KOLKATA: Hockey India’s Ethics Committee has initiated a fact-finding inquiry into complaints filed against former India women’s hockey captain and Executive Board member Asunta Lakra.The development comes a day after it emerged that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports had asked Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute a neutral, fair and transparent committee to…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reaffirmed its “zero-tolerance” stance on corruption after former India Under-19 World Cup winner and Jaffna Kings co-owner Manjot Kalra was arrested over allegations of attempting to induce a player into corrupt practice during the Lanka Premier League (LPL).In a statement issued hours after Kalra’s arrest on Friday, the island nation’s…
Virat Kohli with legendary West Indies cricketer Garfield Sobers and his wife. (PTI Photo) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) led tributes to Sir Garfield Sobers after the legendary West Indies all-rounder died on Friday at the age of 89, remembering him as “a true icon of the game” whose influence will…
Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia (Photo credit: Indian Express) At IIT Madras’s recent convocation, Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia walked on stage together to collect their degrees. Jigisha is 45. Aditya is 21. Neither had planned to finish at the same time, and neither had expected to be called up together….
Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Daniel.Sobers was just 10 days short of his 90th birthday. Widely regarded as one of the…
The Statue of Liberty stands during sunset as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky on Thursday. (AP Photo) The build-up to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Spain has been overshadowed by an unexpected opponent — thick wildfire haze drifting south from Canada, prompting air quality alerts across New York and New Jersey…
L-R: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez; Spain players; and King Felipe VI (AP Photos) Spain will have their highest political and royal representatives cheering from the stands when they take on Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI both expected to attend the showpiece clash…
Escalating tensions in West Asia have renewed global attention on the Red Sea, a crucial maritime corridor linking Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal. With concerns over potential Houthi attacks near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the region’s strategic importance for energy supplies, international trade and India’s economic interests has come into sharp focus amid…
Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal (Image credit: Joan Monfort) Some stories are too unbelievable to be written. Yet, football has produced one. Nineteen years after Lionel Messi first met Lamine Yamal during a charity photoshoot in Barcelona, the two will stand on opposite sides in the FIFA World Cup final. Argentina and Spain will battle…
R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, and Divya Deshmukh (PTI/ANI Photos) India’s dominance in world chess has found another major endorsement, with reigning world champion D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh leading a strong Indian contingent in the shortlist for the inaugural FIDE Excellence Awards.The International Chess Federation (FIDE) on Friday unveiled…