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Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies

11:49 pm July 7, 2021

New Delhi: Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt died on Wednesday due to age-related ailments, marking the end of a glorious era in the sport. Datt was 95 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter, all of whom are settled abroad. The former centre halfback died around 12.30 am […]

Kerber wins first title since Wimbledon 2018 in Bad Homburg

11:29 pm June 26, 2021

Bad Homburg: Angelique Kerber won her first title since Wimbledon in 2018 by beating Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Bad Homburg Open on Saturday. Back in a final for the first time in two years and playing in front of a home crowd, the three-time Grand Slam champion broke Siniakova’s serve six times en route to her 13th career WTA singles […]

Four Indians seeded in Tokyo Olympics draw

11:54 pm June 21, 2021

New Delhi: Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia and Ravi Kumar were on Monday seeded in their respective categories for the Tokyo Olympics in July-August. Both Bajrang and Deepak have been seeded second in the 65kg and 86kg category while Ravi has been seeded fourth in the 57kg. Star female wrestler Vinesh is […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Domestic doyen Amol Muzumdar appointed Mumbai coach

10:52 pm June 1, 2021

Mumbai: Ranji Trophy legend and former Mumbai captain Amol Muzumdar was on Tuesday appointed coach the senior team for the upcoming domestic season replacing Ramesh Powar, who has taken charge of Indian women’s team. The decision to appoint him was taken by the Cricket Improvement Committee of the MCA comprising Jatin Paranjape (chairman), Nilesh Kulkarni […]

ICC Board Meet: No outcomes likely as BCCI to ask for time on T20 WC

6:01 pm May 31, 2021

New Delhi: The BCCI will ask for one month’s extension to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India amid the looming COVID-19 threat when the all-powerful ICC Board holds a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a host of other issues as well. While earlier, it was decided that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly […]