KOCHI: HS Prannoy along with six others had made a brave decision to pull out from the All England Badminton tournament which was held at Birmingham from March 11 to 15 amid COVID-19 fears. The situation was not severe back then but Prannoy and Co chose to stay back notContinue Reading
Chancellor shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday (Mar. 20) morning. Inner sand: 1000m: Renala (Pradeep) 1-6, 800/53, 600/39. Moved well. 1200m: Chancellor (Pradeep) 1-19, 1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/39. Moved attractively. Noted on Mar. 19 — Gate practice Inner sand: 1000m: Anoushka (Merchant), Colosseum (P.Naidu) 1-7, 800/53, 600/41. FormerContinue Reading
March 17, 2007 Pakistan received a shocker from minnows Ireland as they lost the match by 3 wickets and their World Cup campaign was over. A day later, the entire cricketing and sporting world received a shocking news. Then-Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room underContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has decided against taking the Bangladesh Cricket Board‘s offer to become its Test team’s consultant citing his personal and professional commitments. Bangar was offered to coach Bangladesh batsmen in red-ball cricket eight weeks ago but he could not take up the offerContinue Reading
All national camps, except for those where athletes are preparing for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, were on Tuesday postponed until further order in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the academic training at the National Centre of Excellence and Sports Authority of India Centres will alsoContinue Reading
Tokyo 2020’s Flame of Recovery tour, taking the Olympic flame to parts of Japan most affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, has been scaled back as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, organizers said. The six-day tour was set to begin on Friday and takes place beforeContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Australia‘s white-ball captain Aaron Finch has revealed he had nightmares during India’s 2018 tour when pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were taking his wicket “for fun”. Opening the innings, the Australian captain struggled across all three formats during the India series, specially while trying to navigate Bhuvneshwar’sContinue Reading
Vincenzo shone when the horses were exercised here on Saturday (Mar.14) morning. Inner sand. 600m: Multibagger (C.S.Jodha) 40. Easy. 800m: Thea’s Pet (Aniket) 51, 600/39. Slightly urged. Fire Flame (Kaviraj) 56, 600/43. Easy. Fascinating (A.Prakash), Arrecife (Bhawani) 53.5, 600/40. They moved neck and neck freely. Classicus (A.Prakash) 53, 600/39.5. 1000m:Continue Reading
BCCI on Friday postponed IPL 2020 because of coronavirus pandemic which has shook the world and affected numerous sporting events. IPL 2009 was held in South Africa because of the General elections in India (Reauters Image) HIGHLIGHTS Start of IPL 2020 was pushed to April 15 by BCCI on FridayContinue Reading
MONACO: World Athletics on Thursday fined Russia‘s track and field federation $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and capped at 10 the number of Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Tokyo Olympics. The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part as Authorised Neutral Athletes, World Athletics presidentContinue Reading
