Government slashes 2021-22 sports budget by Rs.230 crore

New Delhi (IANS) In the Union budget presented in Parliament on Monday, the Central government allocated Rs.2,596.14 crore to sports budget for the next financial year 2021-22, less by Rs.230.78 crore -- or, 8.16 per cent -- allocated in the previous…

At 555mn euros, Messi's deal biggest in sports history: Report

Barcelona (IANS) Lionel Messi's contract with Barcelona is worth up to 555 million euros ($673 million) over four seasons, thus making his deal as the biggest signed by any athlete in sports history, says a report.

According to Spanish…

Warner thanks Kohli for his signed Test jersey

Sydney (IANS) Australian opener David Warner on Saturday posted a photo of his daughter wearing India captain Virat Kohli's Test jersey. He also thanked Kohli for gifting the jersey and joked that the latter is his daughter's favourite player,…

No neutral umpires in first two India-England Tests

Chennai (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed the pair of Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma to stand alongside Nitin Menon in the first two Tests of the upcoming series between India and England, thus continuing the trend of…

World Tour Finals: Srikanth, Sindhu suffer 2nd consecutive loss

Bangkok (IANS) Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu suffered contrasting defeats in their respective second group 'B' matches at the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.

While Kidambi lost 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 to Wang…

England turn tables on Sri Lanka, win 2nd Test by 6 wickets

Galle (IANS) England defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second Test to seal the two-match series 2-0. Needing 164 to win, the English faltered when reduced to 89 for four. But opener Dominic Sibley and No. 6 Jos Buttler shared an unbeaten 75-run…

Sandeep pips Datta to national racing title

Coimbatore (IANS) Chennai's Sandeep Kumar pipped Ashwin Datta to the Formula LGB4 title on the final day of the 23rd FMSCI National Racing Championship. Datta was the leader in the championship at the start of the day with 64 points.

Datta…

Thailand Open: Satwik-Ashwini enter mixed doubles semis

Bangkok (IANS) The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa on Friday entered the mixed doubles semi-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open after securing a hard-fought win over fifth seeds Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia.

Coach Shastri's success mantra: Perform in Australia, get rewarded

New Delhi (IANS) Ravi Shastri's tours of Australia have been eventful. Over the last 35 years, the former India captain and current India head coach has earned accolades like Champion of Champions for being man of the series in the World Series…

India conquer Gabba fortress, clinch Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Brisbane (IANS) "I think a drawn series will be worse than the loss a couple of years ago," former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said on Monday. However, the Indian team on Tuesday went one step further as they came out with one of the best Day…