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Former captain Anil Kumble was today appointed the Indian cricket team’s head coach for a one-year tenure, bringing an end to the prolonged suspense over who will take over the reins of the side. The 45-year-old Kumble pipped former Team Director Ravi Shastri, Australians Tom Moody and Stuart Law and a host of others to […]
Chetan Chauhan, two-time BJP MP, is now the chairman of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). On Friday Speaking to media, Chauhan thanked PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for his appointment, and said that he had already held “a few informal meetings” at his new office. As per NIFT Act 2006, […]
Muhammad Ali, renowned boxer and civil rights champion who famously called himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead. On Friday Ali died at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. He was 74. Ali battled for 32-year with […]
Today in a big final of IPL 2016 between RCB Royal Challengers Bangalore and SRH Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH batting first scrored 208/7 and gave a target of 209 for RCB to chaise. RCB scored 200/7 in chaising the target. Sunrisers Hyderabad 208 for 7 (Warner 69, Cutting 39*, Jordan 3-45) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 […]
Anurag Thakur was today unanimously elected as the youngest BCCI President post-Independence, taking up the most high-profile position in Indian cricket administration at a time when the Board is sailing in choppy waters. The 41-year-old replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chairman’s job. Senior BCCI vice-president C K Khanna […]
Refusing to intervene in the Narsingh Yadav vs Sushil Kumar tussle for a berth in the Rio Olympics, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the latter and the Wrestling Federation of India to meet and sort out the quota issue. Hearing the petition filed by Sushil, a double Olympic-medallist, the court said that it […]
Cricketer Suresh Raina on Sunday became a father after his wife Priyanka Chaudhary gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Amsterdam. The India cricketer became a first time father after his daughter and has named his daughter Gracia. Welcome my beautiful daughter. #GraciaRaina🙈👨👩👧. Long wait but totally worth it. #ProudFather.She is […]
A rampaging Royal Challengers Bangalore will stand in the way of two-time former champions Kolkata Knight Riders’ bid to make it to the play-offs in a mouthwatering Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament encounter, here tomorrow. With three matches remaining, both the teams are in the mix of things in a tight top-of the-table melee […]
Former India captain Anil Kumble was today re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman for a second term of three years while his one-time team-mate and batting great Rahul Dravid was named member of the top panel. Kumble, the all-time highest wicket-taker for India, was appointed as the chairman for his first term in 2012 and will […]
Veteran cricket administrator Shashank Manohar was today elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent Chairman, two days after he stepped down from the post of BCCI President. The 58-year-old was elected to the post after the ICC Full Council’s approval of constitutional amendments proposed by the Board following its April meeting. Manohar, who on Tuesday resigned […]
