India's Ashwin Replaces Jimmy Anderson as No.1 Ranked Test Bowler
Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin jumped to the top of the latest ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, replacing England pacer James Anderson.
Ashwin claimed the top spot after taking six wickets in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test in New Delhi.
Anderson dropped to second place after England's stunning loss to New Zealand in the Wellington Test.
Ashwin first claimed the top honour among Test bowlers in 2015, and has returned to the top spot on several occasions since then.
Anupama, Mithun Crowned Women's and Men's Singles Champions in Badminton Nationals
Former world junior no. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya and Mithun Manjunath registered contrasting victories to clinch the women's and men's singles titles in the Senior National Badminton Championship in the Balewadi stadium, Pune.
Anupama got the better of Aakarshi Kashyap 20-22, 21-17, 24-22 and Mithun dominated the men's singles summit clash against Priyanshu Rajawat 21-16, 21-11.
Top seed Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly were crowned the new women's doubles champions while T. Hemanagendra Babu and Kanika Kanwal clinched the mixed doubles crown.
Men's doubles combination of S. Kushal Raj and S. Prakash Raj clinched the men's doubles title.
Jumper Aishwarya Banned for 4 Years
India's top triple-jumper Aishwarya Babu was banned by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel for four years for using a prohibited anabolic steroid.
Babu was dropped from the Birmingham CWG last year (2022) along with sprinter S. Dhanalakshmi after testing positive for the steroid, which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list.
The athlete tested positive for ostarine — a drug that falls in the category of selective androgen receptor modulator (SRAM) — during the National Inter-State Championships, held in June 2022 in Chennai. Babu had won the triple jump gold at the championships with a national record-breaking lunge of 14.14 metres. Having been provisionally suspended in July 2022, Babu has already served six months of her four-year ban.
Mar 01, 2023
Tennis Star Sania Mirza Received 'Inspirational Icon' Award from Former India Cricket Captain Sun...
Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza won the 'Inspirational Icon' award at the Sportstar Aces Awards at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai.
Tennis star Sania, who announced her retirement earlier this month, was a trailblazer. Sania returned stronger than ever from a wrist injury in 2008, and has served an inspiration for young girls across the nation. She reached a highest career singles ranking of 27.
Sania received the award from former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar. "Growing up, like most youngsters, I read the Sportstar magazine. I dreamt of being on the cover one day. I put up Sportstar posters of Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and others who have inspired me. It is a true honour for me to be here, and to be a part of the Sportstar family," Sania said.
Harmanpreet to Lead India in Hockey Pro League Matches Against Germany and Australia
Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 20-member Indian men's hockey team against reigning world champions Germany and world No. 4 Australia in the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League matches in Rourkela. Harmanpreet will be assisted by mid-fielder Hardik Singh.
The squad includes experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and young Pawan, who replaced Krishan Bahadur Pathak, who has sought leave for his marriage.
The defence will be led by Harmanpreet, Jugraj Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Manjeet, and Manpreet Singh.
The midfielders include Hardik, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh and Raj Kumar Pal. Young S Karthi, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek and Gurjant will form the fulcrum of the strike force.
Australian David John and BJ Kariappa have been named as the interim coaches along with Shivendra Singh for the upcoming matches.
Those players who have not been selected have been relieved from the national coaching camp to play in the third Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championships 2023, which began in Bengaluru.
The national selectors have chosen a young team that is making good progress on the international stage. They will be well-guided by the presence of senior players who have extensive international experience playing for India.
Feb 28, 2023
Boxers Slip at Final Hurdle as Anamika, Anupama, Govind Win Silver
Indian boxers Anamika (50kg), Anupama (81kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) signed off with silver medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Anamika, the reigning national champion, lost by a 1-4 split verdict against China's Hu Meiyi in the lightweight final.
Sahani too lost by a similar margin against Shodiyorjon Melikuziev of Uzbekistan. Anupama, on the other hand, was beaten by a technically superior Emma Sue Greentree of Australia by a 5-0 unanimous verdict.
The Indian boxers return home with a haul of eight medals — three silver and five bronze.
Lionel Messi Wins FIFA 'The Best' Player Award
Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi was crowned the best player in men's football by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) at The Best FIFA Football Awards. Messi, who propelled Argentina to its third FIFA World Cup title in Qatar last year (2022), was nominated for the illustrious prize alongside his Paris Saint Germain (PSG) teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid captain Karim Benzema.
Messi was named the winner of the Best FIFA Men's Player award for his outstanding performances in men's football from the period of 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022.
Messi has now won the FIFA World Player of the Year title in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2023.
Spain's Alexia Putellas won the best women's player award for a second straight year.
Here is the full list of winners at FIFA awards: Lionel Messi (PSG/Argentina) - The Best FIFA Men's Player 2022, Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/Spain) - The Best FIFA Women's Player 2022, Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) - The Best FIFA Men's Coach 2022, Sarina Wiegman (England) - The Best FIFA Women's Coach 2022, Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa/Argentina) - The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper 2022, Mary Earps (England/Manchester United) - The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper 2022, Marcin Oleksy (POL/Warta Poznan) - FIFA Puskas Award for the most spectacular goal in 2022, Argentinian fans - FIFA Fan Award 2022 and Luka Lochoshvili - FIFA Fair Play Award 2022.
Feb 27, 2023
Madhya Pradesh Wins Senior Women's National Hockey Championship
Hockey Madhya Pradesh was named the winner of the 13th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship in 2023 after defeating Hockey Maharashtra 5-1 in the championship game in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Hockey Jharkhand finished third after winning the third-place game against Hockey Haryana.
Hockey India presented honours to individuals who excelled during the Championship. Individual Prizes for the 2023 13th Hockey India Senior Women's National Championship were: Sonal Minj (C) is the best goalkeeper (Hockey Jharkhand), Pratibha Arya is the best defender (Hockey Madhya Pradesh), Manashri Narendra Shedage is the best midfielder (Hockey Maharashtra) and Albela Rani Toppo is the best forward (Hockey Jharkhand).
Indian Greco Roman Wrestler Ankit Gulia Bags Bronze Medal in Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series in E...
India's Greco-Roman wrestler Ankit Gulia clinched a bronze medal in the men's 72 kg category in the Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 wrestling ranking series in Alexandria, Egpyt.
Ankit gave India their first medal at the tournament. Gulia, a U15 Asian Champion in 2019, lost his opening round bout to Georgia's Otar Abuladze by 9-0 via technical superiority.
Abuladze made it to the final and Gulia made it to the repechage round and defeated Kyrgyzstan's Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu by 9-0 on basis of technical superiority.
Hotelier Mehta Named PCA President
Amarjit Singh Mehta, an hotelier from Bathinda, was elected as the new president of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) during a special general meeting held at the IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.
The PCA general body is also looking forward to organising the Punjab Premier League (PPL). A sub-committee will be constituted to study the model of different state leagues and tasked with submitting a comprehensive report to the apex council for the same.
Women's T20 WC Final: Australia Defeat S. Africa, Win 6th Title
Australia made it a hat-trick of women's T20 World Cup titles with a 19-run victory over South Africa as Beth Mooney's 74-run knock proved pivotal to their record sixth trophy win.
Australia's previous victories came in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020.
Set a target of 157 for victory, South Africa were restricted to 137 for six as their hopes of lifting the trophy on their maiden appearance in the final went up in smoke.
Bengaluru Open 2023: Max Purcell Wins Second Challenger Title in a Row
With a terrific back-to-the-wall performance, Max Purcell secured his second straight ATP singles Challenger title (fourth overall), beating James Duckworth 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) at the Bengaluru Open.
The men's doubles tennis title at the Bengaluru Open 2023 was won by South Korea's Yunseong Chung and Chinese Taipei's Yu Hsiou, who defeated the Indian doubles pair of Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth in three sets.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur inaugurated the 3-day All-India Taekwondo Championship. The Championship was organised to mark 50 years of Korea-India diplomatic relations. President of Korea National Sports University Yong-gyu Ahn was the Chief Guest at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Wrestling Hall in Indira Gandhi Stadium.
Korean Cultural Centre India co-hosted the All India Inter SAI Taekwondo Championship with the Sports Authority of India under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India and Korea National Sports University in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Korea-India diplomatic relations in 2023.
This time All-India Taekwondo Championships as a sports exchange event between the two countries was held for three days from February 24 to 26 at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Wrestling Hall, Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi. This championship was planned to commemorate the 50th year of diplomatic ties between Korea and India and revitalise Taekwondo which has been stagnant since the pandemic and lays the foundation for the future as a major sports event between the two countries.
Feb 26, 2023
Women's T20 World Cup Semis: South Africa Creates History, Qualify for Final
A thrilling match saw South Africa deliver when it mattered to beat in-form England and march into the World Cup final against Australia.
The Proteas posted a very competitive first-innings score of 164/4 thanks to half-centuries from openers Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt.
And the momentum swung back and forth during England's chase, with England's openers getting off to a lightning start, Brits clinging on to four catches to remove each of England's top four, and Ayabonga Khaka taking three wickets in a match-changing over.
It all came down to Shabnim Ismail's final over, with England requiring 13 runs to win and they fell six runs short.
The result means that South Africa are through to their first-ever World Cup final in any format.
Spain's Sergio Ramos Announces Retirement from International Football
Paris Saint-Germain's and former Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos announced his retirement from international football. Ramos who was part of Spain's World Cup and Euro winning teams had represented Real Madrid in La Liga and now plays for PSG in Ligue 1.
Ramos made his Spain debut in 2005 while still a teenager playing for Sevilla. He played in seven major tournaments for his country, winning three, but was left out of the squad by Luis Enrique for Euro 2020, played in 2021, and the 2022 World Cup. His last appearance for La Roja came on March 31, 2021, when he played four minutes in a 3-1 win over Kosovo.
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