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Sports Minister presents awards to winners of Republic Day Parade Tableaux

28 Jan 2021 15:38 PM IST

New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Thursday distributed awards to the winners of Republic Day Parade Tableaux. Uttar Pradesh tableau was awarded first prize, followed by Tripura tableau and Uttarakhand tableau. “In the Republic Day parade, Uttar Pradesh tableau was

BBL: No place for Chris Lynn in Team of the Tournament

28 Jan 2021 15:28 PM IST

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): Pacer Jhye Richardson, batsmen Colin Munro, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, and Alex Hales bagged the maximum votes to be named in the Big Bash League’s Team of the Tournament.BBL team of the tournament was announced on Thursday, with nine finals-bound players selected in the squad

World Tour Finals: Sindhu suffers second consecutive loss, gets beaten by Intanon

28 Jan 2021 14:47 PM IST

Bangkok [Thailand], January 28 (ANI): India shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday suffered an 18-21, 13-21 defeat at the hands of Ratchanok Intanon in her second group-stage match in the ongoing World Tour Finals. In the first game, both gave each other tough competition, with the match coming to a point

World Tour Finals: Srikanth loses second game, road to semis gets tougher

28 Jan 2021 14:26 PM IST

Bangkok [Thailand], January 28 (ANI): India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth put up a fighting show but couldn’t turn the match in his favour as he was defeated by Taiwan’s Wang Tzu-Wei in his second group-stage match in the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals on Thursday.Wang defeated Srikanth 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 in

Maguire admits Man Utd weren’t ‘good enough’ after Sheffield United defeat

28 Jan 2021 14:05 PM IST

Manchester [UK], January 28 (ANI): Manchester United’s Harry Maguire expressed disappointment after losing to Sheffield United in the Premier League and said his side was “not good enough” in the match. The bottom-placed team of this season’s Premier League pulled off a stunner on Thursday as they defeated Manchester United

Spinner Abdur Razzak to join BCB national selection panel

28 Jan 2021 14:02 PM IST

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 28 (ANI): The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named spinner Abdur Razzak as the third senior selector in the national panel. The left-arm spinner will work along with former skippers Minhajul Abedin, the panel chief, and Habibul Bashar.Razzak who featured for Bangladesh in 200 international games between

Australia selector Hohns admits rotating pace bowlers could be the way forward

28 Jan 2021 13:37 PM IST

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): National selector Trevor Hohns has indicated that Australia might follow the rotation policy for their pace battery during the South Africa tour while admitting it should have been done against India in the recently concluded Test series.Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc along with

Umpire Oxenford to retire from international cricket

28 Jan 2021 13:32 PM IST

Dubai [UAE], January 28 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced that umpire Bruce Oxenford has decided to retire from international cricket after a fine career that saw him officiate around the world across all three formats of the game for over 15 years.Oxenford, who officially stands down

Rabada becomes third-fastest South Africa bowler to scalp 200 Test wickets

28 Jan 2021 13:15 PM IST

Karachi [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada on Thursday not only became the eighth South African to scalp 200 Test wickets, but also became the third-fastest Proteas bowler to reach the milestone in the longest format of the game.The right-handed bowler achieved the feat on day three of

With a bit more luck, we could’ve won the game: Rodgers after draw against Everton

28 Jan 2021 12:54 PM IST

Liverpool [UK], January 28 (ANI): After being held to a draw by Everton, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said his side produced a “really exciting” performance in the match and with a bit more luck, they could have even won the game. Leicester City and Everton played out a 1-1

India has always been an important market: NZC chief executive post partnership extension with Dream11

28 Jan 2021 12:46 PM IST

Christchurch [New Zeland], January 28 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive, David White welcomed the partnership extension with India’s fantasy sports platform Dream11 and said it was further evidence of the international marketability of cricket in New Zealand.Dream11 has extended its association with NZC, including its naming rights partnership

ISL 7: Kerala assistant coach rues missed chances after goalless draw against Jamshedpur

28 Jan 2021 12:39 PM IST

Bambolim (Goa)[India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Blasters dominated the proceedings against Jamshedpur FC on Wednesday but still played out a goalless draw, and assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed insisted that his team should have secured the win given the number of chances that they created.Kerala, the superior team in the last