With the Indian tricolour wrapped around his shoulder, Subedar Soman Rana beamed as he soaked in the moment at the JLN stadium. On Saturday, he finally won the medal he had long been yearning for. With a Season’s Best throw of 14.69m, Rana won silver in the F57 category (for athletes who compete from a seated position due…
When Rohit Sharma assumed full-time charge of India’s One-Day International side in 2021, succeeding Virat Kohli, he inherited not just a team but an atmosphere — of intensity, scrutiny, and unfinished business. Where Kohli had thrived on raw animation, Rohit was different: deliberate in word, lighter in gesture, heavier on trust. He did not need…
Ravichandran Ashwin will be provided private security with his Big Bash League (BBL) franchise, Sydney Thunder, anticipating an enhanced interest from the Indian diaspora during the team’s training session at the Olympic Arena ground, according to media reports. It is also learnt that Ashwin would bring in his private crew, who would film his BBL…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the third T20I between New Zealand and Australia, being held at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. PREVIEW New Zealand will hope the rain gods stay away and allow it to level the three-match series against Australia when the two sides meet in the third T20I at Bay Oval in Mount…
New Zealand will hope the rain gods stay away and allow it to level the three-match series against Australia when the two sides meet in the third T20I at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. After Australia won the series opener by six wickets, the second game was washed out due to rain on…
In one corner of his home in Agra, Dhruv Jurel has put up a wall-mounted glass cabinet to keep his trophies and medals. Each of those shiny trinkets boasts of milestones achieved in his cricketing journey and has a story to tell. But none of them would have existed today had it not been for…
Indian food delivery company Zomato, sponsor of the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships, recently shared a video on its Instagram handle as part of a promotional event. It featured some of the country’s top contenders at the marquee competition, particularly of those who won medals at the Paris Paralympics last year. One athlete who didn’t…
Rinku Hooda didn’t like his final throw of the evening. His throw was well over the white arc that marked the 60m distance, but he didn’t want the mark—whatever it was—to sully his record for the day and stepped over the foul line. He could afford to be choosy. Just a few minutes earlier, with his very first throw…
His competition at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Saturday might have ended with the unfortunate clatter of the high jump bar – a third failure with the bar set at 1.94m – but Shailesh Kumar had a big smile on his face. His job was already done by that point. He had already cleared…
Manchester United’s Ivory Coast forward Amad Diallo will miss the visit to Brentford in the Premier League this weekend due to the death of a family member, manager Ruben Amorim said on Friday, adding that defender Noussair Mazraoui is also out. “Amad is not here. Someone in his family passed away so we are giving…