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In a double tribute to transparency and a decision that is bound to shake up the cricketing fraternity,sport administration and women cricketers, the Supreme Court on Monday appointed a four-member panel of administrators led by former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai and includes the legendary women test cricket player, Diana Edulji.
Besides Mr Rai...
New Zealand survived a thriller in the first one-day against Australia on Monday. Marcus Stoinis, the rookie all-rounder playing just his 2nd ODI, scored 146 which included 11 sixes and nine fours, a record ODI score for an Australian number seven batsman and Stoinis took three crucial wickets during the encounter and helped Australia to reach near to the victory at Auckland's...
The Royal Rumble 2017 event took place at the Alamodale arena in Texas, USA. The Royal Rumble has been part of the WWE calendar since 1988. This year was the 30th Royal Rumble. The event's mainstay is the 30 man Royal Rumble. The winner of the Rumble gets a chance to headline WWE's biggest event of the year, The...
Roger Federer won the Australian Open for the 18th Grand Slam title by defeating his old rival Rafael Nadal at Rod Laver Arena.
The 35-year old Swiss player beat Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 3-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win his fifth Australian Open title. He won the championship point by a forehand winner.
Since 2011 Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have...
Swiss star Roger Federer starts 2017 with a bang, He defeated Rafael Nadal to win the 2017 Australian Open. Federer battled the Spaniard for five sets to seal the victory. With this win, Federer is a 18 time Grand Slam Champion and the oldest at 35 to play a Grand Slam final. Out of which he has won the...
Union sports minister Vijay Goel on Sunday stated that the cricket for blind in India has full support from the government.
The second world T-20 cricket for Blind Championship has been organised by the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI). He said at the inauguration that the government will provide financial aid to the sport if they get a...
Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams to clinch her seventh Australian Open title. She now holds 23 Grand Slam titles - an Open era record. She swept aside sister Venus for a 6-4, 6-4 victory, itself another record in a career creaking under the weight of its own history.
Thanks to the win, Serena also edged past Steffi Graf’s...
The wish for fairytale finals was completed on Friday when Nadal defeated Dimitrov to setup a final showdown against old rival Federer while Williams sisters will fight it out against each other for the Women's Singles title
The match lasted nearly five hours and ended with a scoreline 6-3, 5-7,7-6(7-5),6-7(4-7),6-4. Both the players were full of energy and showed great...
Famous cricketer Rahul Dravid has refused to receive the honorary doctorate degree that Bangalore University had chosen to bestow on him on the occasion of its 52nd convocation ceremony on Friday.
During a press release from the university, it was revealed that the erstwhile Indian captain had extended thanks to the university for selecting him for the honor, but "in...
Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals on Wednesday after Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carter's positive test for a banned substance means Bolt must return one of his nine Olympic gold medals. So Olympic gold champion Usain Bolt can no longer claim to have done...
