Day: July 19, 2019

Tendulkar, Donald inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

12:19 pm July 19, 2019

London: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame alongside South African pace legend Allan Donald. Joining Tendulkar and Donald in the Hall of Fame was two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick. “It is an honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of […]

Pacquiao battling age, hungry Thurman in title showdown

12:14 pm July 19, 2019

Las Vegas: Twenty-four years after first climbing into a professional boxing ring, Manny Pacquiao will attempt to defy the march of time here Saturday when he battles undefeated American Keith Thurman for the WBA welterweight crown. The 40-year-old Filipino icon clashes with Thurman at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in what is arguably his […]

Jesse Eisenberg would be up for ‘Social Network’ sequel

12:10 pm July 19, 2019

Los Angeles: Jesse Eisenberg, who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s “Social Network”, would be happy to be a part of its sequel if Aaron Sorkin ever writes a script. The 2010 film earned Sorkin the best screenplay Oscar and earlier this year the writer-directed expressed interest in a sequel as a lot […]

India-US relationship on very sound footing: Shringla

12:06 pm July 19, 2019

New York: The India-US relationship is on a very sound footing with both nations working closely to take the momentum forward and propel bilateral ties to the next level, India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. The US is a major partner of India when it comes to economic development, he said. “What […]

Humid morning in city, rain likely

12:03 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to a humid morning on Friday, with the minimum temperature settling at 25 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. According to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 82 per cent. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded 3.6 mm […]