Sydney : Newly-crowned Indonesia Open champion K Srikanth and defending champion Saina Nehwal progressed to the second round with contrasting wins at the Australian Open Super Series here today. PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth also entered the second round but it was curtains for four other singles players, including giant-slayer HS Prannoy. Srikanth continued […]
MUMBAI : The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has asked the government for permission to bid for the 2032 Olympics and 2030 Asian Games as part of a drive to put the country at the heart of the international sporting community, said IOA president N Ramachandran. Ramachandran said the IOA also wanted India to host the […]
New Delhi : India skipper Virat Kohli has reportedly shown interest in getting former team director Ravi Shastri back as head coach of the Indian team after the unceremonious exit of Anil Kumble. According to sources, Kohli mentioned Shastri’s name as one of the potential candidates for the India job during his meeting with BCCI […]
Melbourne, June 22 : An Australian man died on Thursday after catching a rare mosquito-borne disease while on holiday overseas. The 60-year-old Victoria state resident contracted Japanese encephalitis while on a 10-day holiday in Southeast Asia in May, reports Xinhua news agency. He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), where he spent more than […]