Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 25 (PTI) The young Indian bowling unit will have to push behind the timid show in the series opener and find its flow against a forceful Australian batting line-up in the second T20 here on Sunday. India had won the first game at Visakhapatnam by two wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, but their bowlers, except pacer Mukesh Kumar, looked incapable of stemming the run-flow.The pitch and conditions at the Greenfield International Stadium will not be massively different, and that makes it imperative for the Indian bowlers to fire collectively.Despite that, the management might…
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) India’s Hangzhou Asian Games participant hammer thrower Rachna Kumari has returned positive in a dope test conducted by international federation’s Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) just before the continental showpiece and has been handed provisional suspension. The 30-year-old Kumari’s dope sample, taken out-of-competition, was found to contain steroids Stanozolol, Metandienone and Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT). A notice of allegation has been issued to her, the AIU said on Friday on its website, without giving further details. Kumari has earlier been handed a four-year ban (starting from March 12, 2015) by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive…
Mumbai, Nov 24 (PTI) German football legend Oliver Kahn on Friday said more than idolising role models like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, Indian youth needed a structured system to take the country’s football forward. “This is what I felt when I came India, (that) people love football. They are very emotional, it is in their hearts but also, a big motivation to go on,” Kahn said during an event at GD Somani Memorial School here. “Youth development is the most important, (to have it) structured, that you know exactly when you start at 6-7 years of age, what is…
Bengaluru, Nov 24 (PTI) Top swimmers from across the country such as Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash will be seen in action when this year’s Nettakallappa All India Swimming Championship begins at the NAC here on Saturday. The swimming event will be held across the weekend, and the total prize money is pegged at Rs. 10 lakh. Apart from Nataraj and Sajan, other frontline swimmers in the country like Siva Sridhar, Ridhima Veerendra Kumar, AS Anand, Nina Venkatesh, Likith SP and Harshita Jayaram will vie for top honours in their respective categories. “This is the first Pan-India swimming event wherein…
Doha, Nov 24 (PTI) Young pistol shooter Anish Bhanwala on Friday won India’s first ever medal in 25m rapid-fire pistol event in the ISSF World Cup Final as he bagged a bronze in the prestigious competition here. The 21-year-old Anish shot 27 in the final to win the bronze. World championship bronze medallist Peter Florian of Germany took the gold with 35 hits while reigning world champion and double Olympic medallist Li Yuehong of China was second with 33 hits after eight series of five rapid-fire shots. The medal in the season-ending competition capped a momentous year for the 21-year-old,…
Lahore, Nov 24 (PTI) Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing curtains to his eight-year international career. Wasim took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce his decision, having played 121 international matches across ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan. Imad’s final outing for his country was in April this year in a T20I against New Zealand at Rawalpindi. The Welsh-born Wasim made his international debut with the Men in Green in May 2015 in a T20I against Zimbabwe at Lahore. “In recent days, I have been doing a lot of thinking about my international career,…
Doha, Nov 23 (PTI) Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani completed his fifth grand double with a dominating 5-0 win over compatriot Sourav Kothari in the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship (point-format) here on Friday. The victory extended Advani’s world title tally to a staggering 27. In a repeat of the world championship final, Advani stamped his authority over Kothari. The 38-year-old, who had defeated Kothari recently in the longer format of 1000-point, won the earlier editions in 2005, 2008, 2014, and 2018. This is in addition to the snooker double he won in 2015. The short format was…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Star Indian golfer Shiv Kapur is worried that Indian and other Asian players will find it increasingly difficult to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics due to the “flawed” world ranking system.The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) was revamped in August last year to make it more equitable but has been criticised by many top players, including Tiger Woods.”Look, I think the world ranking system in general is flawed at the moment. All the other tours other than the PGA Tour are receiving way fewer points,” Kapur, who was near Gurugram for the Marriott…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) India’s T20I captain Hardik Pandya is at the centre of the biggest trading news ahead of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction as the Gujarat Titans skipper could be on his way out and is being linked with a potential return to Mumbai Indians. With Mumbai Indians refusing to comment on the development, one would need to wait till November 26, the closing day for IPL’s trading window. Pandya had played seven seasons of IPL for Mumbai before being released prior to the 2022 season. After joining Gujarat Titans, Pandya led the side to…