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England’s Sarah Taylor quits international cricket due to anxiety

6:57 pm September 27, 2019

London: Battling anxiety, England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor has announced her retirement from international cricket. The 30-year-old made her England debut in 2006, and has gone on to make 226 appearances across the three formats, becoming one of the top players in the women’s game globally. Taylor’s anxiety has affected her ability to enjoy the […]

Extremely honoured to be nominated for Khel Ratna: Rohit

Rohit is captaincy option in T20 to manage Virat’s workload: Yuvraj

1:03 pm September 27, 2019

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh has suggested that Rohit Sharma can be considered for T20 captaincy if Virat Kohli feels “overloaded” by leading the side in all three formats. Rohit, the vice-captain of India’s limited-overs sides, has been the most successful captain in the IPL, leading Mumbai Indians to four title wins and […]

We’ll win better medals at Tokyo Games: Gopichand

8:01 pm September 26, 2019

Jamshedpur: Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Thursday exuded confidence that Indian shuttlers will put up a good show at the Tokyo Olympics, bettering their performance from the last editions. “We have been performing well for the last over a decade and God willing, we will win better medals in the 2020 Olympics,” Gopichand […]

WFI likely to sack Iranian coach Karimi

7:50 pm September 26, 2019

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to sack men’s free style national coach Hossein Karimi, six months after the Iranian was hired on a contract till the Tokyo Olympics. The Iranian had joined the national camp in February but has been struggling to adjust to the ‘system’. He went on leave […]

Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt likely to join BJP

6:45 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Olympic medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and might be fielded as its candidate in the Haryana assembly polls next month, BJP sources said on Wednesday. Dutt, who won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games, was also in contention for a Lok Sabha ticket from […]