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London, June 30 (TIWN) France's world No. 58 Alize Cornet caused a major upset when she beat world No. 7 Bianca Andreescu of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in their delayed first-round match at Wimbledon in one hour and 22 minutes on Wednesday. |
30-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 30 (TIWN) Even though Euro 2020 tournament has entered only the quarter-final stage, some big nations have already fallen. |
30-Jun-2021 |
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Taunton, June 30 (TIWN) England women on Wednesday won the toss and elected to bowl in the second ODI against Indian women here. England lead the series 1-0, having their eight-wicket win in the first match. |
30-Jun-2021 |
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Dubai, June 30 (TIWN) A week after he became the No. 1 ranked all-rounder in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings, Ravindra Jadeja slipped to joint second as West Indies' Jason Holder (384 rating points) moved back to the top. Jadeja (377) shares the second spot in the list of all-rounders with Ben Stokes. |
30-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 30 (TIWN) Former India player and the batting and spin coach of IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the last two years, Sridharan Sriram, said that New Zealand were well acclimatised when they came into the World Test Championship final against India at Southampton and that helped in their winning the title. |
30-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 29 (TIWN) The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has decided to commence the remainder of the 2021-22 domestic season at the earliest and has sounded out the state associations to get their players and officials vaccinated as soon as possible. |
29-Jun-2021 |
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Dubai, June 29 (TIWN) A day after the Indian cricket board said that it will not be able to host the T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) issued a statement confirming that the multi-nation tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman from October 17 to November 14. |
29-Jun-2021 |
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Auckland, June 29 (TIWN) New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson termed India a "formidable" and a "truly great side", and that the Black Caps were "proud to achieve a win" against the Virat Kohli-led side in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Southampton recently. |
29-Jun-2021 |
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London, June 29 (TIWN) Two-time former champion Andy Murray made a memorable return to singles action at Wimbledon, overcoming 24th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the second round here. |
29-Jun-2021 |
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Copenhagen, June 29 (TIWN) Luis Enrique's Spanish side held their nerve after Croatia netted two goals in the closing period for a 3-3 stalemate in regular time, hitting another two in the extra time to secure the 5-3 victory and reach the Euro 2020 quarterfinals here. |
29-Jun-2021 |
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Osijek (Croatia), June 28 (TIWN) India's Rahi Sarnobat won gold medal in women's 25 metres pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup here on Monday. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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Colombo, June 28 (TIWN) The Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian limited-overs squad reached Colombo on Monday evening for a three-ODI and three-T20I series, and was placed in three-day room quarantine at the Taj Samudra Hotel immediately on arrival. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 28 (TIWN) The Indian cricket board has decided to inform the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it won't be able to host the T20 World Cup, leaving the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was kept as standby for the tournament, as the host. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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Chester-le-Street (Durham), June 28 (TIWN) Sri Lankan cricket suffered a major embarrassment on Monday after three of its players -- Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka -- were suspended for breaching the teams bio-bubble here on Sunday night. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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Auckland, June 28 (TIWN) New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee has pitched for his country be given more longer Test series after his team's victory over the Virat Kohli-led India in the World Test Championship final at Southampton recently. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 28 (TIWN) The Indian limited-overs squad, comprising 20 players and five nets bowlers, left for Sri Lanka on Monday and will reach Colombo after 4 pm. |
28-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 27 (TIWN) Former India skipper Sachin Tendulkar has said that it was important for the Virat Kohli-led team to not lose a wicket in the first few overs at the start of the reserve sixth day of the World Test Championship final in Southampton, but once New Zealand made early inroads, India lost the plot -- and the match. |
27-Jun-2021 |
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Tokyo, June 27 (TIWN) India is among six South Asian countries whose athletes, coaches and officials will have to take Covid-19 tests every day for seven days prior to their departure for Japan for the Olympic Games. |
27-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 27 (TIWN) Rahul Dravid, who is coach of the Indian limited-overs team that will travel to Sri Lanka, has said that the upcoming white-ball tour will throw up only an odd player or two for the T20 World Cup squad which would have been roughly finalised by now. |
27-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 27 (TIWN) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is planning to organise the Hero I-League this season in Kolkata with the scheduled start tentatively fixed in mid-December. |
27-Jun-2021 |
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St. John's (Antigua), June 27 (TIWN) Pakistan women's team left-arm spinner Anam Amin plans to upset the rhythm of the West Indies batters by "bowling dots upfront" and "keep them guessing" with variations when the three-match T20I and five-match ODI series commences on June 30. |
27-Jun-2021 |
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Auckland, June 26 (TIWN) New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has said the victory over India in the World Test Championship final at Southampton will promote the sport in the country and bring more youngsters to the cricket grounds. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 26 (TIWN) Even as the New Zealand team reached Auckland to a rousing reception from the airport staff, public and media, the man who led them to the World Test Championship (WTC) title was not with the team. Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, has stayed back in England and won't return home till December after spending over eight months overseas thanks to a hectic schedule in bio-bubble life. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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Beijing, June 25 (TIWN) The Turkish Grand Prix has rejoined the 2021 Formula One calendar and will replace the Singapore Grand Prix on October 3. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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London, June 26 (TIWN) Following Sri Lanka's two forgettable losses to England in the T20I series currently underway here, the visiting team coach, Mickey Arthur, is hopeful his young side will get better as it gains more experience. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 26 (TIWN) Former India selector Gagan Khoda is not convinced that young Shubman Gill is the right person for the opener's job and feels that Mayank Agarwal should have been given the role in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand at Southampton. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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Frankfurt, June 26 (TIWN) Germany's world number 26 Angelique Kerber overcame Czech Republic's world number 12 Petra Kvitova in a third-set tiebreak 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) to enter the final of the Bad Homburg Open here. |
26-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 25 (TIWN) The Indian cricket team, which is unlikely to get any practice match against English counties ahead of the five-Test series against England, will instead have a camp in Durham from July 15 in the lead-up to the first Test that begins on August 4 in Nottingham. |
25-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 25 (TIWN) The decision to throw the ball to Kyle Jamieson, a first-change bowler for New Zealand, to open the bowling attack on the reserve day of the World Test Championship final against India was a Kane Williamson "masterstroke", feels former Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum. |
25-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 25 (TIWN) India captain Virat Kohli's batting form in Test matches and One-day Internationals has dipped over one-and-a-half years. His last Test century, which was also his last international ton, came way back in November 2019, against Bangladesh, and since then he has averaged an abysmal 24.64 in Test matches. He has, however, fared better in in ODIs at 43.26. |
25-Jun-2021 |
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Sydney, June 25 (TIWN) Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch has said that he would go by the performance of the players in the upcoming tours of West Indies and Bangladesh to select his squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, indicating that 'absentees' might find it tough to get back into the squad. |
25-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 25 (TIWN) Leading former New Zealand cricketers such as Brendon McCullum and Richard Hadlee are awestruck with the showing of skipper Kane Williamson's boys in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India here and feel this is probably the country's greatest-ever team. |
25-Jun-2021 |
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Patiala, June 24 (TIWN) Sri Lanka's middle-distance runner Nimali Waliwarsha and sprinter Nadeesha Ramanayake are among the prominent athletes will compete in the five-day National Inter State Athletics Championships starting here on Friday. |
24-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 24 (TIWN) India against New Zealand in International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments in the last few years are like Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal on clay courts of the French Open, never finding a way to win. On Wednesday, the Kiwis inflicted the sixth successive defeat on India in ICC tournaments by winning the World Test Championship final. |
24-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 24 (TIWN) India's batting needs to get used to English conditions ahead of the five-Test series against England in August-September after their dismal show in the World Test Championship final, in which they aggregated just 387 in two innings. However, that may not happen as the team management's request for practice games against county teams has not been accepted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). |
24-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 24 (TIWN) Indian skipper Virat Kohli called New Zealand a structured side which has extremely fit bowlers who bowl consistently over a long period of time. The New Zealand bowling attack has been successful in dismissing Indian batting for under 200 on four occasions in the last six innings. |
24-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 23 (TIWN) India's last four wickets added only 28 runs on Wednesday, thereby continuing the tail's abysmal performance against New Zealand in Test cricket in the last year-and-a-half, during which they have failed to aggregate 50 runs in all the six outings. |
23-Jun-2021 |
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Africa, June 23 (TIWN): South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock and New Zealand opener Devon Conway gave the maiden edition of The Hundred tournament some respite after they signed up for Southern Brave as replacements for Australians David Warner and Marcus Stoinis, who had pulled out due to bio-bubble life. |
23-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 23 (TIWN) India have set New Zealand a target of 139 runs after they were bowled out for just 170 runs in the second innings here at the Hampshire Bowl on the sixth (reserve) day of the World Test Championship final on Wednesday. |
23-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 23 (TIWN) New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling showed courage to withstand his finger injury pain to return to field after lunch on the last day of his Test cricket career here at the Hampshire Bowl on Wednesday. |
23-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 23 (TIWN) Former international archer Dola Banerjee said on Wednesday that the Indian women's recurve team failed to grab an Olympic team quota place last Sunday in Paris as they wilted under pressure. |
23-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 22 (TIWN) New Zealand could eke out only a 32-run lead in the first innings as India, powered by pacer Mohammed Shami's four-wicket haul (4/76), dismissed the Kiwis for 249 on the fifth day of the rain-hit World Test Championship final here on Tuesday. |
22-Jun-2021 |
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Lahore, June 22 (TIWN) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and national men's team batting coach Younis Khan on Tuesday "mutually" parted ways, seven months after the former batsman had accepted a two-year contract. |
22-Jun-2021 |
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Ageas Bowl (Southampton), June 22 (TIWN) With less than two days of play possible in the rain-ravaged inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final here, absorbing cricket, let alone a positive outcome, looks hard to achieve. |
22-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 22 (TIWN) The fifth day's play of the World Test Championship final here at the Hampshire Bowl started after an hour-long delay due to rain. Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowled the first over of the day. It was also the first over in over 40 hours as the entire fourth day's play was washed out. |
22-Jun-2021 |
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Ageas Bowl (Southampton), June 22 (TIWN) With less than two days of play possible in the rain-ravaged inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final here, absorbing cricket, let alone a positive outcome, looks hard to achieve. |
22-Jun-2021 |
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Dhaka, June 21 (TIWN) The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will stage all five T20 Internationals against Australia here in Dhaka after Cricket Australia (CA) demanded that its players would not prefer a second venue owing to the pandemic situation. |
21-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 21 (TIWN) Hockey India (HI) on Monday named veteran striker Rani Rampal as the captain of the 16-member Indian women's hockey squad that will compete at the next month's Tokyo Olympic Games. |
21-Jun-2021 |
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Tokyo, June 21 (TIWN) The Tokyo Olympic Games organising committee on Monday confirmed that up to 10,000 domestic fans would be allowed to attend events when the fortnight-long quadrennial showpiece commences on July 23. |
21-Jun-2021 |
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Eugene, June 21 (TIWN) An additional $2million (Rs.14.82 crore) has been allocated to prize money for the World Championships in 2022 and 2023, the World Athletics (WA) has said. This money is the fine paid by the Russian Athletics Federation (RAF) for breaching the sport's anti-doping rules. |
21-Jun-2021 |
