FORMER England captain David Lloyd critcised Indian batsmen KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant’s decision to walk off the ground as passing showers disrupted the third day’s play of the first Test at Trent Bridge. With 11 balls bowled in the day, the downpour started that saw the players leaving the…
JASON KENNY said he might think twice about retiring from the cycling track after winning his seventh Olympic gold on Sunday (8) to become Britain's most successful Olympian of all time. The 33-year-old produced a dazzling performance in the men's keirin final to win his ninth medal overall and overtake…
AN iron-strong determination, discipline and hard work backed by the family’s resolute support played a key role behind the massive success of javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at the Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old, who is a Naib Subedar-ranked official in the Indian Army, made history on Saturday (7) by becoming the…
RANI Rampal, the captain of the Indian women’s hockey team that finished fourth at Tokyo Olympics, on Saturday (7) lashed out at the “shameful” racist abuse that the family of one her colleagues faced recently. She said it was damaging the country’s quest to boost its sporting image. “It’s such…
LEADING American investor firms like Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed have urged Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to incentivise companies to list overseas for better access to capital, Reuters reported citing a letter sent on July 29. Last September, India allowed firms to list directly on foreign exchanges, such…
INDIA'S National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday (8) carried out multiple raids against members linked with the Jamaat-e-Islami across Jammu and Kashmir, more than two years after the religious outfit was banned by the Narendra Modi government under anti-terror laws, official sources said. The raids were conducted early in the…
MAHINDRA Group chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday (7) promised to gift Neeraj Chopra, who won India a gold medal in javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics the day. A XUV700, the new SUV from the automaker’s stable set to be launched soon. Responding to a follower on Twitter to gift…
INDIA'S Aditi Ashok narrowly missed a medal as she signed off 4th in the golf competition at the Tokyo Olympics after carding a three-under 68 in the weather-hit final round at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe on Saturday (7). The 23-year-old from Bangalore ended two strokes off the pace…
INDIAN National Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor on Friday (6) came up with a tweet after prime minister Narendra Modi praised PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of the Indian men’s hockey team that won bronze at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. On Thursday (5), Modi tweeted. “Spectacular performance throughout the tournament and even…
AMERICAN pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has applied for an emergency-use approval of its coronavirus vaccine in India, it said on Friday (6), moving a step closer to supplying the first single-dose Covid shot to the country. In an emailed statement, J&J said the shot will be brought to India…