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Captain Mithali Raj sets semis target for India in Women’s World Cup

Sports June 22, 2017 at 9:19 pm 0 comments

London, June 22 Indian cricket team captain Mithali Raj says reaching the semi-final will be their first target in the ICC Women’s World Cup starting Saturday. Mithali, who led India for the 100th time in her ODI career in May, struck a century four years ago in a seventh- placeRead More

No room for complacency: Oltmans

Sports June 22, 2017 at 9:18 pm 0 comments

London, June 22 Jolted by a loss to the Netherlands, India would look to regroup quickly when they take on Malaysia in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World League Semifinal here tomorrow. After registering three convincing wins against Scotland, Canada and Pakistan, India wasted many chances to slump to aRead More

Dravid urges decisive call on Dhoni, Yuvraj’s role in team

Dravid urges decisive call on Dhoni, Yuvraj’s role in team

Sports June 20, 2017 at 7:46 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, June 20 Time has come for India to take decisions with focus on the 2019 World Cup and that includes a call on the role of MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh in the current team, feels former captain Rahul Dravid. “It is a call that is got toRead More

India lose to Netherlands 1-3, to face Malaysia in quarters

India lose to Netherlands 1-3, to face Malaysia in quarters

Sports June 20, 2017 at 7:45 pm 0 comments

London, June 20 India fought hard before losing 1-3 against higher-ranked Netherlands to suffer their first defeat in the Hockey World League League Semi-Final here on Tuesday. All the goals came in the first two quarters of the match with Netherlands scoring through Thierry Brinkman (2nd minute), Sander Baart (12th)Read More

Pakistan players turning instant millionaires after Champions Trophy win

Pakistan players turning instant millionaires after Champions Trophy win

Sports June 20, 2017 at 7:45 pm 0 comments

Karachi, June 20 The young Pakistani players who played in the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time and won the title have become instant millionaires after a string of cash and other rewards announced on Tuesday. Opener Fakhar Zaman, pacer Rumaan Raees and all-rounder Fahim Ashraf all made theirRead More

ICC may have two World T20s in place of Champions Trophy

Sports June 20, 2017 at 7:44 pm 0 comments

London, June 20 The International Cricket Council is mulling with the idea of scrapping the Champions Trophy and hosting two World T20 Cups in the four-year cycle, chief executive David Richardson said on Tuesday. India, which holds the hosting rights for the next Champions Trophy in 2021, were thrashed byRead More

Pak teen killed in celebratory gunfire after team’s CT win

Sports June 20, 2017 at 7:44 pm 0 comments

Karachi, June 20 “Papa, I’ve been shot,” were the last words of a 15-year-old boy who died after being struck by a stray bullet from aerial firing as frenzied celebrations rang across Pakistan over its cricket team’s Champions Trophy triumph. As the nation celebrated Pakistan’s victory over arch- rivals IndiaRead More

ICC Champions Trophy final: Virat Kohli’s India face Sarfraz Ahmed’s Pakistan

ICC Champions Trophy final: Virat Kohli’s India face Sarfraz Ahmed’s Pakistan

Sports June 17, 2017 at 7:54 am 0 comments

London: The game that always ‘stops two nations’ comes again to a third when title-holders India face Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final at London’s Oval ground on Sunday. And the question millions of cricket fans around the world, possibly even a billion, are all asking is ‘which Pakistan willRead More

Chhetri’s strike rate better than Ronaldo, Messi

Sports June 17, 2017 at 7:50 am 0 comments

New Delhi, Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has become the fourth highest international goalscorer among active players worldwide with his 54th strike for the country against Kyrgyzstan. The magnificent goal he scored against Kyrgyzstan in India’s 1-0 win in the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers match in Bengaluru on June 13Read More

Sohail accuses Pak of fixing their way into final

Sports June 17, 2017 at 7:50 am 0 comments

Karachi, Just two days ahead of the high-octane Champions Trophy final against arch-rivals India, former Pakistan skipper Aamer Sohail has indirectly accused his national side of fixing matches in the ongoing eight-team marquee event. While speaking on a Pakistani news channel, Sohail created a storm by saying that skipper SarfrazRead More