Back-to-back Hockey World Cups on home soil, and sixth- and ninth-place finishes in those, still rankle India’s men’s team captain Harmanpreet Singh. As India begin their campaign against Wales on Saturday, the focus is firmly on ending a 51-year medal drought at the quadrennial event.With hard lessons learnt from the FIH Pro League, Harmanpreet’s squad…
Ashish Yadav wins javelin silver at World U20 Championships While most of India waits for rains, Ashish Yadav would wait for it to stop.Because, during monsoons the village pond would swell up and the 19-year-old would then begin the long wait for summer when the pond would dry up and he would obtain his ‘training…
Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva (AP/PTI) New Delhi: The first battle of the upcoming India-Sri Lanka Test series may begin long before a ball turns sharply off the Galle surface. It may begin in the minds of the batters.Sri Lanka know what Galle — the venue for the first Test — can become. They…
Kuldeep Yadav (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: For Kuldeep Yadav, India’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka is an important opportunity. With the team going through a transition, Kuldeep can strengthen his case to become a key part of India’s red-ball plans.Ravindra Jadeja is in the twilight of his career, and India need to identify their next…
Veer Chotrani (Instagram Photo) NEW DELHI: Veer Chotrani doesn’t remember learning to love squash, mainly because there was never a version of his life without it. “I’ve been around squash for the last 20 years,” the 24-year-old told TimesofIndia.com during an exclusive interaction. “I was literally born on a squash court, because my father (Manish…
Amit Mishra and Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir‘s record in white ball and red ball cricket as Indian men’s team coach has been a story of two polar opposites. In the white ball cricket, especially T20s, India have been a team to beat, Ireland and England would disagree.While India have lost T20 series against Ireland and…
NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Wednesday suspended the recognition of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to run the sport, citing governance issues within the federation.In its order, the ministry said the TTFI had failed to hold its elections on time….
Ashish Yadav’s life changed dramatically after he moved from his village in Uttar Pradesh to Hisar to pursue javelin. In just 15 months, the 19-year-old has become a World U-20 silver medallist and the second Indian after Neeraj Chopra to win silver in the event.However, his family’s financial struggles continue, and he is still searching…
Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a message of support to Lionel Messi following the death of Messi’s father, Jorge Messi, last week.Jorge Messi, 68, died last week after a long illness. Lionel Messi shared an emotional statement about his father’s death on Wednesday, reflecting on his final World Cup and his wish to win the tournament…
Pakistan crowd during a cricket match Former Pakistan Test spinner and ex-chief selector Iqbal Qasim has criticised the current generation of cricketers, saying too many young players are more focused on earning money than improving their skills and understanding of the game.Qasim, who played 50 Tests and served on the national selection committee several times,…
