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8Mar

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A kick-off to history: English Premier League gets its first Indian-origin referee

[ad_1] When Sunny Singh Gill blows the whistle at London’s Selhurst Park Stadium on Saturday, he will become the first person of South Asian origin to referee a match in the English Premier League. And in doing so, the 39-year-old will be carrying forward the family legacy.Sunny’s appointment to officiate the match between Crystal Palace and Luton Town was announced Tuesday by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), which appoints referees for Premier League games. While the game itself might not be a marquee clash for a majority of football followers beyond those of the two clubs, for the Gills, from Iver near London, it’ll be a moment for generations. Sunny is the elder of the two sons of Jarnail Singh Gill, 62, who remains the only referee to have worn a turban in the E...

23Feb

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Want to dedicate this performance to my father: Akash

[ad_1] Emotional moment: Akash Deep had a memorable Test debut. | Photo: K.R. Deepak Years of toil, personal setbacks and the extended wait for a senior team cap is a story arc that many an Indian cricketer traces. It is no different for Akash Deep, the 27-year-old Bengal speedster who made a memorable Test debut (3/70) in Ranchi against England on Friday.“Like any kid, my dream was to play Tests for India,” said Akash, who hails from Sasaram in adjoining Bihar’s Rohtas district. “I got my Test cap midway between the place I belong to and the place I play cricket for. It was very emotional as I felt that there was a responsibility on my shoulders to do something.”Akash’s dreams of being a cricketer were nurtured in the industrial city of Durgapur (West Bengal) where he first went under ...

20Feb

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Smiles are back: Officials promise land to hockey star Jyoti Chhetri to build house

[ad_1] THE SMILES do not leave the faces of India’s hockey striker Jyoti Chhetri, her parents and brother. Along with joy, there’s an overwhelming sense of relief. On the day The Indian Express reported that Jyoti, who was part of the national team participating in the FIH League here, has been fighting to avert demolition of her house in Panposh, Rourkela, local government officials Tuesday visited the family and assured them of help. Taking a sympathetic view of the situation, the officials promised them a plot of land where they can build a new house. Separately, the Odisha government announced a cash prize of Rs 12.5 lakh for Jyoti and other players from the state who won laurels at the recently concluded Hockey 5s World Cup, Asian Games and Asian Champions Trophy. “This morning, som...

10Feb

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In U-19 cricketers’ journey to WC final, meet those who laid ground for them

[ad_1] The flight from Mumbai to South Africa for India’s Under-19 cricketers was long and tiring. The trek to the final, where they will meet Australia on Sunday in a repeat of the senior men’s World Cup final, was also tough. Their real journey, though, was several years in the making. Many of these young cricketers left the comforts of their hometown, and the warmth of their relatives and friends, so that they could realise their cricketing dreams. Uday Saharan, the captain, was only 12 when he shifted from his home in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district to Punjab’s Fazilka district, 80 km away, so that he could get better training facilities. Vice captain Saumy Pandey and his parents moved from Bharatpur in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district to a rented accommodation in Rewa, 40 km away...

7Feb

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U-19 World Cup: Inspired by Usman Khawaja, Australia’s Harjas Singh ready to take on Pakistan pace battery

[ad_1] Australia opener Harjas Singh has had a forgettable U-19 World Cup so far, reaching double figures only twice. He has managed only 45 runs in six outings, but is confident to take on Pakistan’s fancied pace battery comprising Ubaid Shah, Mohammad Zeeshan and Ali Mirza in Thursday’s second semi-final, the winners of which will face defending champions India for the title.“It has been a below-par tournament for me. I have not done well but just a few innings back, I had scored against England (Youth Test). I don’t think I need to change anything in my batting technique,” Harjas tells The Indian Express from Benoni. “Pakistan does have a good bowling attack, but I have grown up playing cricket in Australia and we are used to playing on bouncy tracks from a very young age. I am a big ...

9Dec

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WPL sets moneyball rolling for women’s game: Crore-plus for 2 uncapped players

[ad_1] When pace bowling all-rounder Kashvee Gautam, 20, finished her training in Chandigarh and picked her phone, she saw at least 100 missed calls. Sensing she had been picked up in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction, she dialled her father Dinesh who told her that she was bagged by Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore — the highest a women cricketer who is yet to represent the country has ever got.Kashvee’s earnings are more than that of the present India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who was roped in by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crore in the first season last year. Senior Indian player Smriti Mandhana, with Rs 3.40 crore, is the WPL’s highest earner. Hard-hitting opener Vrinda Dinesh, 22, too, was at the nets with the Karnataka Under-23 team that was participating in a BCCI age-group tou...

28Nov

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Squash: For 15-year old prodigy Anahat Singh, a journey of passion and perspective

[ad_1] Spotlight has come early in Anahat Singh’s life. At an age where almost anyone would still be trying to figure out what they want their careers to be, the 15-year old Anahat has a path in front of her. But along with that, she has perspective too.At the Asian Games, when India played Hong Kong in the women’s team semifinal, Anahat was up against a top 50 player in the world in Lee Ka Yi with the match poised at 1-1. A win for her, unlikely as it should be on paper, would have taken India to the gold medal match. After losing two hard-fought games, Anahat put together a sensational run to save eight match points and had the momentum on her side but eventually lost. As she stepped out of the court, she sat on the bench and stared into the distance. India had won bronze, but the tee...

16Nov

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The sleeper hit this World Cup: A simple, informal show from Pakistan

[ad_1] FOUR FORMER Pakistan captains, one of them a living legend, an endearing anchor, a rudimentary set, no complicated data-crunching, no over-philosophising analysis, no raised voices and no hero-worship.This World Cup, a no-frills, rich-in-content talk show featuring cricket’s renowned pundits from Pakistan — Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik — along with a pleasant presenter, Fakhr-e-Alam, with an entertainment background, has cut through the clutter and proved to be a sleeper hit. The Pavilion, a flagship free-streaming show of A Sports, part of Pakistan’s largest media network ARY, is fast approaching the 1000k subscriber mark with most of its hour-long video capsules securing close to one million views. Among the lakhs of Indians following the show are former ...

20Sep

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Babysitter to Street Fighter: How this esports athlete juggled roles on way to Asian Games

[ad_1] A freelance interior designer, Mayank Prajapati spends most of his daytime looking after his two-year-old. It is only after wife Shweta, a business analyst at the American Express office nearby, is done with her shift that Prajapati embraces his alter ego. That is when the 33-year-old Gurgaon resident becomes a Street Fighter, who kicks, punches and beats others to a pulp. All within the confines of his PC room.Later this month, he will be among India’s first-ever contingent of 15 esports athletes vying for a medal at the Asian Games. Scheduled to fly to Hangzhou this week, Prajapati credits his wife for being his guardian angel in an expensive industry with increasing accessory demands for players to thrive in a highly competitive atmosphere. “Your family support means a lot if y...

16Sep

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In last year’s crisis, Lanka cricketers went all out to help; fans are returning the love

[ad_1] It’s almost 1:30 on Friday night and roughly 25 minutes since Charith Asalanka scored the winning runs against Pakistan, propelling Sri Lanka to the Asia Cup final against India. The presentation ceremony is over and the commentary crew are packing up.However, at the spectator stands inside R Premadasa Stadium, no one is ready to leave. As chants of ‘Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’ continue to reverberate around, for many, Sunday’s final against India can’t come any sooner.There is something unmistakable that swells in from the stands along with the ‘Papare’ soundtrack, grown from Sinhala Baila music: it’s the sound of people falling in love again with the national cricket team, the single unifying force in a country that suffered through an economic turmoil in 2022. India’s captain Rohit ...

30Jul

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From riding tongawala’s horse to Asian Games, how equestrian Ashish Limaye made the leap

[ad_1] When the equestrian Ashish Limaye competes at the forthcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, it will be the culmination of a remarkable journey that started with him picking up the sport while riding horses owned by a tongawala (a driver of a horsedrawn cart). It is also a journey that was halted for a few years as he pursued engineering and resumed when he began training children to ride horses.Limaye — who hails from Pune but has been based in Europe for the past two years — has qualified to compete for India in the equestrian discipline known as eventing which tests horses and riders over a combination of three events: dressage, cross country and show jumping.The Pune resident’s earliest memories of himself riding a horse was from when he was just 10 and his parents had taken him to ...

16Jul

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’90s throwback: Coorg boy, Amazon exec, IPL rookie flex Karnataka pace muscle

[ad_1] There was a ’90s vibe about South Zone’s 75-run victory over West Zone in Sunday’s Duleep Trophy final in Bengaluru. The bowling backbone, as it was for the country for most of the 1990s and early 2000s, largely comprised those from Karnataka. Like Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble and Sunil Joshi, the pace trio of Vidwath Kaverappa, Vasuki Koushik and Vijaykumar Vyshak scythed through a star-studded batting line-up of Cheteshwar Pujara, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan and Priyank Panchal. They picked up 16 of the 20 South Zone scalps, a performance that held the promise of another wave of bowlers from the Southern powerhouse. Between them, the three bowlers have featured in only 33 first-class games. Pujara alone has 103 Tests to his name. Shaw and Y...

14Jul

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Yashasvi’s dream double: Away 100 on debut, a home in Mumbai

[ad_1] THE DAY Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a hundred on debut against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica on Thursday, his family, 13,7000 kilometres away in Thane, was busy shifting to their new five-bedroom flat, settling the movers and packers, setting up the house and buying household stuff. His father, meanwhile, was on Kanwar Yatra, travelling on foot from Uttar Pradesh to Uttarakhand, following his son’s progress on phone and praying for his success. It was thus a new beginning for the 21-year-old, who slept in tents, sold panipuris, climbed trees to watch IPL games, and was once even refused entry into Azad Maidan nets. His new flat in Thane Even when he was preparing for his Test debut in Dominica, where he scored 171 as India continued to dominate the Test on Day 3, his mi...

21Jun

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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo receives Guinness World Record award, scores late winner for Portugal in European qualifying

[ad_1] Incredible🙌#EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/HJSnnXxOub — UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 20, 2023 The 38-year-old Ronaldo was honored by Guinness World Records before kickoff for reaching 200 games for Portugal almost 20 years after he made his debut. And he was celebrating at the end, too, after being on hand to score the later winner from close range and keep Portugal on track for Euro 2024 qualification with its fourth win from four games in Group J. Erling Haaland scored twice in Norway’s 3-1 win at home over Cyprus, as did Romelu Lukaku in Belgium’s 3-0 victory over Estonia. But another star forward – Robert Lewandowski – was left disappointed as his Poland team squandered a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 away to Moldova. Euro 2024 host Germany lost 2-0 to Colombia in a friendly game. G...

25Mar

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Women’s World Boxing Championship: India wins 2 golds, eyes set on two more today

[ad_1] Moments after being crowned world champions, Nitu Ghanghas, 22, ran to India’s national coach Bhaskar Bhatt and wept in his arms; Saweety Boora, 30, pumped her fist at the camera, called for an Indian flag, and waved it. On Saturday, two gold medals were at stake for India at the Women’s World Boxing Championship here – Nitu, harbouring hopes of glory at the Paris Olympics, and Saweety, a veteran of many battles. Both didn’t disappoint, setting the stage for Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain on Sunday to complete the gold rush. Nitu defeated Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in the 48-kg final in a 5-0 unanimous decision, while Saweety (81 kg) defeated China’s Wang Lina with a 4-3 split decision. If India wins in both the categories on Sunday, it will equal its 2006 haul, whe...

18Mar

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Shakib, Towhid set up record Bangladesh win against Ireland

[ad_1] Shakib Al Hasan | Photo Credit: BRENTON EDWARDS Shakib Al Hasan and debutant Towhid Hridoy both narrowly missed centuries but still guided Bangladesh to a record 183-run victory over Ireland in Saturday’s first one-day international in Sylhet.Shakib hit 93 and Towhid added 92 to guide Bangladesh to their highest ever ODI score of 338-8 after the tourists put them in to bat.Ebadot Hossain led the reply with 4-42 and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed chipped in with 3-42 to bowl out Ireland for 155 runs just shy of 31 overs.“The way we batted was exceptional. Wasn’t the easiest wicket to bat for the first 20 overs. But Shakib was brilliant, Towhid also impressive,” skipper Tamim Iqbal said after the match, according to Cricbuzz.George Dockrell was the last man dismissed after making 45,...

3Mar

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Cricket history in India today: Women’s Premier League begins

[ad_1] AS THE inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) kicks off in Mumbai on Saturday, with the Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians playing the first match, it heralds new beginnings for many. For Delhi Capitals’ top-order batswoman Sneha Deepthi, a mother of a two-year-old at 26, it’s an opportunity to return to professional sport. Then there is Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batswoman Poonam Khemnar, 28, who recalls the opposition she faced from her parents for pursuing cricket. There is also Australia legend and Delhi Capitals’ captain Meg Lanning, 32, who moved away from the game after guiding her side to the Commonwealth Games gold medal victory in August last year. She spent her time travelling and even worked in a cafe “making coffee and washing dishes”. She led Australia to the women...