Rishav Pant’s heroics seal Test match, series for India
An Indian cricket team saddled with broken bones and battered bodies showed a never-seen-before zeal to retain the coveted Border-Gavaskar trophy with a historic three-wicket win over Australia in the fourth and final Test here, successfully chasing a 328-run target to seal the four-match series 2-1. A minefield of talent called Rishabh Pant (89 not […]
Tokyo Olympics ‘safe and secure’ despite virus emergency: organisers
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers insisted Friday that the coronavirus-postponed Games will still go ahead despite Japan declaring a state of emergency less than 200 days before the opening ceremony. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced the month-long measure covering the greater Tokyo area, taking effect from Friday, as the country battles a surge in […]
Jadeja, Gill toil hard to put India in an advantageous position in the third Test
Steve Smith’s typically gutsy hundred was neutralised by Ravindra Jadeja’s four-wicket haul and rookie Shubman Gill’s fluent half-century as a resolute India reached 96/2 after dismissing Australia for 338 on the second day of the third Test here on Friday. The Indian bowlers, especially Jadeja (18-3-62-4) and the ever-dependable Jasprit Bumrah (25.4-7-66-2), were brilliant with […]
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly taken to hospital after he suffers heart attack
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly suffered a heart attack on Friday. He was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata and is likely to undergo angioplasty. Reportedly, Ganguly felt dizzy while exercising in his personal gymnasium. The doctors are yet to identity the real cause of the issue. “He was not feeling well last night. However, […]
‘Mad’ Wagner hailed for defying broken toes
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Fast bowler Neil Wagner was hailed as an ‘inspiration’ on Wednesday after he shrugged off the pain of two broken toes to help bowl New Zealand to victory in the first Test at the Bay Oval. A Shaheen Shah Afridi yorker fractured two toes in Wagner’s right foot during New Zealand’s first innings […]
Roger Federer out of Australian Open after knee surgery
MELBOURNE: Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will miss the Australian Open for the first time in his career as he continues his recovery from two rounds of knee surgery, organisers said on Monday. The 39-year-old Swiss has been out of action since February but recently resumed training and was on the entry list for […]
Barca’s Messi to miss Eibar game with ankle injury
BARCELONA: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will miss Tuesday’s match at home to Eibar due to an ankle injury, the La Liga club said on Sunday. Barca said in a statement that Messi, who is in the last year of his contract and is free to negotiate a move to rival clubs for free in 2021, […]
India bundle out Australia for 195 on opening day of Boxing-Day Test
An inspired Indian bowling unit, led by the menacing Jasprit Bumrah and the crafty Ravichandran Ashwin, steam-rolled Australia for a meagre 195 on a memorable opening day of the second Test here on Saturday. New captain Ajinkya Rahane had a great day in office as he marshalled his resources impressively with debutant Mohammed Siraj (2/40 […]
Gill impresses at nets
Determined to leave behind the embarrassing defeat in the series-opener, the Indian team, under stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, switched its focus to red-ball cricket today with Shubman Gill and others grinding it out during a net session ahead of the Boxing Day Test. Gill, who was not considered for the opening Test despite scoring 43 […]
Tokyo unveils final Olympic budget of $15.9 billion
TOKYO: The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least 1.64 trillion yen ($15.9 billion), organisers said on Tuesday, unveiling a final budget swollen by the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic measures. The extra costs — up 294 billion yen ($2.8 billion) from figures released a year ago — come as officials work to […]