Chandigarh, June 14 (IANS) Former Indian women volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur, who passed away in a hospital here on Sunday due to Covid-19-related complications, was instrumental in getting the first hockey turf laid here in 1991. This was amongst the many tasks she performed in different capacities after quitting playing volleyball. Nirmal, wife of legendary […]

Bristol, June 14 (IANS) The Indian women’s cricket team is banking on lessons imparted by men’s Test team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane as it prepares to take on England in a one-off Test here from June 16. “We have also not played too much of red-ball cricket [like youngsters in our squad]. We have played only […]

Chennai, June 14 (IANS) The co-founder of stock broking company Zerodha Broking Ltd, Nikhil Kamath, on Monday tweeted a reluctant apology for cheating and winning against former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in a Covid-19 fundraising match. By cheating in a charity game, Kamath has also put at stake Zerodha Broking’s reputation. “My stock account […]

Doha, June 14 (IANS) Fresh from their 2-0 win against Bangladesh, the Sunil Chhetri-led India will look to garner full points when they face Afghanistan in their last Group E match of the World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium here on Tuesday. While the 105th-ranked India […]