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Rohit gears up for Sydney Test, resumes training in Melbourne

01 Jan 2021 04:36 AM IST

‘The Hitman is here and has just got the engine started,’ BCCI wrote on Instagram about Rohit Sharma resuming his practice. The Sydney Test begins on 7 January.

India’s report card for sports in 2020

31 Dec 2020 05:47 AM IST

From Sania Mirza’s comeback to Indian pugilists bagging nine medals, it has been an eventful year for the country’s sportspersons, despite the shock of the pandemic. Here is a roundup of some of the most prominent achievements in sports in 2020 and hopes for the Olympics next year.

A lacklustre year that ends on a positive note

31 Dec 2020 05:43 AM IST

Covid-19 badly affected the world of cricket this year. Even Team India could only tour New Zealand and Australia and played a three match T-20I series at home with Sri Lanka. The year, however, ended on a positive note with India defeating Australia comprehensively in the second Test.

FROM MARADONA AND BALBIR SINGH SR TO DEAN JONES, THE LEGENDS WE LOST

31 Dec 2020 04:15 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The dreaded 2020 is finally coming to an end. If the global effect of the coronavirus pandemic weren’t bad enough, the sporting world also lost some of its favourite sons this year. From the legendary Diego Maradona to former India football captain P.K. Banerjee, from Dean Jones to

MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM FINISH DECADE WITH HIGHEST-EVER RANKING

31 Dec 2020 04:09 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s hockey team’s stellar start to their FIH Pro League campaign this year has gone a long way in helping them finish 2020 at fourth spot in the world rankings—their highest ranking since the system was introduced in 2003. India played six games in the Pro

NEW ZEALAND BEAT RESILIENT PAKISTAN TO WIN FIRST TEST

31 Dec 2020 04:07 AM IST

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: New Zealand beat a resilient Pakistan by 101 runs in the last few minutes of the fifth day’s play to go 1-0 up in the two-Test series and reclaim the second spot in the ICC World Test Championship points table. Pakistan entered the final day in quite a

RISING SOCCER STARS DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THEIR COVID WARRIOR PARENTS

31 Dec 2020 04:04 AM IST

As the new batch of Indian Arrows prepares for the challenges that face them in the upcoming Hero I-League, a few of the boys will be drawing their inspiration from more familiar quarters—home. All India Football Federation’s developmental side Indian Arrows have been infused with a new batch of boys

Australian battling line-up doesn’t look settled: Sachin

31 Dec 2020 04:00 AM IST

Meanwhile Rohit Sharma and David Warner join their respective teams ahead of the third Test in Melbourne. The four-match series is level at 1-1 right now.

SHASTRI TERMS RAHANE SHREWD & CALM LEADER

30 Dec 2020 05:16 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Ajinkya Rahane is a very shrewd, calm leader and has a good understanding of the game, said India coach Ravi Shastri after his team defeated Australia by eight wickets in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Shastri also termed Rahane’s first-innings knock of 112 as

FIELDING, BATTING LET US DOWN AGAINST INDIA: PAINE

30 Dec 2020 05:13 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Not enough runs on the board and dropping a number of catches led to Australia’s eight-wicket defeat in the second Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, said Australia skipper Tim Paine. “India are bowling well. They have been extremely disciplined. We haven’t really been able to get partnerships

DEBUTANTS GILL AND SIRAJ SHOWED CHARACTER: RAHANE

30 Dec 2020 05:11 AM IST

MELBOURNE: India skipper Ajinkya Rahane praised the team’s debutants, opener Shubman Gill and fast bowler Mohammed Siraj following the eight-wicket win over Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday that helped the tourists level the four-Test series 1-1. “Really proud of all the players. Played really well. Want to

HAVE ALLOWED ASHWIN TO DICTATE TERMS: SMITH

30 Dec 2020 05:10 AM IST

MELBOURNE: Australia batting mainstay Steve Smith, who is enduring a poor run of form in the ongoing Test series against India, said that he has allowed off-spinner R Ashwin dictate terms to him and not put him under pressure as he has done to the other spinners. “I probably haven’t