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February 23, 2019 9:29 PM

Manpreet Singh honoured with AHF's Player of the Year

The Asian Hockey Federation has honoured Indian skipper Manpreet Singh with the 2018 Player of the Year award.  Women team's striker Lalremsiami has bagged the Rising Player of The Year prize. Manpreet led the Indian team to an unbeaten streak at the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat where t...

February 23, 2019 9:12 PM

Apurvi Chandela wins gold in women's 10m air rifle

Apurvi Chandela has won the gold medal in the women's 10-metre air rifle event at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Saturday. This is India's first medal of the ISSF World Cup 2019. She set a new world record by registering a score of 252.9 points in the final. Silv...

February 23, 2019 8:41 PM

India to take on Australia in a limited overs cricket series

India will take on Australia in a limited overs cricket series, starting with the first T20 at Visakhapatnam on Sunday.  The match will begin at 7 p.m. The seven-match home series comprises two T20 Internationals and five ODIs against  Australia. It will be India's last international assign...

February 23, 2019 8:41 PM

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 8 wickets in 2nd Test

Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 8 wickets in the second Test at Port Elizabeth on Saturday to clinch a historic 2-0 Test series win.  With this victory, they also became the first team from Asia to win a Test series in South Africa.  The Sri Lankans surged to victory as Fernando and Mendis shared...

February 23, 2019 9:07 AM

Indian women thrash England by 66 runs in 1st ODI

In Women's Cricket, India defeated England by 66 runs in the opening game of the three-match ODI series at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Chasing a target of 203 runs, England were all out for 136 in 41 overs.  Earlier,  batting first India scored 202 runs in 49.4 overs.  Ekta Bisht ...

February 22, 2019 9:13 PM

No IPL opening ceremony this year: CoA

The IPL will not have an opening ceremony this year after the Committee of Administrators (CoA) running Indian cricket on Friday decided to allocate the money to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack. Committee of Administrators chairman Vinod Rai said they will not ...

February 22, 2019 7:29 PM

Delhi shooting WC: IOC decides against withdrawing all Olympic quotas

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday decided against withdrawing all the Olympic quotas from the shooting World Cup in New Delhi.  The IOC said the Olympic qualification status has been withdrawn from the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event only after visas were denied to two P...

February 22, 2019 5:43 PM

Youth Test: India U-19 beat South Africa by nine wickets

India's under-19 team posted a convincing nine-wicket win over South Africa in the 'Youth' Test in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. The visiting team fared poorly in the second innings, being dismissed for 167 in 66 overs with off-spinner Shokeen (3 for 52) and left-arm spinn...

February 22, 2019 2:21 PM

SC appoints former judge Justice DK Jain as ombudsman for BCCI

The Supreme Court has appointed former apex court judge Justice DK Jain as the first court-appointed ombudsman for the BCCI under the terms of newly approved constitution of the cricket board. The role of the ombudsman would be to resolve the disputes relating to the players within the state cricket...

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