ICC Cricket WC: Pakistan defeat Ireland by 7 wickets

In the ICC Cricket World Cup, Pakistan defeated Ireland by 7 wickets in their final Pool-B game at Adelaide on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals. The West Indies, who beat UAE by 6 wickets earlier on Sunday morning, also progressed to the knock-out stage as they had a better net run-rate than I...

Baljinder wins bronze in Asian 20km race walk championships

India's Baljinder Singh has bagged a bronze medal in the men's section of the 10th Asian 20 kilometre RaceWalking Championships. At Nomi City in Japan today, the Punjab race walker clocked a modest time of 1 hour 22 minutes 58 seconds to finish third in the competition. With that, ...

ICC Cricket WC: Pakistan defeat Ireland by 7 wickets

The pools stages finally came to an end in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 as Pakistan defeated Ireland by 7 wickets in the last game at Adelaide on Sunday. With a victory over Ireland Pakistan finishes at number 3 in Pool B and qualified for quarter finals. After getting Ireland restricted to a low ...

Pakistan look to chase 238 to beat Ireland

In the Cricket World Cup, chasing a target of 238, set by Ireland, Pakistan were 96 for 0 in 17.1 overs in a must-win Group-B game for both teams at Adelaide, when reports last came in. Our correspondent reports that the winner of this game will advance to the quarterfinals, while the losing team&am...

India to take on Poland in final of FIH Women's Hockey World League today

India will take on Poland today in the final of the FIH World League Round -2 Women's Hockey tournament. The match will be played at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi at 8 in the evening. All India Radio will broadcast live commentary on the match. It can be heard on the R...

West Indies beat UAE by six wickets

West Indies beat UAE by six wickets in their crucial final round-robin Pool B match to keep their hopes alive in the ICC cricket World Cup today. Opting to field after winning the toss, West Indies bundled out their opponents for a paltry 175 in 47.4 overs in Napier as Skipper Jason Holder led from ...

WC 2015: UAE set 176-run target for West Indies

West Indies were 43 for 1 in 6 overs against UAE in a Pool-B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Napier, a short while ago. Earlier, UAE set a victory target of 176 runs for West Indies. In another encounter, Pakistan will clash with Ireland at Adelaide. The match will start at 9 AM Indian time.

Hockey: India thrash Thailand 5-0, set to face Poland in final

Hosts India thrashed Thailand 5-0 to storm into the final of the FIH Women's Hockey World League Round 2 in New Delhi last night. India opened their account in the from a penalty stroke which was successfully converted by Jaspreet Kaur. Sunita Lakra, Poonam Rani, Rani Rampal and Amandeep Ka...

ICC WC Cricket: India beat Zimbabwe to finish all-win record of six group B league matches

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