Kochi: Former Pakistan cricket all rounder Shoaib Malik, 41, married Pakistani actor Sana Javed, 31, even as reports of his split with international tennis player Sania Mirza, 37, started brewing several months back, media reports said.Malik and Saba shared photos of their wedding ceremony on Saturday on social media.Malik had divorced Ayesha Siddiqui in 2010 …
Kochi: In a bid to keep the younger generation out of Drugs, the Nehru Yuva Kendra is organising district level football competition for senior section from January 27 at Thodupuzha Soccer Club in Idukki.Titled as “Footbaalaanu Lahiri” (soccer is the addiction), teams from the Idukki parliamentary constitution can attend the competition.The winning team will get …
Kochi: India will take on Australia in the finals of the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup at Narendra Modi stadium at Ahmedabad on November 19.It was two decades back the two countries had met in the finals at Johannesburg in 2003 when Australia defeated India to lift the World Cup.India and Australia began their quest …
Kochi: India entered the finals of the ICC ODI world cup beating New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi finals at Mumbai today.India won the toss and decided to bat first. The hosts made 397 losing 4 wickets. Virat Kohli made 117, Shreyas Iyer 105 and Gill 80.Captain Rohit Sharma made a valuable …
Kochi: India beat Australia by 5 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the first ODI in Mohali today.Chasing a target of 277 runs, India scored 281 for five in 48.4 overs in the first of the three match ODI series.Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwadplayed splendid innings laying the foundation for the victory.Gill made 74 and …
Kochi: India thrashed defending champions Sri Lanka mercilessly to lift the Asia Cup in Colombo today.In the one-sided final, India bowled out the host for a paltry 50 which is the lowest ODI total made by Sri Lanka against India which is lifting the cup for eighth time. Last time India won the cup was …
Kochi: Neeraj Chopra became first Indian to win the World Athletics Championships gold medal in men’s javelin throw in Budapest.In his second attempt, Chopra sent the javelin to the highest distance of 88.17 meters. Neeraj became the third athlete to simultaneously hold the Olympics and World Championships titles. Jan Zelezny of Czech Republic and Andreas …
Kochi: Teenaged Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa of India lost the Chess World Cup final to Norwegian Magnus Carlsen on Thursday.The two players tied up in their games on Tuesday and Wednesday making a tie-break essential to find the winner, media reports said.Praggnanandhaa beat world number 2 Hikaru Nakamura and number 3 Fabiano Caruana on his way …
Kochi: Jins K Joby of St Ephremes Higher Secondary School, Mannanam, will represent the country at the South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) qualifiers in Sri Lanka from August 28.Maldives, Sri Lanka are the other two teams participating in the event which will pick the qualifiers for the Under-16 FIBA Asia Cup at Qatar beginning from …
Kochi: Palakkad won the 43rd Pulimoottil Kerala state sub junior football championship defeating Thrissur 2-1 at Thodupuzha.Earlier, Palakkad defeated Kannur 2-1 and Thrissur beat Kozhikode 2-1 to enter the finals.Kerala Football Association (KFA) president Nawas Meeran distributed prizes.KFA former president Tom Jose Kunnel was chief guest. KFA vice presidents Sivakumar, Davis Mookken, joint secretary Vijay …
Kochi: Retired cricketer Ajit Agarkar faces an uphill task of executing his task as the Chief selector of BCCI three months ahead of the ODI World Cup.At a time when the country has gone without an ICC trophy in the last one decade, the challenges for the 42-year-old allrounder increases manifold. India won the last …
Kochi: Fourtyone-year-old M S Dhoni shut the mouths of his critics by proving his superiority as he fetched Chennai Super Kingsthe the IPL 2023 at Ahmedabad.Chennai Super Kings won their fifth IPL titlebeating reigning champions Gujarat Titans in a nail biting finish in a rain -truncated match.With this Dhoni sealed his name as the most …
Kochi: The exciting IPL season will conclude today when Chennai Super Kings will lock horns in the finals at Ahmedabad with the not so new Gujarat Titans which are the reigning champions.CSK, led by two format world cups winning captain M S Dhoni, and Gujarat team, captained by all rounder Hardik Pandya, will be a …
Kochi: The selection trial of Kerala Blasters Football junior team was scuttled by Left front MLA P V Sreenijan at Kochi on charges of not paying rent today, media reports said.Sreenijan, who is the president of the district sports council, ordered closing of the gate of the council’s Panampilly Nagar ground even as hundreds of …
Kochi: It is a rags to riches story of 21-year-old cricketer Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal who has turned out to be an asset for the Rajasthan Royals which owned him for over Rs 4 crore in the current IPL edition.Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, the ambidextrous six footer is a left handed batter and a right …
Kochi: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has hit the half century mark today and the incident during his debut series at Pakistan still remains fresh in the minds of cricket lovers.The bouncer from speedster Waqar opened a new chapter in the life of the teenager to deal with bad situations and manage great bowlers like Waqar, …
Kochi: India defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the first of the three ODIs at Mumbai on Friday. Winning the toss, India decided to field and bowled out the visitors for 188 in 35.4 overs. Mohammad Shami 3/17, Mohammad Siraj 3/17 and Jadeja 2/46 bowled excellently. For Australia, M Marsh made 81 to take the …
Kochi: Powered by captain Rohit Sharma’s century, India thrashed Australia by an innings and 132 runs in three days in the first of the four-match Border-Gavaskar series in Nagpur on Saturday. Winning the toss, Australia made 177 runs in the first innings. In reply India made 400 runs, Batting in the second innings, the visitors …
Kochi: India won the third and final ODI against Bangladesh by 227 runs powered by fastest double hundred by Ishan Kishan and a long awaited century by Virat Kohli at Chittagong today. Though India lost the series 2-1, the final match was equal to winning the series. Kohli’s 113 came after August 2019 to amass …
Kochi: Poor fielding cost India the first ODI against Bangladesh who won the match by one wicket at Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka today. K L Rahul dropped Mehidy Hasan Miraz while Washington Sundar missed another. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. K L Rahul was the top scorer with 73 runs while …
