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‘LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021, THE OLYMPIC YEAR’

02 Jan 2021 04:50 AM IST

NEW DELHI: World badminton champion PV Sindhu has said that moving to the United Kingdom for her training is one of the best moves she made during the Covid-19-induced break that she had from competitions for the better part of the year just gone by. Sindhu moved to the UK

Rohit Sharma picked as vice-captain

02 Jan 2021 04:49 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Rohit Sharma, who spent his second consecutive day training at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday as the rest of the Indian team unwound, has been picked as vice-captain of the Indian team for the last two Tests. In a statement that announced T Natarajan and Shardul Thakur as

Natarajan, Thakur in for Umesh & Shami

02 Jan 2021 04:46 AM IST

MELBOURNE: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Friday announced pace bowler T Natarajan as replacement of Umesh Yadav in the India squad for the last two Test matches against Australia to be played in Sydney and Brisbane. BCCI also added that Shardul Thakur had been added to the squad in

India brace for tough Sydney fixture

02 Jan 2021 04:44 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Indian team, which enjoyed a significant amount of freedom over the last three days here following their win in the second Test, will train on Saturday and Sunday before they fly to Sydney, which is reeling under a new Covid-19 outbreak. Sydney is unlikely to be as

Michael Kindo played with passion & positivity

02 Jan 2021 04:42 AM IST

Affectionately called Kindi bhai by all his teammates, Michael Kindo played his game with as much heart as he served as an officer in the Indian Navy.

PUJARA’S TROUBLES AGAINST CUMMINS A CONCERN: ZAHEER

01 Jan 2021 04:50 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Australian speedster Pat Cummins having the upper hand over Indian batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara is an area of concern for India but it is also symptomatic of batsmen finding it difficult to score runs throughout the series, former fast bowler Zaheer Khan has said. Pujara, who scored 521 runs

WARNER MAY PLAY THIRD TEST EVEN IF NOT TOTALLY FIT: OZ COACH

01 Jan 2021 04:48 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Opener David Warner could play the third Test in Sydney beginning 7 January even if he is not 100% fit, hinted Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald. Warner suffered a groin injury during the second One-day International (ODI) and was ruled out of the final ODI, the T20I series as

UMESH YADAV RULED OUT OF TEST SERIES

01 Jan 2021 04:46 AM IST

MELBOURNE: India suffered another major blow after pace bowler Umesh Yadav was ruled out of the Test series against Australia and will return home for rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), it has been learnt. His exit comes after Mohammed Shami was ruled out following a fracture to his

INDIAN MALE BOXERS WILL PERFORM WELL AT OLYMPICS: KRISHAN

01 Jan 2021 04:43 AM IST

NEW DELHI: India will be sending a strong contingent of male boxers to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and they are capable of performing well there, says boxer Vikas Krishan. Krishan is one of a record nine boxers who sealed qualification to the Olympics at the Asian boxing qualifiers in the

Barcelona’s Coutinho out for 8-10 weeks with knee injury

01 Jan 2021 04:41 AM IST

FC Barcelona will be without forward Philippe Coutinho for 8-10 weeks after tests on Wednesday showed the Brazilian damaged the meniscus ligament during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw at home with Eibar. Coutinho had to limp out of the game in the closing minutes, leaving his side to end the game with

DELHI COP WHO BLEW LID OFF 2000 MATCH-FIXING SCANDAL, RETIRES

01 Jan 2021 04:39 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s top officer Ishwar Singh, whose chance tapping of a telephonic conversation involving South Africa captain Hansie Cronje opened a Pandora box on cricket match-fixing in 2000, retires on Thursday “absolutely satisfied” after an eventful 38-year-two-month-long service. Singh, 60, retires as Assistant Commissioner of Police (Southwest district,

Bumrah’s mind, body set for the bigger tests

01 Jan 2021 04:38 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah, who will now be the only pace bowler remaining from the India squad of 2018-19 that won the Test series in Australia, will have his hands full going into the last two Tests of the series being the senior-most bowler despite having played just 16 Tests