Srinagar, Dec 6 (PTI) Ibrahim Nurudeen struck a brace to guide Real Kashmir to a 2-1 win over Sreenidi Deccan in a sixth-round match of the I-League, here on Tuesday. The ‘Snow Leopards’ trailed until the hour mark after Sreenidi Deccan struck through Asheer Akhtar in the 12th minute but the home side made a remarkable comeback to notch up its fifth win of the season at the TRC Stadium Nurudeen restored parity in the 61st minute by converting from the spot and scored the winner in the stoppage time to hand his side all the three points. The win…
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Kolkata, Dec 3 (PTI) Visually-impaired Mohammed Asif Iqbal is aiming to complete the Tata Steel 25k run on December 18 without any physical support. The 46-year-old associate director at PwC Consulting has run in various races in Kolkata for the last five years and feels it’s time to participate in the 25K run without any physical support. He, however, will be accompanied by two of his friends during the run, carrying a wireless speaker attached to their waists which will enable Asif to know the exact position of the ‘buddy runners’. “I had only 50 per cent of my vision…
Karachi, Dec 6 (PTI) Pakistan’s out-of-favour seamer Hasan Ali got into an ugly brawl with a spectator after being continuously harassed with nasty comments during a cricket tournament held in Arifwala in the Punjab province on Sunday. The incident was reminiscent of fights involving two former Pakistan captains, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Younis Khan. A video uploaded on social media shows Hasan charging at a particular spectator to thrash him as the organizers rushed in to control the situation. Hasan was seen fielding on the boundary line when a spectator started taunting him for having missed a catch during Pakistan’s 2021 T20…
Karachi, Dec 6 (PTI) The Pakistan team management is set to call up out of favour pacers Muhammad Abbas and Hasan Ali as reinforcements for the remaining two Tests against England after fast bowler Haris Rauf was on Tuesday ruled out of the series with a grade-II strain in his right quad. The 29-year-old Rauf, who made his Test debut in the first match against England in Rawalpindi, bowled 13 expensive overs on the first day on a placid pitch before injuring himself while fielding and rolling over the ball. He did not bowl any further in the match although…
Bengaluru, Dec 6 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the Cabinet will give its nod for direct recruitment of sportspersons in government jobs through the selection committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Department of Sports) and also to give Group-A jobs for medal winners in Olympics and Paralympics who are degree holders. Medal winners in Asian Games and Commonwealth and degree holders will be given Group B jobs while those who have bagged medals in other sports events will be given Group C and Group D jobs, Bommai said. He was speaking at a function organised to…
Chennai, Dec 6 (PTI) Sixteen-year-old Aditya Mittal has become India’s 77th chess Grandmaster during an ongoing tournament in Spain. The Mumbai player, who had secured three GM norms, crossed 2,500 ELO points mark during the sixth round of the ongoing Ellobregat Open tournament in Spain. He drew the game against Spain’s No.1 Francisco Vallejo Pons to achieve the feat. To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 ELO points. Mittal earned his maiden GM norm at Serbia Masters 2021. Subsequently, he obtained his second GM norm at Ellobregat Open…
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) With only two months left for the Women’s T20 World Cup, the BCCI on Tuesday shunted head coach Ramesh Powar to the National Cricket Academy as a part of its “restructuring module”. While no head coach was named, former India batter Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who has been a part of Indian men’s pathways teams (A and U-19), has been appointed as the new batting coach ahead of the home series against Australia. “Ramesh Powar, former Head Coach of the senior women’s team will join VVS Laxman, Head Cricket, National Cricket Academy and will switch to men’s…
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Clear communication with the players and not getting intimidated by aggressive appeals will be the key when the trio of female umpires — Vrinda Rathi, Janani Narayan and Gayathri Venugopalan — break new ground and officiate in the Ranji Trophy, a BCCI official said on Tuesday. It will be a first for Indian cricket when female umpires will be asked to officiate in the men’s cricket matches even as Gayathri has served as a reserve (fourth) umpire in Ranji Trophy in the past. With Ranji Trophy, beginning December 13, coinciding with Indian women’s cricket team…
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Sports Minister Anurag Thakur says that the youth will play a pivotal role in making India a developed nation by 2047. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set sight on India becoming a developed nation by 2047 “For the country to progress in Amritkal, the role of young volunteers will play a pivotal role in attaining honour Prime Minister’s vision of India at 2047,” the Sports Minister said on the occasion of International Volunteer Day on Monday. “The Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs along with its partners and stakeholders remain dedicated to promoting youth action…
Mirpur, Dec 6 (PTI) Trying to pick up pieces after a demoralising defeat, India’s decorated top-order will be desperate to change the narrative and give a better account of itself against slow bowling in the do-or-die second ODI against Bangladesh here on Wednesday. Having failed to take the last wicket when Bangladesh needed more than 50 runs, Indian bowlers could not deliver but there is no denying the fact that a star-studded batting line-up needs to show more responsibility. The last time India played a bilateral series in Bangladesh was back in 2015 when under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team…