D/N Test

India to play D/N Test with New Zealand later this year.

 April 22, 2016   kridangan

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India is all set to play it’s first ever D/N test match later this year against New Zealand,if everything goes according to the plan. The first ever International D/N test match was played between Australia and New Zealand in November last year at Adelaide Last year. Speaking to the media BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur  said […]

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2016 Laureus Awards

Tennis Stars Steal Show in 2016 Laureus Awards Ceremony in Berlin

 April 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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In an event branded as the Oscar equivalent of sports, the annual Laureus Awards ceremony brings together the who’s who of sports every year under one roof. It wasn’t any different on the night of Monday April 18, 2016, when celebrated sportspersons from around the world gathered in Berlin for the grand occasion. Befitting the […]

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Dipa Karmakar Makes India Proud Takes the Road to Rio as Qualified Artistic Gymnast copy

Dipa Karmakar Makes India Proud Takes the Road to Rio as Qualified Artistic Gymnast

 April 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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An article appeared on these pages in August 2015 about Indian woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar, when she won a bronze medal at Hiroshima’s 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastic Championship. Dipa had finished third in women’s vault and brought glory to India. Now she has done even better. On April 18, 2016, the 22-year old Tripura girl […]

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Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

India Lose to Australia in the Final of 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey in Malaysia

 April 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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It wasn’t as if the result surprised anyone. In their current devastating form, Australia were expected to win the final after a brilliant unbeaten record through the round-robin league phase. Therefore, when they beat India 4-0 in the final, there were no raised eyebrows. Between the Aussies and other six participants in the tournament, there […]

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Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle Sacked – Social Media Outraged

 April 10, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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This year Indian Premier League( IPL) will miss the familiar voice of commentator Harsha Bhogle. The 54 year old commentator who has been part of IPL since season 1 will miss the 9th edition of the tournament as his contract has been terminated by the BCCI. This decision came as a surprise to many as he had […]

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Rio Olympic Update: Kento Momota Out of Badminton

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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World no.2 in BWF rankings Kento Momota of Japan will miss his Rio Olympic qualification berth for reasons not related to badminton. A recent India Open champion and singles bronze medalist at World Championships in Jakarta last August, Momota has admitted to gambling at an illegal Casino in Tokyo in May 2015. Illegitimate gambling is […]

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IPL Season

2015 Champions Mumbai Host Rising Pune Supergiants In First Match of New IPL Season

 April 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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The new season of Indian Premier League comes close on the heels of 2016 ICC T-20 World Cup with its euphoria having yet to subside. While cricket lovers are still talking about their world cup engagements, IPL action is about to invade their senses with the first match in 24 hours from now. Over the […]

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IPL team to watch

IPL 2016 – Teams Watch

 April 8, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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The Biggest Cricketing extravaganza is just around the corner. Yes we are talking about the IPL 2016. The 9th edition of the Tournament is starting from tomorrow, and it has got the whole cricketing world excited. This edition will see Two new teams making debut  in the IPL, Rising Pune Supergiants & Gujarat Lions. So […]

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West Indies cricket

Brathwaite’s Bombastic Last-Over Blast Brings T-20 World Cup to West Indies

 April 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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When all seemed lost for West Indies, they found an unlikely hero at crunch time. England literally had the 2016 ICC T-20 World Cup in their bag, when Eoin Morgan called Ben Stokes to bowl the last over. West Indies needed 19 and Morgan and his boys felt greatly relieved that Marlon Samuels was at […]

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Yonex India Super-Series

Badminton Biggies Bite Dust As Delhi’s 2016 Yonex India Super-Series Enters the Final Day

 April 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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It is not often that you see players like Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei losing in the second round on the same day at a same tournament. But that did happen at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex on Thursday March 31, 2016. Two of badminton’s biggest stars followed one another out of the India […]

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