MUMBAI: The very second that the ball left Nuwan Kulasekara‘s hand, pitched at full length, to hit the middle of MS Dhoni‘s bat and fly for a six over long on, everything became a blur for around a billion Indians. The ball disappearing into the smog-filled sky, Ravi Shastri‘s words echoing in everybody’s ears, Sachin … Read more
NEW DELHI: The iconic Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said managing the period after April 14 would be crucial to how India fares in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, a belief which was shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference with sportspersons. Tendulkar was among the 40-odd elite sportspersons with whom the … Read more
NEW DELHI: From Virat Kohli having his hair cut by his Bollywood wife to Ravindra Jadeja on a stallion, India’s superstar cricketers are making the most of their enforced break during the national coronavirus lockdown. At a time when the Indian Premier League (IPL) would normally be in full swing, Kohli has sent out a … Read more
LAUSANNE: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has thanked India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his unflinching support to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has now been shifted to 2021 because of the global coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to Modi, dated April 1, Bach said he was “grateful” to the Indian Prime Minister … Read more
LONDON: The Wimbledon championships were cancelled for the first time since World War II on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic struck another blue-riband sports event off the calendar and wiped out the entire tennis grass-court season. While the decision had looked inevitable for some time, since the virtual shutdown of world sport and the postponement … Read more