The Indian men's badminton team is the Thomas Cup champion and team captain Kidambi Srikanth promises more success. "Individual players probably can't fight the Malaysians or the Chinese. But Team India can fight and win,” he says.
McCullum is known for his role in inculcating a new culture within the New Zealand set-up during his playing days and advocating a refreshing brand of cricket that made the team a crowd favourite during the latter stages of his playing career.
As a sports nutritionist who works with elite athletes, including PV Sindhu, I feel the future of Indian badminton will be in safe hands if we start feeding our young athletes for their performance and wins.
The Ranji Trophy, this year, is being held in two phases – the league stage was held in February and March, and the knockouts in June. The players, though, a little rusty from the long break are relishing the challenge.
In response to Russia’s unprovoked, brutal invasion of Ukraine, the All England Club (AELTC) announced that tennis players from Russia and Belarus were banned from Wimbledon, which starts June 27.
If individuals can take credit for India’s recent successes in chess and badminton, it will have to be Viswanathan Anand, Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand.
Kerala’s Gokulam FC is on a mission to make history. The club from Kozhikode has now won the women’s first division league (Indian Women’s League), the 2019 Durand Cup, two I-League titles, and the second division league title. The men’s team’s successive league wins are a first in the 15-year I-League history.
Dhanush Srikanth, hearing and speech impaired from birth, shot 247.5 in the men’s 10m air rifle final of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, to break German marksman Colin Muller’s 2019 record of 243.2, and finished atop the standings. He clinched gold again on the sixth day of the competition, partnering Priyesha Deshmukh in the 10m air rifle mixed team event.
Vidit Gujrathi and Tania Sachdev are part of the Indian Olympiad team’s preparatory camp with Grandmaster Boris Gelfand in Chennai. Sportstar sat for a freewheeling chat on various topics, including their growing stature on the social media.
Being a selector, I was very clear in our selection committee meeting that Prannoy could be a very strong third singles player. We considered B. Sai Praneeth (ranked 19th against Prannoy’s 23) but went by the results of the past few months...
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The Indian men’s badminton team is the Thomas Cup champion and team captain Kidambi Srikanth promises more success. “Individual players probably can’t fight the Malaysians or the Chinese. But Team India can fight and win,” he says.
Being mentally strong is a virtue which has helped Nikhat Zareen win inside the boxing ring and outside it.
The Thomas Cup win was a team effort — every member contributed to a common cause in an otherwise individual sport — and this collective achievement will really lift the spirits of the nation.
“With Ahmedabad hosting the final, we will celebrate 75 years of Independence of the country, marking the journey of Indian cricket with a special show,” the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly toldSportstar.
India’s Thomas Cup winners have lit the spark and now it’s for the officials to not just bask in the glory of the win but to make that spark into a roaring fire.
M. S. Dhoni became the first keeper to take 202 catches in T20 cricket. He achieved the milestone in Chennai Super Kings’ IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Navi Mumbai on May 8, 2022.
IPL 2022: While Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians became the first team to lose its first seven matches of an IPL season, M.S. Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings endured a stop-start campaign, which never took off.
Ferrari’s polesitter Charles Leclerc was controlling the race nicely through the first phase of the Spanish Grand Prix, but disaster struck on lap 27 as Leclerc suddenly lost power and crawled into retirement. Sensing a potential big payday, Red Bull responded immediately by pitting Max Verstappen for a second stop on the faster soft tyres to reel in some quick times and the Dutchman duly delivered.
Pep Guardiola has now led Manchester City to four English Premier League titles in his first six seasons in England and this record is only matched by Bob Paisley at Liverpool in the English top-flight since 1888.
Symonds last played for Australia in 2009 before slipping into the shadows but in his pomp, he pulled in the crowds, inspired children to copy his swag and was always an electric personality.