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Bristol, June 21 (TIWN) India batter Deepti Sharma, who played a crucial role in the Mithali Raj-led side stealing a draw in the one-off Test against England, said that the England players tried to "distract us" during the match but "I made sure I didn't heed any of that". |
21-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 20 (TIWN) India football team defender, Adil Khan, on Sunday said sportspersons often had to make sacrifices and "forego the simple pleasures of life" in order to maximise their performance on the pitch. |
20-Jun-2021 |
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Belgrade, June 20 (TIWN) India's Sajan Prakash won gold in the men's 200 meters butterfly event in the Belgrade Open Swimming competition, but narrowly missed qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games. |
20-Jun-2021 |
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Patiala, June 20 (TIWN) Entries of as many as 16 athletes, including five in men's 1,500 meters event, have been rejected by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the Indian Grand Prix IV, an Olympic qualification competition, here on Monday. |
20-Jun-2021 |
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Patiala, June 20 (TIWN) Muhammed Anas, the national 400m record holder, and Noah Nirmal Tom will be the notable absentees from the individual 400m race of the one-day Indian Grand Prix IV to be held here on Monday. |
20-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 20 (TIWN) India cricketer Dinesh Karthik's stint in the commentary box during the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand saw him pull a fast one on fellow commentator and former England skipper Nasser Hussain, which left his fans well entertained. |
20-Jun-2021 |
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Chandigarh, June 19 (TIWN) Chandigarh on Saturday bid a tearful farewell to ‘Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh (91), who passed away at the PGI Hospital here after a prolonged battle with Covid-19 late on Friday night. |
19-Jun-2021 |
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Brasilia (Brazil), June 19 (TIWN) A first-half strike from Guido Rodriguez fired Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in their Copa America Group B match here on Friday. |
19-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 19 (TIWN) A glimpse into the stupendous athletics career of legendary Milkha Singh, who passed away on Friday aged 91, can be had from this mind boggling fact: his 400 metres Indian national record stood for 38 years and the 400m Asian record for 26 years. In 1960 in Rome, he came closest to winning an individual Olympic Games medal as an Indian, in 400m, eventually finishing fourth in a photo finish. |
19-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 19 (TIWN) Condoling the demise of legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, 91, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country has lost a colossal sportsperson. |
19-Jun-2021 |
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Chandigarh, June 19 (TIWN) Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, popularly known as 'Flying Sikh, passed away in a local hospital here at 11.30 p.m. on Friday, said a statement from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, where he was being treated for Covid-related complications. |
19-Jun-2021 |
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Chandigarh, June 18 (TIWN) The health condition of Covid-hit former India sprinter Milkha Singh has deteriorated with fever and de-saturation, the doctors said on Friday. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 18 (TIWN) Maximl, a connected worker platform for deskless workers has announced that it won a contract of $1million from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to digitise the last mile operations for turnaround processes for the next two years across all its nine refineries. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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London, June 18 (TIWN) Four-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan has withdrawn from the Wimbledon commencing on June 28. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 18 (TIWN) Sanjeev Verma, father of India opener Shafali Verma, who scored 96 against England on Thursday, the highest for an Indian debutant in women's Test cricket, was not surprised with the way his daughter went about the task for he says he had prepared her to play the aggressive way. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 18 (TIWN) Olympic Games bound women boxer MC Marykom will skip a short training stint in Assisi, Italy, that starts on Monday, and will instead continue to train in Pune, said a national boxing coach. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 18 (TIWN) Rain washed out the first session of play on the opening day of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand at the Southampton Bowl here on Friday. |
18-Jun-2021 |
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Bengaluru, June 17 (TIWN) Badminton Gurukul (BG) and Sports School Badminton Academy (SSBA) have joined hands to promote badminton by announcing scholarship in three age groups of under-13, u-16 and u-19 years for boys and girls, chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said here on Wednesday. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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London, June 17 (TIWN) Premier League champions Manchester City will start their title defence away to Tottenham Hotspurs on August 14, it was announced on Wednesday. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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Rome, June 17 (TIWN) Italy became the first side to enter knockout stages of Euro 2020 thanks to a 3-0 win over Switzerland here late on Wednesday. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 17 (TIWN) India may not have played a Test match in England in the lead up to the World Test Championship final, unlike opponents New Zealand. They, however, surely have more experience of playing at the Hampshire Bowl here than their opponents. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 17 (TIWN) Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has backed Indian bowling attack to do better in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand since it is more balanced due to the presence of better spinners. The two teams face off in the summit clash of the WTC at the Hampshire Bowl here from Friday. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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Bristol, June 17 (TIWN) The pitch for the one-off Test between India women and England women has turned out to be a flat deck with plenty of help for spinners as home team's batters and visiting team's spinners have found out. |
17-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 16 (TIWN) Zerodha co-founder, Nikhil Kamath, India's youngest billionaire cheated in a charity chess match, Forbes reported. |
16-Jun-2021 |
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Sydney, June 16 (TIWN) Seven Australian cricket stars, including Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and David Warner, pulled out of their national team's upcoming limited-overs tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh as Cricket Australia (CA) announced an 18-member squad on Wednesday. |
16-Jun-2021 |
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Birmingham, June 16 (TIWN) The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Tuesday announced that the debuting women's T20 competition will be held between July 29 and August 7 and all the matches will be played at Edgbaston over 10 days. |
16-Jun-2021 |
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Bristol, June 16 (TIWN) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has apologised for scheduling the June 16-19 one-off Test between India and England women on a used pitch, that hosted a T20 Blast match between Gloucestershire and Sussex only five days ago. |
16-Jun-2021 |
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Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), June 16 (TIWN) At 23, he had won 60 medals in junior and senior categories at karate tournaments. |
16-Jun-2021 |
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Tokyo, June 15 (TIWN) Athletes and officials who violate the Covid-19 rules could be kicked out of the Olympics, according to revised rules outlined in the third and final editions of the Tokyo 2020 playbook revealed on Tuesday. |
15-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 15 (TIWN) New Zealand batting stalwart Ross Taylor on Tuesday said that his team's new status as the world No.1 will mean little in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India, who have been the No.1 side for quite a few years. |
15-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 15 (TIWN) Former All India Football Federation (AIFF) vice-president CR Viswanathan passed away in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 85. |
15-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 15 (TIWN) As India prepare to take on New Zealand in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Ageas Bowl here from Friday, head coach Ravi Shastri took time off after the team's practice session on Tuesday to play with curator Simon Lee's pooch, Winston, a Cocker Spaniel. |
15-Jun-2021 |
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Southampton, June 15 (TIWN) New Zealand's rise to the top of International Cricket Council (ICC) ICC Test team rankings has been made possible by healthy team culture, players have said. |
15-Jun-2021 |
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Birmingham, June 14 (TIWN) New Zealand opening batsman Devon Conway has said that his player-of-the-series performance -- 306 runs across two Tests -- that helped his side win its first Test series on English soil in 22 years is yet to sink in. |
14-Jun-2021 |
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Birmingham, June 14 (TIWN) New Zealand defeated England by eight wickets in the second Test on Sunday and won the two-match series 1-0 - their first series triumph in England in 22 years. The win pushed New Zealand back to the No.1 spot in Test rankings. |
14-Jun-2021 |
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London, June 14 (TIWN) Former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar feels the Kane Willaimson-led New Zealand look a better side as they have more variation in their bowling attack, going into this month's World Test Championship (WTC) final against India. |
14-Jun-2021 |
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Dhaka, June 14 (TIWN) Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh all-rounder and captain of the Mohammedan Sporting Club, on Friday lost his cool twice and kicked the stumps during a Dhaka Premier League match against Abahani Limited. |
14-Jun-2021 |
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Congaree Maintenance (USA), June 14 (TIWN) India's Anirban Lahiri, Satoshi Kodaira of Japan and Chinese Taipei's C.T. Pan carded matching scores of two-under 69 to be among those in a share of 31st position after the first round of Palmetto Championship on Thursday. |
14-Jun-2021 |
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Abu Dhabi, June 13 (TIWN) Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who is fast turning into one of the best players in T20 franchise cricket, showed glimpses of the improvement he has made as a cricketer with a stellar show in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL). |
13-Jun-2021 |
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St Lucia, June 12 (TIWN) Host West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in first of the two Tests against South Africa here on Thursday. |
12-Jun-2021 |
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St Lucia, June 11 (TIWN): West Indies are looking to add a bit of activism to their anti-racism stand on the field even as they look to continue with 'taking the knee' during the Test series against South Africa that begins here on Thursday. |
11-Jun-2021 |
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Bengaluru, June 10 (TIWN) Experienced India hockey forward Ramandeep Singh said on Wednesday that a good showing in the opening match at the Tokyo Olympic Games will give the team the "right momentum". |
10-Jun-2021 |
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Lausanne, June 9 (TIWN) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday approved the list of 29 refugee athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics under the Olympic flag. |
09-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 9 (TIWN) Indian women archers would look to secure the remaining two Tokyo Olympic Games berths when they compete in the final Olympic qualification tournament from June 17-20 in Paris. |
09-Jun-2021 |
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Dubai, June 10 (TIWN) ICC Elite Panel match referee Chris Broad will oversee the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand, scheduled to commence at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18. |
10-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 9 (TIWN) Even as India's tour of Sri Lanka is yet to be officially announced by either the country's cricket board, the official TV broadcaster put out the schedule of two limited-overs cricket series on social media on Tuesday. |
09-Jun-2021 |
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Mumbai, June 8 (TIWN): MSK Prasad insisted on Monday that as chairman of selectors he did take some tough decisions, even against the "legends of the game" during his nearly four-year tenure in the "interest of the future of Indian cricket". |
08-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 7 (TIWN) Tokyo Olympic Games bound javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is expected to resume his international season on Thursday in Portugal, said a athletics coach. |
07-Jun-2021 |
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New Delhi, June 7 (TIWN) South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje on Monday recalled MS Dhoni as a batsman who he thought didn't know how to use his feet and bat while bowling to him during nets in the 2010 Champions League T20 in South Africa. |
07-Jun-2021 |
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Chandigarh, June 7 (TIWN) Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Monday spoke to doctors at the PGI Hospital here to enquire about national icon and Olympian Milkha Singh's health. |
07-Jun-2021 |