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New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) A last-minute change of venue, from Chennai to Bangalore, for the 19th National Para Athletics Championships forced para-athletes to undergo a harrowing time. Almost all the athletes had reached Chennai for the competition that started on Wednesday, and then had to rush to Bangalore, an exercise that forced them to spend more money on travel and accommodation, besides enduring a lot of inconvenience. |
24-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) India captain Virat Kohli rose to the fourth spot in the ICC T20I rankings for batsmen on Wednesday. Kohli scored an unbeaten 80 off 52 balls in the fifth T20I against England while opening the innings with Rohit Sharma, who moved up to the 14th position. |
24-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) Despite winning an Olympic quota place for India, Chinki Yadav wasn't sure she would make it to the Olympic Games this year in the women's 25m sports pistol event. There was speculation that Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker would travel to Tokyo as only two shooters from a country are allowed in one category. |
24-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) Prithvi Shaw will have to wait for his chance to get back into the Indian ODI squad considering the kind of competition that is there for the opening batsmen's slot in the Indian team, said former India batsman VVS Laxman. Shaw, 21, turned heads by scoring a record 827 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 50-over tournament this year, thus leading Mumbai to the title. |
24-Mar-2021 |
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Pune, March 24 (TIWN) Opener Shikhar Dhawan, whose 98 off 106 deliveries earned him Man-of-the-Match award, played an innings that was calculated, patient and one that provided the platform for the latter batsmen to go after the English bowlers. |
23-Mar-2021 |
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Panaji, March 23 (TIWN) FC Goa on Tuesday launched new home and away kits for their upcoming AFC Champions League matches in collaboration with the club's kit partners, Six5Six. Goa will become the first-ever side from India to play in the group stages of the Asia club football's elite competition when they face Al Rayyan on April 14. |
23-Mar-2021 |
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Mumbai, March 23 (TIWN) The National Cricket Academy (NCA) in a first-of-its-kind initiative has conducted two fast track Level II courses for international cricketers and cricketers who have played over 75 first-class games. |
23-Mar-2021 |
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London, March 23 (TIWN) For the first time in the history of World Athletics, the global governing body, it is reaching out to the entire international athletics community to participate in a Global Conversation and contribute insights and feedback that will shape the future direction of the sport for the next decade. |
23-Mar-2021 |
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Pune, March 23 (TIWN) England captain Eoin Morgan has said that the ODI series against India is an opportunity to build his side for the T20 World Cup later this year and grow the pool of players. |
23-Mar-2021 |
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Pune, March 22 (TIWN) Siddarth Rawat of India will lead the seedings' list at the $15000 ITF WTT Cup Men's Tennis Championships. |
22-Mar-2021 |
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Pune, March 22 (TIWN) Tenth seeded Faisal Qamar on Monday upset top seeded Anirudha Chandrashekar 6-4,3-6, 17-15 to enter the main draw of the $15000 ITF WTT Cup men's tennis championships. |
22-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) India's Ganemat Sekhon won a bronze medal in the women's skeet event while Gurjoat Khangura finished sixth in the men's category in the World Cup at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges on Sunday. |
22-Mar-2021 |
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Kolkata, March 22 (TIWN) The I-League title will be decided on the last matchday after table-toppers Tiddim Road Athletic Union (TRAU) played out a 1-1 draw against second-placed Churchill Brothers on Sunday at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan. |
22-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) The Football Delhi Women's League starts on Monday, with the final scheduled for April 10. |
22-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) All-rounder Ben Stokes has to bat higher up in the order for England in T20Is, said former England captain Kevin Pietersen. |
21-Mar-2021 |
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Dhaka, March 21 (TIWN) Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said that he decided to play the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year instead of the Test series against Sri Lanka so that he can prepare better for the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in India later this year. |
21-Mar-2021 |
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New March 20 (TIWN) The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) will conduct two online education workshops during March for a group of Hockey India umpires and technical officials. |
20-Mar-2021 |
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Chandigarh, March 20 (TIWN) Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Saturday congratulated discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics by achieving a target of 63.50m, breaking a nine-year-old national record. |
20-Mar-2021 |
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Kolkata, March 20 (TIWN) Indian Arrows will look to cap their second phase of the I-League campaign on a high as they aim to beat Sudeva Delhi. |
20-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 20 (TIWN) India's world No 1 Divyansh Singh Panwar and Arjun Babuta entered the eight-man final in the men's 10 metres air rifle event on the opening day of the World Cup here at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges. The final will take place on Saturday. |
20-Mar-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, March 20 (TIWN) India will look to build on the confidence they gained in defending a target in the fourth T20I and win the fifth and final match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday to clinch the series. |
20-Mar-2021 |
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Bengaluru, March 19 (TIWN) Vaibhav Krishna Sriram and Disha Santosh Khandoji emerged as the champions in the boys and girls under-16 categories respectively in the AITA Talent Series-7 under-16 hosted by Tennis360 Academy. |
19-Mar-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, March 19 (TIWN) It is good for England in the run-up to the 2021 T20 World Cup that the final match of their T20I series against India will decide the winner of the rubber, said all-rounder Ben Stokes. India levelled the five-match series 2-2 with an eight-run win in the 4th T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium. |
19-Mar-2021 |
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Raipur, March 18 (TIWN) Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends stormed into the final of the first edition of the Road Safety World Series (RSWS) T20 after beating West Indies Legends by 12 runs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium. Chasing 219 to win, West Indies were restricted to 206/6 in 20 overs. |
18-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 18 (TIWN) Rajasthan wrestler Ritika Phogat, cousin of Commonwealth Games gold medallists Geeta and Babita Phogat, allegedly killed herself after finishing second in the 53kg category of the state sub-junior competition, said an official of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). |
18-Mar-2021 |
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Al Ain (UAE), March 18 (TIWN) Top para shooters including Sydney 2019 World Championships medallists Manish Narwal and Singhraj will be in action at the season opening Al Ain 2021 Shooting Para Sport World Cup starting Thursday. |
18-Mar-2021 |
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Johannesburg, March 18 (TIWN) The newly-formed Interim Board (IB) of Cricket South Africa (CSA) met to discuss the matter of including a majority of independent members in the cricket board to bring in good governance despite objections from the Members' Council. |
18-Mar-2021 |
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Birmingham, March 18 (TIWN) India's Lakshya Sen progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals of the prestigious All England Open badminton tournament on Thursday. Sen beat France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18, 21-17. |
18-Mar-2021 |
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Indore, March 17 (TIWN) Veda Krishnamurthy's 103 helped Karnataka beat Tamil Nadu by 86 runs in Group E of the Women's Senior One Day Trophy on Wednesday. Veda's ton helped Karnataka scored 294/6 in their 50 overs and Tamil Nadu in reply were all out for 203 in 48.3 overs. |
17-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 17 (TIWN) Ravichandran Ashwin said that he finds questions about his comeback to ODI and T20Is "laughable" as he is at peace with himself where he is in his international career. Ashwin is an integral part of the Indian Test team but has not played a limited overs match in international cricket since July 2017 despite being a regular in the Indian Premier League. |
17-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 17 (TIWN) Batting great Sachin Tendulkar scripted history on this day in 2012 when he scored his 100th international century while playing in the Asia Cup for India. |
17-Mar-2021 |
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Madrid, March 17 (TIWN) FC Barcelona moved to within just four points of table toppers Atletico Madrid after a 4-1 win at home to Huesca. |
17-Mar-2021 |
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Asuncion (Paraguay), March 17 (TIWN) The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) unveiled a new match schedule for this year's Copa America following the withdrawal of guest teams Australia and Qatar. |
17-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 16 (TIWN) Ishan Kishan's success as opener may put pressure on Shikhar Dhawan to retain his place in the India team ahead of the T20 World Cup that is scheduled to be held in October-November this year in India. |
16-Mar-2021 |
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Ahmedabad, March 15 (TIWN) England captain Eoin Morgan attributed less pace in the pitch and his batsmen's inability to handle it as the reason for his team's seven-wicket loss to India in the second T20 International at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Sunday. |
14-Mar-2021 |
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Lucknow, March 15 (TIWN) Punam Raut scored her third ODI century as India women scored 266/4 against South Africa on Sunday. |
15-Mar-2021 |
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Pune, March 15 (TIWN) Brazilian-born third-seed Spaniard Laura Piggosi will take on fifth seed Marianna Zakarlyuk of Ukraine in the singles final of the $25,000 ITF WTT Cup tennis championships on Sunday. |
15-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 15 (TIWN) India discard Prithvi Shaw, who was axed from the India squad after poor performances in Australia but has since then struck form in domestic cricket, will be the star attraction when Mumbai take on Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the final of the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament here at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. |
15-Mar-2021 |
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Bengaluru, March 14 (TIWN) Karnataka's Sanya Masand created a minor upset when she outplayed second seed Samiksha Dabas of Delhi to claim the honours in the girls' category of the AITA under-18 National Ranking Championship here on Friday. |
14-Mar-2021 |
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North Sound (Antigua), March 14 (TIWN) : Former captain Jason Holder has been picked in the 13-member West Indies side that will play a two-Test series against Sri Lanka at home in the ICC World Test Championship. |
14-Mar-2021 |
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Lucknow, March 13 (TIWN) India women will hope their lower-order batting comes good this time and they are able to challenge South Africa women in the fourth ODI, a game they need to win to stay alive in the five-match series. As of now, the Proteas women lead the series 2-1 and a win on Sunday at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium will seal the series in their favour. |
13-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 12 (TIWN) Known as the "Sachin Tendulkar of Indian women's cricket" for the longevity of her career, Mithali Raj became only the second woman player in the world and the first from India to get to 10,000 international runs during Friday's third ODI against South Africa women. |
12-Mar-2021 |
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Lucknow, March 12 (TIWN) South Africa beat India in the 3rd ODI by six runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method on Friday. Chasing India's 248/5, opener Loizelle Lee's unbeaten 132 off 131 balls had taken South Africa to 223/4 in 46.3 overs before the match was called off due to rain. |
12-Mar-2021 |
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Lahore, March 12 (TIWN) The remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which were postponed due to several positive Covid-19 tests among players and officials, are scheduled to be held in June in Karachi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday. |
12-Mar-2021 |
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New Delhi, March 12 (TIWN) All Hockey Pro League matches in April except the men's tie between India and Argentina and the women's tie between Argentina and Germany have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said on Friday in a statement. |
12-Mar-2021 |
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Athens, March 12 (TIWN) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced Athens as the host of its 138th Session in 2025 after the Greek capital could not stage the current meeting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
12-Mar-2021 |
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Gurugram, March 11 (TIWN) Jahanvi Bakshi's comfort with the DLF Golf & Country Club continued to grow as she carded the day's only under par round in the second round of the fifth leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour. |
11-Mar-2021 |
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Centurion (South Africa), March 11 (TIWN) A maiden career double century by Aiden Markram ensured that there were no final-day jitters by the Momentum Multiply Titans as their four-day Domestic Series match against the VKB Knights ended in a draw at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. |
11-Mar-2021 |
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Doha, March 11 (TIWN) Paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal's impressive run at the WTT Star Contender Doha came to an end after he suffered a 9-11, 8-11, 6-11 defeat at the hands of world No. 12 Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany in a men's singles pre-quarterfinals match on Wednesday. |
11-Mar-2021 |
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Rome, March 11 (TIWN) The city of Naples called for submissions starting for a statue or other monument to honour football great Diego Maradona, who played for local club Napoli at the peak of his career. |
11-Mar-2021 |