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A first in Indian cricket: DDCA comes under Right To Information Act

Sports June 27, 2018 at 4:23 am 0 comments

New Delhi: Mired in corruption related controversies for decades, the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) on Tuesday made a giant stride towards transparency by becoming the first BCCI affiliated unit to come under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The five member RTI cell of DDCA will be headedRead More

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum speaks on ‘positive’ drug test during IPL 2016

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum speaks on ‘positive’ drug test during IPL 2016

Sports June 23, 2018 at 6:10 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that he tested positive for a banned substance during the 2016 edition of the Indian Premier League but insisted that it was not a “failed drug test” as he had procured a retroactive Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) certificate to “clearRead More

Serie A: Ajax winger Justin Kluivert secures transfer move to AS Roma

Serie A: Ajax winger Justin Kluivert secures transfer move to AS Roma

Sports June 23, 2018 at 6:09 pm 0 comments

Rome: AS Roma have signed Dutch winger Justin Kluivert from Ajax Amsterdam on a five-year contract, the Serie A side said on Friday. The Italian top-flight club paid 17.25 million euros ($20 million) for the 19-year-old, the son of former Dutch great Patrick Kluivert, with additional provisions of up toRead More

FIFA World Cup 2018, Day 9: Neymar parties, Argentina stay alive and what we learnt

FIFA World Cup 2018, Day 9: Neymar parties, Argentina stay alive and what we learnt

Sports June 23, 2018 at 6:07 pm 0 comments

Saint Petersburg: Brazil left it very late, but posted their first win of the World Cup thanks to Philippe Coutinho and Neymar to go top of Group E. Work still needs to be done for the five-time world champions to make the last 16, but a point in their finalRead More

FIFA World Cup 2018: Lukaku, Hazard net brace as Belgium dump Tunisia in 7-goal match

FIFA World Cup 2018: Lukaku, Hazard net brace as Belgium dump Tunisia in 7-goal match

Sports June 23, 2018 at 6:05 pm 0 comments

Moscow: Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard scored two goals each in a dominant Belgium display on Saturday, leading their team over Tunisia 5-2 in the highest scoring game of the World Cup. The Red Devils were rampant at times and rested both forwards in the second half for tougher testsRead More

Federer fights for win, Djokovic cruises

Federer fights for win, Djokovic cruises

Sports June 22, 2018 at 4:44 pm 0 comments

Halle, June 22 Roger Federer kept his quest for a 10th Halle grasscourt title alive by saving two match points to defeat France’s Benoit Paire 6-3 3-6 7-6 (9/7) and make the quarterfinals. Federer will face Australia’s Matthew Ebden, who defeated Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 6-1 6-2 for a placeRead More

Hockey as National Game: Rathore sees no need for official word

Hockey as National Game: Rathore sees no need for official word

Sports June 22, 2018 at 4:42 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 22 A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare hockey the National Game, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said no official proclamation was required to love the sport. “For loving sports and hockey, we do not need anRead More

4 Indians in semis of Mongolia boxing

4 Indians in semis of Mongolia boxing

Sports June 22, 2018 at 4:41 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: India were assured of four medals at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia after four boxers, including Sonia Lather (57kg), advanced to the semifinals. Joining her in the Last-4 stage were Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Himanshu Sharma (49kg) and Ashish (64kg). All the four boxers are guaranteed of at leastRead More

Chaudhary’s ‘unauthorised Bhutan trip’: COA issues showcause notice

Sports June 22, 2018 at 4:37 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 22 A trip to Bhutan to survey “soil and cricketing equipment” has landed BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary in a spot of bother as the COA has show-caused him, questioning the very “need of his presence” there. Chaudhary has been asked to respond to the notice byRead More

FIFA World Cup 2018: Spain keep their hopes alive with 1-0 win over Iran

FIFA World Cup 2018: Spain keep their hopes alive with 1-0 win over Iran

Sports June 21, 2018 at 5:40 pm 0 comments

KAZAN: A scrappy second-half goal by Diego Costa broke a Persian stonewall and lifted Spain to a 1-0 win over a courageous Iran in a nerve-jangling World Cup clash on Wednesday. Costa claimed his third goal of the tournament in the 54th minute at Kazan Arena but the striker hardlyRead More