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Indian men’s skeet team wins bronze in ISSF World Cup

9:34 am February 27, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian trio of Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, and Gurjoat Khangura won the bronze medal in the men’s skeet team event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup here. The Indians beat the Kazakhstan team of David Pochivalov, Eduard Yechshenko, and Alexandr Mukhamediyev 6-2 in the bronze medal match on the third competition day of the International Shooting Sport Federation tournament. […]

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2 skiers defy death in descent of Yosemite’s Half Dome

9:01 am February 27, 2021

California: Two skiers navigated a thin layer of snow with no margin for error down the precipitous shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park and alternately skied and rappelled back to the valley floor in an unusually daring feat. Jason Torlano, 45, and Zach Milligan, 40, completed the descent in five hours Sunday by carefully carving their way in crusty snow and […]

More India is allowed to get away, more toothless ICC will look: Vaughan

11:23 pm February 26, 2021

London: Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Friday said the more India is allowed to ”get away” with producing pitches that are not deemed good enough for Test cricket, the more ”toothless” the ICC will look. England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to go down 1-2 in the four-match series. ASTRO ACCENT […]

I accidentally became a cricketer, says Ashwin

8:54 pm February 26, 2021

Ahmedabad: Called a modern day legend by his captain Virat Kohli, ace Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says he is actually an accidental cricketer, who is living a dream with over 400 Test wickets under his belt. Ashwin reached the milestone in the day-night third Test against England, which ended here on Thursday with India winning […]

List of Test matches which ended on Day 2

11:02 pm February 25, 2021

Ahmedabad: Following is the list of Tests worldwide which ended on Day 2 with a result before India’s win over England in the day-night third match here on Thursday. 1) England vs Australia at The Oval on 28 Aug 1882: Australia won 2) England vs Australia at Lord’s on 16 Jul 1888: Australia won 3) […]