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 …
Kochi: Three decades after losing the ODI World Cup to Pakistan, England avenged the defeat them by 5 wickets in the T20 World Cup finals at Melbourne in Australia today. It was in 1992, Pakistan under the captaincy of Imran Khan beat England to win the World Cup. England have become the first country to …
Kochi: Three decades after losing the ODI World Cup in 1992 to Pakistan, England is all set to avenge the defeat in the finals of the World T20 at Melbourne on Sunday. England thrashed yesteryear WT20 champion India by 10 wickets in the second semi finals to qualify for the finals today. India made 168 …
Kochi: Pakistan entered the finals of the T20 World Cup beating New Zealand by seven wickets at Sydney in Australia today. The finals will be held on Sunday when Pakistan will play the winners of the match between India and England to be played tomorrow in the second semi finals. Earlier, New Zealand won the …
Kochi: Upbeat over qualifying into the semifinals, India defeated Zimbabwe comfortably by 71 runs in the T20 men’s World Cup at Melbourne today. Winning the toss, India decided to bat first and laid a strong foundation of mighty 186 runs. Thanks to the valuable contribution of 51 off 35 deliveries by K L Rahul and …
Kochi: In a rain-truncated match, India made a miraculous comeback to defeat Bangladesh by five runs to top the group two in the men’s T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Wednesday. With six points in four games, India is almost through to the semi-finals.The intervention of nature led to curtail the match to 16 overs …
Kochi: St Ephrems Basketball Academy, Mannanam, has added another feather to its cap as one of its players, Krishnalal Mukesh, has been picked up by the US-based NBA academy. He is the third player from Kerala to achieve this feat. A member of Kerala State junior team, Krishna Lal was being trained in the academy …
