Nishant Dev missed out on a Paris Olympics quota by a whisker, suffering a heartbreaking loss in the 71kg class quarter-finals as all Indian boxers returned empty-handed from the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier.
Dev went down 1-4 to USA's Omari Jones, the 2021 World Championships silver medallist, in a closely-contested quarter-final.
Mar 13, 2024
Olympian Vishnu Saravanan Clinches Gold at Europa Cup 2024 Sailing Meet
India's Olympian sailor Vishnu Saravanan, who has already bagged a quota place for the Paris Olympic Games 2024, won the gold medal in the men's one-person dinghy (ILCA7) category at the Europa Cup 2024 sailing meet held in Mallorca, Spain.
Saravanan, who represented the country in the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 and finished 20th, topped the 91-boat race with 17 net points. The Netherlands' Willem Wiersema also accrued the same points but Saravanan won the category on technicality.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sutherland Named ICC Players of the Month for February 2024
Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young Indian opener, was named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for February 2024. Jaiswal beat out stiff competition from veterans like Kane Williamson of New Zealand and Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lanka to claim the coveted award.
Jaiswal made an incredible start to his international career, emerging as one of the best Test openers in the world. His performances in February 2024 were nothing short of extraordinary, as he slammed two scintillating double centuries in back-to-back Test matches against England.
In the women's category, Annabel Sutherland of Australia claimed the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for February 2024. Sutherland scored 229 runs and claimed seven wickets in four matches, outperforming the UAE duo of Esha Oza and Kavisha Egodage.
Sutherland's standout performance came in the one-off Test against South Africa, where she rewrote history books with a marathon double century. Her rapid 210 off just 248 balls set a new record for the fastest double century in Women's Test cricket, surpassing fellow Australian Karen Rolton's previous mark.
Mar 12, 2024
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Win Doubles Title at French Open Badminton Tournament i...
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the French Open 2024 badminton men's doubles title with a win over Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the final.
Playing at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, the venue for badminton at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the top-ranked Indian badminton pair beat their world No. 16 opponents with a scoreline of 21-11, 21-17 in 36 minutes.
This was the first title of the 2024 badminton season for Chirag-Satwik and the duo's second French Open title. The Indian pair won the French Open in 2022 and was runners-up in 2019.
Olympian Gurjit Kaur is Captain of Punjab Women's Hockey Team
Olympian Gurjit Kaur was appointed as captain of the Punjab women's hockey team that participating in the 14th Hockey India Senior Women's National Hockey Championship being held from March 13 to 23, 2024 in Pune, Maharashtra.
The championship is organised by Hockey India in Pune, Maharashtra. The women's hockey team of Punjab was selected in the selection trials held at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.
Mar 11, 2024
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Win Doubles Title at French Open Badminton Tournament i...
Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have clinched their second French Open Men's doubles Badminton title.
The Indian top seed registered a straight games victory over Yang Po-han and Lee Jhe-huei of Taiwan in the final 21-11, 21-17 last night. Satwik and Chirag had earlier won the title in 2022.
Mar 10, 2024
Rohit Sharma equals Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar's record
India captain Rohit Sharma was at his majestic best during the fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala. Rohit not only notched up his 12th Test century against the Three Lions but also thwarted the England bowling attack, helping India extend their p e dominance in the five-matc ries where they already held a unassailable 3-1 lea .
Rohit guided Tom Hartley towards deep mid wicket for a single to reach the three-digit mark. This also saw the 36-year-old match the remarkable feat of Rahul Dravid, who also has 48 international centuries to his name.
Rohit's 12th Test century marked his 48th ton across all international formats (12 in Tests, 31 in ODIs, and 5 in T20Is), placing him on par with Dravid, who has 36 Test centuries and 12 in ODIs (total: 48) in his illustrious career.