New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) Oakland, Florida, Los Angeles are some of the cities that have been recced by the ICC Venue inspection team as prospective centres for the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly hosted by United States and West Indies, informed USA Cricket president Atul Rai. It is understood that ICC event’s biggest box office fixture — India versus Pakistan — is likely to be held in USA and not the West Indies keeping in mind the crowd support for both teams. “Preferably it will be held in the USA considering that India’s T20 games against West Indies in…
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New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) Celebrated Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has tested positive for prohibited anabolic steroids during an out-of-competition testing and has been provisionally suspended. The urine sample of the 26-year-old, who finished second in both the 100m and 200m events at the 2018 Asian Games and is the reigning national 100m champion, has returned adverse analytical findings (AAF) for ‘andarine’, ‘ostarine’ and ‘ligandrol’, said a doping control notification on adverse analytical findings issued by the National Anti-doping Agency (NADA). In a letter addressed to Dutee, the AAF notification said, “I do hereby inform you that your sample A…
Basti (UP), Jan 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurate the second phase of the ‘Saansad Khel Mahakumbh’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district.The ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ is a novel initiative that provides an opportunity and platform to the youth of Basti and neighbouring areas to showcase their sporting talent and motivates them to take sport as a career option.The event is organised in Basti District by Lok Sabha MP from Basti, Harish Dwivedi since 2021.Chief Miniter Yogi Adityanath was present at the function at the venue in Basti. Source: PTI News
East London (South Africa), Jan 18 (PTI) The matches against Australia exposed a lot of chinks in their armour and India will be eager to address them by improving in all three departments in their T20 tri-series opener against hosts South Africa here on Thursday. With only a few days left for the T20 World Cup in South Africa, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will be keen to provide the team a winning start in the tri-series against South Africa and West Indies. In the previous series, which India lost 1-4, Harmapreet and Co. were able to push the mighty Australia to…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 18 (PTI) Police arrested five persons in the Odisha capital on the charge of black marketing tickets for Men’s Hockey World Cup matches being held here, an officer said on Wednesday.The special team of the police arrested five persons after it was informed that a group of people were indulging in black marketing of tickets for the matches at Kalinga Stadium here. The five persons including four businessmen were arrested by the personnel of Sahdeed Nagar police station, he said.Meanwhile, Odisha’s Sports and Youth Affairs minister T K Behera said that the police have been instructed to keep…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) In an unprecedented move, the country’s top wrestlers, including Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia and world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, staged a protest against the “dictatorship” of national federation President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday. The wrestlers did not share the exact details of their grievances or their demands but it was clear that they are fed up with the way the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is being run by Singh, who is also a BJP MP from Kaiserganj. Bajrang, Vinesh, Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik, world championship medallist Sarita Mor, Sangeeta…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (PTI) Former Australia pacer Damien Fleming has claimed his Test career possibly ended after he did not wear the baggy green to the Wimbledon final in 2001, as the-then skipper Steve Waugh expected everyone to wear the iconic cap. Fleming, 52, who played 20 Tests, said the day before the Wimbledon final between Australia’s Patrick Rafter and Croatia’s Goran Ivanisevic, there were huge celebrations in the touring party’s camp as they had won the Ashes, and the players “progressed through the alcohol”. Fleming added that in the celebratory mood, the talk about wearing the baggy green to…
East London (South Africa), Jan 18 (PTI) The matches against Australia exposed a lot of chinks in their armour and India will be eager to address them by improving in all three department in their T20 tri-series opener against hosts South Africa here on Thursday. With only a few days left for the T20 World Cup in South Africa, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will be keen to provide the team a winning start in the tri-series against South Africa and West Indies. In the previous series, which India lost 1-4, Harmapreet and Co. were able to push the mighty Australia to…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI) India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first ODI here on Wednesday. India have made three changes from their previous match against Sri Lanka on Sunday with Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan coming into the playing eleven. Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami. New Zealand: Tom Latham(wk/c), Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Henry Shipley, Mitchell Santner, Lockie…
Cape Town, Jan 18 (PTI) Indian women’s hockey team registered another big win on the tour of South Africa, crushing the hosts 7-0 in the second match, with stalwart Rani, returning after a long injury lay-off, scoring her second goal in the series. Following their 5-1 win in the tour opener, the FIH Women’s Nations Cup champions showed the same intensity on Tuesday with Udita opening the account in the ninth minute. The team led by goalkeeper Savita put more pressure on the hosts in the second quarter with Vaishnavi Vithal Phalke, who made her senior international debut in the…