Latest News

Sports

ICC likely to approve Test championship

Cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to approve plans for its long-awaited World Test Championship at a meeting in New Zealand this week, it was reported today. The sport’s governing body has argued for years that a Test championship is needed to boost the five-day format’s popularity as crowds and television viewers flock to the big- hitting Twenty20 version ...

Read More »

U-17 World Cup: Germany ready to take on Costa Rica

football

Formidable Germany have their task cut out when they take on Costa Rica in their campaign-opener of the FIFA U-17 World Cup here tomorrow. Germany have made 10 appearances in the tournament but have not won the title so far and are now looking to win this time. They landed early here to adjust themselves to the conditions and have ...

Read More »

Mithali Raj to pen autobiography

Mithali_Raj

Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj will come out with her autobiography next year which will provide a candid and revealing look into her personal and sporting life. Penguin Random House India today announced that it has acquired the rights to publish the memoir. Raj says she’s excited to share her story and hopes that people come to like ...

Read More »

Catalonia crisis: Messi and Co play league match in an empty stadium

fc-barcelona-empty-stadium

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-0 win over Las Palmas on Sunday in a Liga match played without fans following clashes between police and voters in Catalonia over a banned independence referendum. In the late game, Real Madrid earned their first home league victory of the season by beating Espanyol 2-0 with a goal in each half by ...

Read More »

India won one day series with Australia by 4-1

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Riding on some tremendous bowling by the spinners and outstanding batting by Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, India won the fifth and last one day by defeating Australia by seven wicket. With this victory India clinched 4-1 series and also regained No-1 ranking. Chasing 243 run to win, Rohit and rahane scored 124 run for the first ...

Read More »

David Warner’s ton helps Australia win first game of ODI series against India

team-India

Australia were finally able to break a 12 match losing streak away from home when opener David Warner helped take the team to 334 in the 4th ODI in Bengaluru. Warner’s 124 off 119 balls was part of a 231-run opening partnership he shared with Aaron Finch. Although India pulled things back after dismissing the two, They had to chase ...

Read More »

Ronaldo nets twice as Real win in Dortmund

ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo marked his 150th European game with two goals as Real Madrid sealed a 3-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund to top their Champions League group. Ronaldo claimed two second-half goals after Gareth Bale’s stunning early volley gave Real the lead at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park. The Germans fought back when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finally netted with just over half an ...

Read More »

Govt wud spend Rs five lakh per player for next eight years

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A national workshop on “Sports for All” was organized here in New Delhi on Tuesday. In which around 80 representatives from Indian Olympic Association, Department of Sports, Sports Authority of India, National Observers, National Sports Federations of high priority and priority disciplines, SGFI and AIUs, Sports Secretaries of the States and the Union Territories, Sports promotion Boards ...

Read More »

Queen’s Baton for Commonwealth games 2018 to reach Uttarakhand on Oct 5

sports

The sports fraternity and sports enthusiasts in the state are a excited lot as the Queen’s Baton Relay for the XXI Commonwealth Games (to held in Australia next year) will reach Uttarakhand on October 5 and will pass through six cities of Uttarakhand for two days by eminent sportspersons hailing from the state. Calling it a proud occasion for the ...

Read More »

Srikanth, Prannoy lose; Pranaav-Sikki in semis of Japan Open

badminton

India’s Kidambi Srikanth crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Japan Open Super Series after losing to recently-crown world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark but mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy advanced to the semifinals, here on Friday. The 25-year-old from Guntur, who clinched back-to-back titles at Indonesia and Australia, couldn’t curb his simple errors ...

Read More »
error: