India-Aus three-match Test series to start Feb 23

India-Aus three-match Test series to start Feb 23

New Delhi : India’s eagerly-anticipated home Test series against arch-foes Australia will start on February 23 in Pune, just a day after the visiting country’s Twenty20 side winds up a home assignment against Sri Lanka. Pune, Ranchi and Dharamsala will be hosting Test matches for the first time during the four-match Test series, which is […]

SC freezes BCCI’s transactions with state cricket bodies

SC freezes BCCI’s transactions with state cricket bodies

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday froze all financial transactions between the BCCI and state cricket associations by directing the apex cricket body not to disburse any funds, even for match purposes, to them till they resolved to abide by the Justice RM Lodha panel recommendations on reforms. The apex court also directed BCCI […]

Lt Anurag Thakur and cricketers at Sikh BTA Hqs

Lt Anurag Thakur and cricketers at Sikh BTA Hqs

NEW DELHI : Board of Control for Cricket in India Lt. Anurag Thakur, along with cricketers Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Kedar Jadhav and Manish Pandey, spent a pleasant evening at the 124 Sikh Battalion Territorial Army headquarter in New Delhi. Marking the onset of Diwali season, Lt. Thakur and the players interacted and engaged with […]

Saina Nehwal appointed member of IOC’s Athletes’ Commission

Saina Nehwal appointed member of IOC’s Athletes’ Commission

Hyderabad : In a rare honour for an Indian sportsperson, star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. Saina has received a letter to the effect from the IOC President Thomas Bach last night. “Following your candidature for the elections of the IOC Athletes’ Commission […]