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How Punjabi kabaddi’s league crashed

How Punjabi kabaddi’s league crashed

Sports March 6, 2016 at 11:55 am 0 comments

Jalandhar, In 2014, the World Kabaddi League (WKL), the dream project of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to take Circle Style kabaddi to the Olympics, was launched. The event wasn’t organised in 2015 and now it’s clear that it has fallen flat due to huge financial losses. Due to theRead More

Jitu Rai strikes gold at ISSF World Cup

Jitu Rai strikes gold at ISSF World Cup

Sports March 4, 2016 at 6:09 pm 0 comments

Bangkok, March 4 A fit-again Indian shooter Jitu Rai edged past a strong field, including former Olympic champion Pang Wei, to clinch the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup here today. Jitu, who had been nursing a palm injury for some months, beat China’s former World and OlympicRead More

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in dead rubber match

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in dead rubber match

Sports March 4, 2016 at 6:06 pm 0 comments

Mirpur, March 4 Pakistan’s batting finally came good as they successfully chased down a competitive total posted by Sri Lanka to win by six wickets in an inconsequential final round robin league encounter of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament here on Friday. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored a decentRead More

FC Goa fined Rs 50 lakh for ISL post-final fiasco

FC Goa fined Rs 50 lakh for ISL post-final fiasco

Sports March 4, 2016 at 6:04 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, March 4 The AIFF on Friday slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh on FC Goa for boycotting the prize distribution ceremony following their 2-3 loss to Chennaiyin FC in the final of the second edition of Indian Super League in December. Following their 2-3 loss in theRead More

BCCI tells court Anurag Thakur a well-known player

BCCI tells court Anurag Thakur a well-known player

Sports March 4, 2016 at 6:00 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, who’s also a BJP parliamentarian from Hamirpur, has come a long way in cricket administration. But is the HPCA president a great cricketer too? The BCCI, it seems, thinks so. The BCCI counsel, KK Venugopal, while arguing on the affidavit filed by the BCCI toRead More

Bangladesh to play India in Asia Cup Final

Bangladesh to play India in Asia Cup Final

Sports March 2, 2016 at 7:05 pm 0 comments

Mirpur, March 2 Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets to make it to the final of the Asia Cup, here today. They will meet India in the Final at the same venue on Sunday It was virtually a semi-final for the hosts, Bangladesh opener Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar played twoRead More

I felt like my game is back: Yuvraj

I felt like my game is back: Yuvraj

Sports March 2, 2016 at 7:04 pm 0 comments

Mirpur,  Flamboyant left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh said he felt like he rediscovered his old touch en route to a breezy 35, which played a pivotal role in India’s five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup here. The 34-year-old, who made a comeback in the national T20 team inRead More

Unstoppable India in final

Unstoppable India in final

Sports March 2, 2016 at 7:02 pm 0 comments

Mirpur, India rode on fine knocks by Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets and enter the final of the Asia Cup here today. Coming in after the fall of Shikhar Dhawan, Kohli anchored the innings with an unbeaten half-century as India overhauled the 139-run targetRead More

Aspire to play all formats, not just T20, says Dravid

Aspire to play all formats, not just T20, says Dravid

Sports March 2, 2016 at 6:57 pm 0 comments

Gurgaon, Indian batting great Rahul Dravid today exhorted the youngsters to aspire to play all three formats of the game and not just focus on T20 cricket. “IPL helps the youngsters as they get exposed to pressure. It gives them almost an international experience. But one should not focus on IPLRead More

Small hike, big disappointment

Small hike, big disappointment

Sports March 1, 2016 at 5:11 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Today, when the time came for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to announce the allocation for sports in his budget, there was a strong sense of expectation. The reasons for the heightened expectations are obvious. One, this is the Olympics year. Two, the excellent organisation of the South Asian GamesRead More