MUMBAI: India opener Smriti Mandhana was on Tuesday named in both the International Cricket Council's ODI and T20 teams of year.
Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side. The 23-year-old Mandhana hasd played 51 ODIs and 66…
THE SOUTH AFRICAN Cricketers' Association on Tuesday rejected a move by the embattled board of Cricket South Africa to find a solution to an issue which is the subject of ongoing legal action.
SACA repeated its call for the board to resign as the rift between players and board showed no signs of being healed, despite the…
GUWAHATI: The Indian Super League match between NorthEast United FC and Bengaluru FC, to be held here on Wednesday, will be open to spectators, the organisers announced, reversing their earlier decision to hold it behind closed doors.
The kick-off timing has also been advanced by one hour and the game will now start at 6 P.M…
NEW DELHI: Nikhat Zareen on Tuesday demanded a fair Olympic selection trials and asked the national federation (BFI) to telecast live the fight after her much-anticipated showdown against MC Mary Kom in the Indian Boxing League was cancelled.
With three spots already sealed for the Olympic trials, Nikhat's chances of securing…
KOLKATTA: Mohun Bagan president and retired justice Gitanath Ganguly died on Tuesday afternoon following a cardiac arrest, club sources said.
An eminent lawyer, Ganguly, 83, suffered a leg injury when his car was rammed from behind by another vehicle in an accident earlier this month, a PTI report said.
Ganguly had to…
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council is investigating the Qatar T10 league after intercepting "a number of known corruptors" in the event, which it sanctioned a year ago and featured some prominent retired players such as South Africa's Hashim Amla.
The ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit was working with the organisers to monitor…
KOLKATA: At a time when West Bengal is witnessing some of the largest protests among thoise that have erupted across the country against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 auction will go ahead as planned in the state capital.
Even as reports of violence have emerged from…
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will not be conducting the Hero Super Cup in the ongoing season, football website Goal reports.
The Super Cup, conceptualised as a cup competition which features teams from both the Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League, has had two seasons thus far, the last one…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the third edition of Poker Sports League, online poker gaming platform PokerDangal has associated with the PSL as co-owners of the Kolkata Kings franchise.
As the PSL has a good following and is a televised league, the company had been looking to associate itself with the league; and as co-owners of the…
NEW DELHI: The story of toil, passion, hard work and the definitive journey of Dipa Karmakar, from a sporting outpost to becoming the face of gymnastics in India, "Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder", co-authored by veteran sports journalists Digvijay Singh Deo, Vimal Mohan and Dipa's Coach, Bishweshwar Nandi was awarded the 'Biography…