Indian women cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana hit a match-winning unbeaten fifty after off-spinner Sneh Rana claimed three wickets to hand the team a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over England in the second T20 International and level the series 1-1. England's decision to bat first on Tuesday night went wrong as Indian bowlers performed brilliantly to reduce the hosts to 54 for five in less than 10 overs. England found it difficult to play in the starting overs, losing wickets regularly before teenager Freya Kemp (51 not out of 37 balls) and Maia Bouchier (34 off 26) scored a 65-ru
19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday to clinch his first Grand Slam title and become the youngest man to be ranked No. 1 in ATP rankings. Alcaraz, considered the next big thing in men's tennis, became the youngest Grand Slam champion since fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal, 19, lifted the trophy at Roland Garros in 2005. He won three consecutive five-set matches to reach his first Grand Slam final. When Alcaraz arrived at Flushing Meadows, he was World No. 4. However; he left the hard-court major after climbing to the to
The Diamond League Finals were won by Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday. In his second attempt, Chopra threw 88.44 m - his fourth career best - and that became his winning throw. During his next four throws, he threw 88.00 meters, 86.11 meters, 87.00 meters, and 83.60 meters. In his fourth attempt, Olympic silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic threw 86.94m to finish second. A best of 83.73m was clocked by Julian Weber of Germany. In addition to being the Olympic champion, he is a silver medalist at the World Championships and a Diamond League ch
After a spectacular 26-ball 68 against Hong Kong, Suryakumar Yadav was still beaming when he walked into the press conference. When he's out in the middle these days, India's T20 stalwart seems to be having a ball, and even during the 11-minute conversation, he wore a charming smile. Even though Surya's unbeaten knock came against a semi-professional team, his dominance was impressive. Virat Kohli bowed to Surya and followed him back to the dressing room after propelling India to a target that had exceeded Hong Kong's batting credentials. While Kohli usually plays eye-catching knocks an
The India racketlon team beat Britain 137-101 to win its first-ever Nations Cup title in Graz, Austria. The tournament was held from August 23 to 29. Racketlon is a combination sport in which the contestants have to play four racket sports: table tennis, badminton, tennis, and squash. Captain Ashutosh Pednekar of the Indian Navy played a big role in giving the team its maiden victory over the weekend. The other competitors of the winning squad were Vikramaditya Chaufla, Adarsh Vikram, Sidharth Nandal, Varinder Singh, and Karan Taneja. Chaufla, who had represented India in the World U
During the game, Hardik Pandya hit a sixer in the last over to give India a five-wicket victory over Pakistan. With 33 off 17 balls, Pandya scored 33 runs and claimed three wickets in his innings. A total of two wickets have been taken by Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah for Pakistan. It was a difficult start for Pakistan, but it managed to raise the score to 147. With four wickets each taken by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, and Arshdeep, Indian pacers were outstanding. Having won the toss, India opted to bowl first. When India bowled, the senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar had the best
Indian chess master, R Praggnanandhaa defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, on Monday morning. However, the 17-year-old chess player stood the second position in the international chess championship since Carlsen had a better score based on previous games. At the end of the regulation game, the score was tied 2-2 but Praggnanandhaa defeated Carlsen in the blitz tie-break. Praggnanandhaa earned a name after defeating world champion Carlsen in an online chess match in February. Carlsen lost to Praggnanandhaa, who was only 16 then at the
Antim Panghal scripted history as she became the first-ever Indian woman wrestler to claim gold at the U-20 world championships when she got the better of Kazakhstan’s Altyn Shagayeva 8-0 in the 53kg category final in the capital city of Bulgaria on Friday. In the tournament's 34-year-long history, this is the first time that an Indian female wrestler has finished on top of the podium. Antim, who comes from Haryana’s Bhagana village in the Hisar district, put Shagayeva under her control with her leg attacks and takedowns to win the title of the world junior champion. The
India proved to be the best federation at the 44th chess Olympiad, and the award is a combined rank total of the open & women’s section. The USA claimed the second position. Meanwhile, the India A team clinched the bronze medal in the final round. The Closing ceremony of the Chess Olympiad 2022 was held in Chennai with the awarding ceremony for the team Winners and medalists, the best individual players, and the bestowing of the Gaprindashvili cup for the federation. India, with a total of 34 match points and the best additional tiebreaks, lifted the Gaprindashvili cup, named a
As the Indian contingent ends their campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, the player's glorified nation's name with an impressive medal count. Team India won medals in each of the six events and spectacularly bagged a total of 61 medals. The total tally included 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze. This places India fourth out of 43 countries that have won medals at the Commonwealth Games, but it was the team's lowest medal tally since 2006. India finished fourth out of four teams, behind Australia (178), England (176), and Canada (92), losing out on the 101 medals it won