Thursday, April 25, 2024
KOLKATA — Back into the side as an Impact Substitute after an injury, Jos Buttler struck a sensational counter-attacking unbeaten century to help Rajasthan Royals mount the joint-highest successful chase in Indian Premier League (IPL) history again...
17 Apr 2024
ANCIENT OLYMPIA — International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and other IOC high officials called for world peace on Tuesday during the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Ancient Olympia, Greece. The Olympic Flam...
16 Apr 2024
MADRID — FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez admitted that the man who will be in the Paris Saint-Germain dugout in the return leg of their Champions League quarterfinal had a huge influence on his career. Xavi spent time with Luis Enrique as a playe...
16 Apr 2024DIMAPUR — Five young footballers have been selected from Nagaland, from the Bundesliga Under-13 final trials, to undergo training for three weeks in Germany. The selected players, namely Sehboigin Haokip (11 years old), Lalminkai Thomson (12 years ...
16 Apr 2024
LONDON — Four goals from Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson’s strike and a first goal in Blue from Alfie Gilchrist helped Chelsea record a dominant 6-0 win over Everton at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea produced one of their strongest displays of the sea...
16 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Sporting Club Bengaluru were crowned champions of the 2023-24 I-League 2 with two rounds to spare as they beat Sudeva Delhi FC 1-0 at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Monday. The Golden Tigers have been promoted to the I-League 2024-25 for ...
15 Apr 2024DIMAPUR — The Tennis Ball Cricket Association of Nagaland (TBCAN) is organising Tennis Ball Cricket Championship 2024 at DDSC stadium in Dimapur starting from April 25. An update from the organisers informed that the event will conclude with a clos...
15 Apr 2024
OKLAHOMA — In the Olympic year, Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna broke the longest-standing men’s world record, throwing an incredible 74.35m to smash the discus throw mark at the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona, the United States. That ...
15 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — The BCCI has informed all commentators, players, IPL owners, and social media and content teams associated with the squads not to post any pictures or videos from the stadium on match days on social media, says a report. A recent incide...
15 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Former British and Commonwealth super-lightweight champion Willie Limond has died at the age of 45, a week after suffering a suspected seizure while driving near Glasgow. Limond was rushed to hospital after being discovered unresponsive...
15 Apr 2024
MONTE-CARLO — Stefanos Tsitsipas dispatched Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 to win his third Monte-Carlo title in four years. With his one-hour, 37-minute win, Tsitsipas became the fifth player to win three or more Monte-Carlo titles, joining Rafael Nadal (11...
15 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Reigning Asian Games champion Palak bagged India’s 20th Paris Olympic quota place in shooting, winning bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol at the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship Rifle/Pistol in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil ...
14 Apr 2024
MADRID — Real Madrid goes into next weekend’s ‘Clasico’ at home to FC Barcelona after retaining its eight-point lead at the top of LaLiga thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Mallorca. Real Madrid’s win leaves Carlo Ancel...
14 Apr 2024
MULLANPUR — In a tricky time for Rajasthan Royals, Shimron Hetmyer ensured he went bang-bang in his unbeaten 27 off 10 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by three wickets to maintain their pole position in the points table via a low-scorin...
13 Apr 2024
KOLKATA — Around 25,000-odd fans flocked to the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Stadium on Saturday to witness Mohammedan Sporting lift their first I-League title. For a 133-year-old club that has multiple domestic titles under their belt, lifting the tro...
13 Apr 2024KOHIMA — The Northern Angami Students’ Union (NASU) organised the Suolahie Theünuo Memorial Volleyball Trophy 2024 at Tsiesema Local Ground in Kohima on Saturday on the theme ‘Unity through sports’. A total of 24 teams, comprising 16 in the ...
13 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah congratulated team India, who won the inaugural edition of Asia Cup back in 1984 after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the round-robin league stage. The inaugural edition o...
13 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has selected nine boxers, including the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion Amit Panghal (51kg) and World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev (71kg), to represent India at the second World Qualif...
13 Apr 2024
NINGBO — China secured the women’s singles gold with its four shuttlers sweeping semifinal spots at the Badminton Asia Championships on Friday. He Bingjiao, seeded fifth, claimed a tough victory over top seed An Se-young of South Korea 21-17,...
13 Apr 2024
HARBIN — A hotel located on Hongqi Street in Harbin, the capital city of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province, is formulating its operational plan for six months later. Due to its location, the hotel’s manager is concerned that th...
13 Apr 2024
LONDON — The Premier League announced on Friday that it will introduce a semi-automated system to decide on tight offside decisions for the 2024-25 season. The decision is aimed at ruling out any controversy over VAR calls, while also reducing the ...
12 Apr 2024
MONACO — Novak Djokovic continued his brilliant run as he moved to within just two wins of completing his third sweep of all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles on Friday, advancing to the semifinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters for the first time since tri...
12 Apr 2024
MUMBAI — Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar put up a brilliant display of power-hitting as they blazed to half-centuries after Jasprit Bumrah had claimed a sensational 5-21 as Mumbai Indians thrashed Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets with 27 ba...
12 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Boxing legend and 2012 Olympic Games bronze medallist M C Mary Kom has stepped down as Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympic Games, citing personal reasons. Mary Kom, appointed as the Chef de Mission of the Indi...
12 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Aston Villa edged past Lille 2-1 while Liverpool lost 3-0 to Atalanta and West Ham suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa Conference League quarterfinal first legs. Villa, competing in their first major Eur...
12 Apr 2024
