PARIS: World Athletics are likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body Thursday that should also see the doping ban on Russia lifted.Administrators behind the leading Olympic sport have taken a different approach from that of swimming which has effectively banned transgender … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals exacted a sweet revenge of their loss as they produced an all-round display to annihilate Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets in their penultimate group stage match of the Women’s Premier League on Monday.With this astonishing victory, Delhi now stand golden a chance to seal the direct qualification into the final as … Read more
NEW DELHI: Athletic Jemimah Rodrigues is known to be a live wire on the field and on Monday the 22-year-old was at her acrobatic best as she pulled off a terrific catch to dismiss Mumbai Indians opener Hayley Matthews. It was the top-of-the-table clash between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai when Jemimah grabbed the screamer in … Read more
NEW DELHI: The world cricket’s ecosystem is slowly seeing a paradigm shift towards franchise cricket and the entry of Indian Premier League franchises in the United States through the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket (MLC) could be a significant step in that direction.With Kolkata Knight Riders (Los Angeles), Chennai Super Kings (Texas), Mumbai Indians … Read more
NEW DELHI: Grace Harris and Tahlia McGrath hit crucial half-centuries while Sophie Ecclestone held her nerves in a tense finish as UP Warriorz edged Gujarat Giants by three wickets in a last-over thriller in Women’s Premier League match on Monday. With the close win against the Giants at the Brabourne Stadium, Warriors also qualified for … Read more
NEW DELHI: Seasoned batter Mushfiqur Rahim scripted history on Monday by scoring Bangladesh‘s fastest ODI century and in the process also completed 7,000 ODI runs during the second one-dayer against Ireland in Sylhet.Mushfiqur 60-ball century bettered Shakib Al Hasan‘s record of a 63-ball ODI hundred made against Zimbabwe in 2009.He also became the third Bangladeshi … Read more
NEW DELHI: The monkey was off his back. Relief was writ large on Virat Kohli‘s face when he notched up his long-awaited century in the fourth and final Test against Australia. There was a sense of satisfaction in his mute celebration. The wait, since his last Test century in November 2019 was over 1200 days. … Read more
Players celebrating their podium finish Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after finishing third place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with winner Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and second-placed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen before he was handed a 10-second time penalty that drops him to fourth place in the final results.