U.P. to absorb 500 sportspersons in State departments: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holding a torch during the inauguration of All India Police Athletics SSB Cluster 2022-2023, in Lucknow on March 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day 71st All India Police Athletics Cluster Championship held at PAC Ground on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister […]

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Men in Blue need to find a way to tackle the Mitchells’ menace

Bilateral one-day internationals may have lost relevance in recent times, but for visiting teams, a series win in India is still a big deal. The Men in Blue have only lost one ODI series since 2016, when Australia beat India 3-2 in 2019. On Wednesday at the recently-renovated M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, the Aussies will look […]

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Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies 

The first Test I watched from the first ball to the last was India v West Indies in Bengaluru in November 1974. The visitors were going through a dip then. Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai had played the previous Test against England, in Trinidad, but were no longer part of the team. It was a […]

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Nikhat, Nitu, Manisha and Jaismine punch their way to the quarterfinals

Jaismine, left, used her long-range counter-punching to good effect against Shamadova at the 2023 IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 21. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Nikhat Zareen defied a tired body and another doughty opponent, Mexican Fatima Herrera Alvarez, to book a berth in the 50kg quarterfinals of […]

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Seeded teams cruise into the quarterfinals at the Nationals

There is no doubt that the top-seeded Reserve Bank of India (RBI) women’s table tennis team is the favourite despite PSPB being the defending champion. RBI proved it in ample measure with an imposing 3-0 victory over Kerala in the pre-quarterfinals of the senior National inter-State table tennis championships here on Tuesday. RBI will take […]

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Maldives earnestly striving to make an impact on the world stage

The chief coach of Maldives Ahammed Faail (centre), flanked by his assistant Shifaz Rashid, left, and athlete Hussain Zeek Said. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement  On a hot Monday afternoon, Hassan Saaid was a blur to fellow participants as he effortlessly strode past them for a sprint double in the Indian Grand Prix-1 at the […]

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De Villiers, Del Mar, Last Wish, Salento and Siege Courageous please

De Villiers, Del Mar, Last Wish, Salento and Siege Courageous pleased when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (March 21). Inner sand: 600m: Roman Power (rb) 40.5. In fine trim. Scrippling Hopper (Jagadeesh) 40.5. Strode out well. 1000m: Siege Courageous (P. Trevor) 1-6, 600/40. Moved attractively. Lady Godiva (P. Trevor) 1-9, 600/41. Shaped […]

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India vs Australia third ODI | Indian top-order burns midnight oil to tackle ‘Mitchell The Menace’

The prima donnas of Indian batting will have to put their best foot forward while tackling the lethal in-dippers from Mitchell Starc when they face Australia in the series-deciding third ODI in Chennai on March 22, 2023. If Starc is giving sleepless nights to the batters, the other ‘Mitchell — Mitchell Marsh — has sent […]

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Stats | Erling Haaland is leaving football’s greatest in his wake as scoring form in Manchester City continues

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Manchester City and RB Leipzig at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, on March 14 | Photo Credit: AP It had been a relatively lean spell for Erling Haaland. That was before his record-equaling […]

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