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11 Mar

100 percent crowd is allowed in India vs Sri Lanka pink ball Test

editorSportsIndia vs Sri Lanka

Second pink ball test between India and Sri Lanka will be starting on Saturday March 12. It could witness a houseful stadium after the Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday allowed 100 percent crowd attendance for the match owing to sharp decline in COVID-19 cases and high demand for tickets. KSCA is happy to inform that there has been very good response for viewership of the India vs Sri Lanka Day-Night Test cricket match being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 12-16 March, 2022. "Considering the high number of response and since there are no further restrictions…

10 Mar

Fifa postpones Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland

editorSportsFifa, Ukraine’s World Cup

Fifa has postponed Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland on March 24. The winners of the game at Hampden Park in Glasgow will take on Austria or Wales for a place in November’s World Cup finals in Qatar. Ukraine’s football association had asked Fifa to postpone the qualifier following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fifa said in a statement, “Following consultation with Uefa and the four participating member associations in Path A of the European qualifying playoffs, it was unanimously agreed in the spirit of solidarity to accept.” “The match between Scotland and Ukraine... will now be postponed to the…

09 Mar

Russia lodges appeal against FIFA, UEFA bans

editorSportsRussia Ukraine

On Tuesday, the Russian soccer federation appealed to have its FIFA and UEFA bans frozen and other punishments. Russian teams were driven out from the competition on 28th February,until further notice following the country's invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA did not specify their legal reasons for this. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it hoped to decide on the appeals in the future. Russia's men's national team was scheduled to play Poland on March 24 in a World Cup qualifying playoff. Poland has refused to play opponent Russia in the match. The winner of that match would have…

07 Mar

India win third gold of Cairo Shooting World Cup

editorSportsEsha Singh, ISSF, Rahi Sarnobat, Rhythm Sangwan

The Indians named Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won gold medal in the women's 25m pistol team event on the day of the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition held on Sunday. The Indian team registered a 17-13 win over Singapore in a thrilling match-up to claim the country's third gold of the tournament. The Indian trio had made it after overcoming the second qualification stage on Saturday. Esha won the second gold and third medal of the World Cup, as she had earlier won a yellow medal in the women's 10m air pistol team event…

04 Mar

Anushka Sharma plants a kiss on Virat Kohli’s cheek on field in front of his 100th test match

editorSportsVirat Kohli

Anushka Sharma joined Virat Kohli in Mohali for his a centesimal check match. Fans have been extensively sharing pictures and videos of the couple from the cricket field. Virat used to be felicitated via the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) beforehand of the one centesimal Test of his global career. Kohli became the 12th Indian player to entire 100 test matches. Sachin Tendulkar holds the all-time report of enjoying 200 Tests - the most in cricket’s history. Anushka Sharma always stands up for her husband in good and awful times. The actress joined Virat Kohli in Punjab.…

03 Mar

Esha Singh mesmerizes everyone with her glorious performance

editorSportsEsha Singh

Esha Singh made a firm statement about her arrival in the senior place with a silver in the women’s 10m air pistol event in the ongoing World Cup shooting championship in Cairo, Egypt. The 17-year-old, Esha Singh, is the first woman shooter from Telangana to win a World Cup medal. “Now the goal is to keep winning as many medals as possible for India in all major events and bring laurels to the country,” Esha believes. “Hopefully, this can be just the beginning of many more success stories at the highest level. I will continue to work really hard and…

02 Mar

Saurabh Chaudhary strikes Gold in the first ISSF World Cup In Cairo

editorSportsISSF World Cup, Saurabh Chaudhary

Indian shooter, Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event, making the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup in Cairo on March1. The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish the round whereas Germany’s Michael Schwald shot 6. Artem Chernousov of Russia won the bronze in the event, whose country's flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Saurabh, aged 19 years, an Olympian has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men's 10m air pistol qualification stage…

01 Mar

PV Sindhu receives warm welcome from Telangana Sports Minister

editorSportsPV Sindhu, Tokyo olympics

Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud along with Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar warm heartedly welcomed Olympic bronze medallist PV Sindhu after she landed at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday afternoon. Sindhu finished third in women's singles badminton at the Tokyo Olympics after beating China's He Bing Jiao in straight games in the bronze medal play-off match in Tokyo. At the airport, while employees, passengers and the CISF cheered for Sindhu, she and the coach were welcomed by Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud, Sports Authority of Telangana chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy along with Commissioner Of Police, Cyberabad VC Sajjanar and…

01 Mar

Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties to lift title

editorSportsChelsea, Liverpool

Liverpool won their first domestic final in a decade by beating Chelsea 11-10 on penalties to clinch the League Cup. All 10 penalties had been scored before it was down to the goalkeepers to take their turn and Kepa Arrizabalaga missed after Liverpool counterpart Caoimhin Kelleher had netted. Kepa Arrizabalaga had been brought off the bench as a penalties specialist just as the clock hit 120 minutes at the end of extra time, replacing Edouard Mendy whose saves the final locked at 0-0. This move paid off for Thomas Tuchel in the UEFA in August but this time there was…

28 Feb

India equal world record for most successive wins in T20Is after defeating Sri Lanka in 3rd T20I

editorSportsindia, sri lanka

India, after defeating Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I, Rohit Sharma-led Team India equalled the world record for registering the most consecutive T20I victories. With this victory over Sri Lanka, Team India registered their 12th consecutive win in the shortest format and they have now equalled Afghanistan's record for most consecutive T20I wins by a Test-playing nation. India is currently the No.1 ranked team in the shortest format of the game. India won the third and final T20I match against Sri Lanka by six wickets. Shreyas Iyer starred with 73* not out as Team India chased the target of…