The Voice of The Youth
When Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto missed two match points to win the Thailand Open quarterfinals in straight games, it felt like they were squandering a chance to reach the semifinals of a Super 500 event for the first time. The first was a result of indecision at the backcourt and the next one was…
Anjum Moudgil knew the exact moment when she realised she wasn’t ‘doing well mentally’. “It was when I stopped painting.” Anjum is a former world No.1 shooter, a world championship medallist and an Olympian. But she’s a lot more than a rifle-wielding 30-year-old. She can juggle fire, used to box and perform deadlifts. The colourful…
Pakistan’s pace battery Shaheen Shah Afridi has denied rumors of discontent in the squad owing to a swift change in the captaincy after he was removed from the leadership position and former skipper Babar Azam was reinstated. “Sometimes, small disagreements happen in every family, even among brothers. But there’s nothing like that in our team,”…
Former T20 World Cup winner with India, Robin Uthappa believes the upcoming T20 World Cup was the chance to pass the reigns to the youngsters, rather than the ‘senior’ players. “I’m gonna catch a lot of flak for this, but I’ll take it. I think they should’ve moved on after the previous World Cup itself,”…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced the warm-up matches ahead of the T20 World Cup starting June in the USA and the Caribbean. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will play Bangladesh in their sole practice match ahead of the marquee tournament on June 1. The venue for the game is yet to be…
Synopsis: Out-of-contention Punjab Kings extend Rajasthan Royals losing streak as Sam Curran leads from the front with bat and ball This wasn’t expected to be a classic, based on the recent track record of the two teams. One team had already been knocked out of playoff contention while the other, even though it had secured…
It was a mere 82.27m effort that won Neeraj Chopra the gold medal at the Federation Cup 2024 athletics meet as he continued his road to the Paris Olympics. While the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist and the reigning javelin throw world champion started the competition as the favorite, he wasn’t in the lead for the…
“Woh toh nasha karti hai.” 800 metre runner Shalu Chaudhary still hurts while recalling disparaging comments aimed at her after news spread about a failed dope test nearly two years ago. “Most people don’t know the difference between performance enhancing drugs and narcotics. ‘Nasha’ is a word that can ruin the image of a woman…
Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, on Wednesday, was acquitted of rape charges in a case dating back to 2022 after he was accused of assault by an 18-year-old woman. Lamicchane, who was convicted of rape by the Kathmandu District Court in January and sentenced to eight years in jail, was proven innocent in the Nepal High…
SYNOPSIS: Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs and Ishant Sharma overcome the assault from Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan as Delhi end league engagements with a win After the auction where Delhi Capitals (DC) spent a whopping Rs 7.2 crore on Kumar Kushagra, back in Kolkata, Abishek Porel, watching the action with his cousin Ishan Porel, said:…
