New Delhi: The award selection committe today, recommended names of Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia and former Hockey India captain Sardar Singh for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards, while cricketers Cheteshwar Pujara, Harmanpreet Kaur were listed among 17 sportspersons for Arjuna awards. Jhajharia had won a gold medal in men’s javelin throw F46 category in the Rio […]
New Delhi: The ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 was Mithali Raj’s last appearance on the larger arena, at least that is what circulated moments after the Indian team finished runners-up at the Lord’s finale, but today the Indian skipper came forth to announce her next assignment donning the Indian jersey – the T20 World Cup […]
Qatar vows to defy pressure as Saudi-led bloc hardens stance against Doha despite a flurry of diplomacy. Most residents of Qatar were still fast asleep when neighbouring Bahrain on Monday announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Doha, delivering the first of a series of coordinated diplomatic strikes that has left the region in disarray. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for coordinated efforts among SCO members to combat the menace of terrorism and enhance connectivity without impinging on sovereignty and territorial integrity. In his address at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Kazakh capital, where Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]
That’s that: No play in the third session then. The rain was heavy when it lasted and the ground staff couldn’t drain it all out for the cricket to resume. At stumps, New Zealand reached 152 for 1 with Kane Williamson (65 not out) and Tom Latham (56 not out), narrowing down the deficit to […]
