Sports

March 5, 2016 5:58 PM

India to take on Bangladesh in final of Asia Cup T20 in Mirpur tomorrow

India will take on hosts Bangladesh in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament in Mirpur tomorrow.India will start as overwhelming favourites as the ICC rankings suggest. While team India is ranked Number One, the hosts hold 10th position.All India Radio will broadcast ball-by-ball com...

March 4, 2016 8:49 PM

Asia Cup T-20: Sri Lanka set victory target of 151 runs for Pakistan

Sri Lanka has set victory target of 151 runs for Pakistan in the last round-robin match of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament, in Mirpur, Bangladesh. Earlier, Pakistan won the toss, but elected to field. Sri Lanka were 150 for 4 in the stipulated 20 overs with L.D.Chandimal scroing 58 and T.N....

March 4, 2016 8:42 PM

Sharath, Manika shine as India enter semis of World Table Tennis C'ships

Achanta Sharath Kamal helped India beat Nigeria 3-2 to enter the semifinals of the second division in the Perfect 2016 World Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur today. They are slated to take on Egypt later tonight. Following the footsteps of their men, the Indian women's team inflic...

March 4, 2016 8:04 PM

Asia Cup T-20: Pakistan win toss, opt to field first against Sri Lanka

Two of the better nations in the T20 history, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are playing out a dead rubber in Dhaka, Bangladesh today in the 10th match of the Asia Cup. Two years ago, both had contested the final of this tournament. Their routes to this match were similar enough. Both teams had more trouble...

March 4, 2016 5:14 PM

Jitu Rai strikes gold in 50m pistol event at ISSF World Cup

Indian shooter Jitu Rai clinched the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup in Bangkok today. Jitu beat China's former World and Olympic Champion Wei to second place, shooting 191.3 to Pang's 186.5. India's Prakash Nanjappa shot 549 in the qualification round to be placed 1...

March 4, 2016 5:13 PM

FIH promotes Napoleon Singh as international Umpire

The International Hockey Federation (FIH), has promoted Hockey India national-level umpire Nepoleon Singh as the International Outdoor Umpire. The FIH took the decision yesterday after seeing his performance in the recently-concluded 12th South Asian Games 2016, held at Guwahati last month. Nepoleon...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.