Indian men’s hockey team beat Argentina by 4-3 in a dramatic second match of its FIH Pro League tie. Following two powerful penalty corner strikes from Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Singh scored the game-winning goal in the last minute and avenge its first leg shot-out defeat here. In the 20th and 52nd minutes, Jugraj scored meanwhile Hardik Singh scored in the 17th minute from the penalty corner. Varun Kumar's drag-flick was saved by the Argentine goalkeeper, but the ball fell to Hardik who smashed the ball home to give India the lead. After being stick-checked by an Argentina player, captai
Indian claims a whopping 39 medals at Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. India contingent concluded its campaign with 15 gold, 10 silver, and 14 bronze; in which Vishwanath Suresh (48kgs) and Vansahj (63.5kg) clinched the gold medals in the men’s youth competition. On Monday night, Vishwanath won with a thumping 5-0 win over Kyrgyzstan's Ergeshov Bekzat and Vanshaj secured the second gold by registering a 4-1 win over Uzbekistan Javokhir Ummataliev. The junior team finished the event by winning 21 medals- eight gold, seven silver, and six bronze. Whereas t
Rishab Panth broke Kapil Dev’s record and registers himself in the fastest Test fifty by an Indian. Pant lit up the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Day 2 by smashing a blistering half-century off just 28 deliveries. The 24-year-old broke the record created in 1982 against Pakistan in Karachi by the legendary World Cup-winning captain. During his 28 ball delivery, he smashed seven fours and two humungous sixes. The flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter took Sri Lankan bowlers to the cleaner by creating a breathtaking record but got out right after reaching his 50. From the word go, the
After a spectacular hat-trick against Premier League opponent Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo etched his name in the record books as professional football's all-time greatest scorer with 807 goals. At Old Trafford, Ronaldo’s 12th-minute opener was a superb strike from a distance that helped him equal the record. He wrote on Instagram, “Tremendously happy with my first hat-trick since I came back to Old Trafford! Nothing beats the feeling of being back on the pitcher and helping the team with goals and efforts.” Winning with 3-2, this was the
Ravindra Jadeja rose to the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings for all-rounders after his match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Mohali. Taking the top spot from West Indies' Jason Holder, Jadeja displaced Holder. Showing his extraordinary skill in the series opener against Sri Lanka, the Indian spinner has climbed to the top of the rankings for the second time in a row. India all-rounder was adjudged Player of the Match after scoring an unbeaten 175 in the first innings to help India to a formidable total of 574/8 declared. In the first innings, he went
World No.1 Ko Jin-young shattered yet more golfing records by winning the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Since becoming a member of the LPGA Tour in 2018, she recorded 13 victories and won a remarkable sixth tournament from her last ten starts. After hitting 66 in her final round, the South Korean broke Annika Sörenstam's 16-year-old LPGA record for consecutive rounds in the 60s. This is Ko's 15th consecutive round in the 60s and her 30th consecutive sub-par round in the LPGA. Ko said, “First of all, I’m just proud of myself to record the 60s in 15 rounds straight.
On Sunday, Mithali Raj became the first and only woman to appear at sid ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups by leading India in the opening game. 39-year-old Indian Women’s Cricket team skipper could manage nine runs in 36 balls as she was caught by Pakistan Diana Baig off Nashra Sandhu’s bowling. According to ICC, the right-hander has now equaled Australian great Belinda Clark by captaining the ICC Women's World Cup for the fourth time- Clark's tenure spanned from 1993 to 2005. Both of them are the only two-player who have captained their country for more than two World Cups. Mitha
On Thursday, India’s trio Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh, and Ruchita Vinerkar won gold in the women’s 10m air pistol team event of the ISSF World Cup. On Wednesday night, to finish on the podium for the country’s third medal, and the second medal, the trio shot 16 in the gold medal contest in the year’s first World Cup. This leads the country with three medals standing- two gold and silver. In the final round, Esha Singh scored 10.8 to help the nation draw first blood and took the lead with 6-0. After which all three women shot 10 or above in the third series of single shots. �
On Tuesday, Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary claimed a Gold medal in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event. He opened the country's account in the year’s first ISSF World Cup in Cairo. The 19-year-old Chaudhary shot 16 in The Asian Games for the gold to finish ahead of Germany’s Michael Schwald. He made the medal round with Chernousov for the company as both notched up 38 points to eliminate Walter of Germany and then Emis Vasermanis of Latvia. Choudhary has a Youth Olympic gold medal in his name and was third in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification stage with 584 points in
On Monday, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev overtook Serbia’s 20-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic's record of the top spot for 361 weeks in total. He became the 27th player to reach the number one spot in the men’s ATP tennis rankings. Djokovic was competing in his first tournament of the season following his deportation from Australia in January. Nadal beat the 26-year-old Medvedev in the Acapulco semi-finals last week which guaranteed to move him above Djokovic post the Serb’s quarter-final loss in Dubai. Medvedev became the third Russian to achieve the feat by joining Yevg