After clinching a record 7th Asia Cup trophy, India will now shift their focus onto the tw-match Test series against West Indies, where Virat Kohli will lead a younger squad into attack.
India will be aiming to reassert their continental supremacy while an injury-hit Bangla tigers will hope to shrug off stage fright.
Thiruvananthapuram: Multiple delays, continued teething troubles and the absence of big stars has robbed it of significant sheen but the 35th National Games would nonetheless be a huge platform for new talent to make a
Thiruvananthapuram: The boxing competition at the National Games starting on Saturday was thrown into jeopardy Thursday after Boxing India (BI) directed all state units to boycott the event owing to the IOA's refusal to grant
New Delhi: Satpal Singh, the former wrestler and coach of double Olympics medallist Sushil Kumar, was the lone person in the field of sports selected for the Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian award
Kolkata: Twelve-time World Champion ace cueist Pankaj Advani of PSPB relied on his temperament to earn a hard-fought victory in the ninth and deciding frame over Dharminder Lilly of Punjab in the semi-finals of the
Bengaluru: Seeking to steer clear of the furore that was triggered by Saina Nehwal's open displeasure at being ignored for the Padma awards, ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang said he would prefer to wait for
Kolkata: Twelve-time World Champion Pankaj Advani carried on his sublime form to the snooker championship, topping the league tables after winning all his matches in the National Snooker Championship Wednesday with effortless ease.He glided past
Moscow: Three Russian Olympic gold medalists in race walking were tested positive for abuse of using performance improving drugs, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said Tuesday.Sergey Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina were banned for three years
Puducherry: Soumyajit Ghosh upstaged top seed G. Sathiyan 4-2 to regain the men's crown while Mouma Das outclassed Poulami Ghatak by the same margin to claim the women's title at the 76th senior national table
Mumbai: After lending strong support to her cause, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar met Commonwealth Games silver-medallist woman boxer L Sarita Devi, who is serving a one-year ban for her emotionally-charged protest at the Asiad."Met
Nagpur: Asian Games bronze medallist Satish Kumar won the super heavyweight title while Olympian Sumit Sangwan also won a gold in light-heavy category as Boxing India's first Elite Men's National Championship ended here Wednesday.Services boxer
New Delhi: Indian hockey selector Harbinder Singh Wednesday said the departure of Terry Walsh as India's chief coach will not have any impact on the team's fortunes.Walsh demanded an improved contract after masterminding India's 2014
Mumbai: Ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai is to train as well as compete in shooting events at Rio de Janeiro in the middle of August this year as he prepares to take a shot at
New Delhi: With Saina Nehwal getting the Sports Ministry's recommendation for the Padma Bhushan after a furore over her nomination being rejected, star India boxer Vijender Singh also threw his hat in the ring for
New Delhi: It was a year of many firsts for Indian sports with a number of new leagues taking off but controversy was not too far behind as a betting scandal among team principals in
Kolkata: Overwhelmed by the support she received from Boxing India and her fellow countrymen including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar while facing the prospect of a life ban, boxer L Sarita Devi hopes to make it
Chandigarh: While reiterating that Major Dhyan Chand should be conferred the Bharat Ratna, legendary athlete Milkha Singh conveyed his congratulations to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
New Delhi: A long sabbatical and a rejig in weight categories notwithstanding, Olympic heroes Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt reaffirmed their dominance at the world stage, which included ending a 28-year gold drought at the
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