, representing a Delhi colts team in the under-19 JY Lele All India One-day Invitation Tournament in Baroda, carted eight sixes and 22 boundaries in his 133-ball 186 against a Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) XI, former India wicketkeeper Kiran More immediately noted down his name in his mobile phone. |
17-Feb-2021 |
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Beijing, Feb 17 (TIWN) The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed to the 137th IOC Session the 'Olympic Agenda 2020+5', which will be the roadmap for the work of IOC and the Olympic Movement for the next five years. |
17-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 17 (TIWN) Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel's five-wicket haul in the second innings, coupled with Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round performance, helped India score an authoritative 317-run win - their biggest-ever by runs against England -- in the second Test here on Tuesday. The win levelled the four-match series 1-1. |
17-Feb-2021 |
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (TIWN) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of an international hockey stadium in Rourkela in Sundergarh district, which will be India's largest of its kind when completed. |
17-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 16 (TIWN) All-rounder Moeen Ali has opted out of the remainder of the series and decided to return home. He won't play the last two Test matches. |
16-Feb-2021 |
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St John's (Antigua), Feb 15 (TIWN) Chris Barnwell's maiden limited-over century led Guyana Jaguars to a huge 109-run win over Jamaican Scorpions on Sunday night at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. It was their third consecutive victory and took them to the top of the table with 12 points. |
15-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 15 (TIWN): England wicket-keeper Ben Foakes, who turned 28 on Monday, drew all-round praise from renowned former players from around the world for his brilliant work against India, with Kiran More calling him one of the best overseas players to have kept wickets in India. |
15-Feb-2021 |
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Melbourne, Feb 15 (TIWN) World number two Rafael Nadal on Monday entered the Australian Open quarter-finals for the 13th time after getting past Fabio Fognini in their fourth round contest. |
15-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 15 (TIWN): Captain Virat Kohli and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday afternoon scored brilliant half centuries in tough batting conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium to put India in ascendency by extending their lead to 416 on Day Three of the second Test against England here. |
15-Feb-2021 |
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Auckland, Feb 15 (TIWN) Former New Zealand cricketer Roger Twose has been appointed director by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to replace Greg Barclay, who was required to step down upon his election to the ICC chair. |
15-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 14 (TIWN) Ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday picked his 29th five-wicket Test haul to help India strengthen their position in the ongoing second match against England here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. |
14-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 14 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday afternoon caught a fleeting view of the "interesting" second Test between India and England being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here. |
14-Feb-2021 |
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Chennai, Feb 13 (TIWN) In a rare incident, an umpire's Decision Review System (DRS) referral was on Saturday restored to England after an error on the part of the third umpire, Anil Chaudhary, on the first day of the second Test against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here. |
13-Feb-2021 |
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New Delhi, Feb 13 (TIWN) Even though the 5G network is still away, smartphone vendors have started launching 5G-ready devices in India and realme on Saturday said it will democratise the upcoming technology for the masses in India. |
13-Feb-2021 |
