Far from the madding crowd lies the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. It is the last stop for a maddeningly thrilling journey for Kerala in India’s premier domestic cricket tournament. An 81-run partnership by the last pair against Jammu & Kashmir that gave a one-run first-innings lead in the quarterfinal; a two-run lead, courtesy a helmet…
Karun Nair has perhaps known the glorious uncertainties of cricket, and life, more than most players. He scored a triple hundred in only his third Test, was dropped for the next (because he had only stepped in for an injured Ajinkya Rahane). He played three more Tests before he was discarded, back in 2017. Then…
The excitement is palpable in the Kerala camp at the VCA Stadium on this humid afternoon. The team manager, Nazir Machan, is in great demand with the multiple television crews that have come from Kerala. He tells one channel after another how thrilled every player is about Keralaâs first Ranji Trophy final. The teamâs captain…
Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil wants to improve upon his world record in his bid to defend his title in the Men’s F64 category at the Paris Paralympics Games. Sumit, along with Bhagyashree Jadhav (shot put, F34 category) will be Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics Games…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 19, 2024) extended his warm wishes to the Indian contingent for the upcoming Paris Paralympics and said the whole country will be rooting for the athletes as they strive for excellence in the sporting extravaganza. The Paralympics are slated to begin on August 28 and conclude on September…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ad-hoc committee sitting in Paris for the Olympics has released a 24-page document detailing its verdict in Vinesh Phogat’s appeal. An ad-hoc division of the CAS had on August 14 rejected her appeal against a gut-wrenching disqualification from the women’s 50kg final for being 100gm overweight, a decision that…
Satya Prakash Sangwan has been named as the chef de mission of the Indian contingent for the Paralympic Games in Paris from August 28, 2024. Photo: PCI website Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) vice president Satya Prakash Sangwan was on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) appointed as the chef de mission of the Indian contingent at…
Eyeing an unprecedented five gold and a dozen medals in total, the first batch of the Indian athletics team, including star javelin thrower Sumit Antil, left for the Paris Paralympics in advance to get acclimatised to the conditions. The 16 para-athletes will stay at hotels in Paris for a few days before entering the Games…
It’s not often that a person paralysed by a life-altering accident would describe that tragedy as a “blessing in disguise” or “an opportunity” to carve an identity. But then soon-to-be-Paralympian Pranav Soorma is built different. He was 16 when the roof of his house fell on him in 2011, leaving him a quadriplegic. Restricted to…
Following the Indian men’s hockey team’s second consecutive bronze medal finish in the Paris Olympics, Hockey India (HI) has started thinking about the side’s preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. A day after the members of the bronze medal winning team were felicitated by its principal sponsor Odisha government, HI president Dilip Tirkey, a…
