Bihar wants to go from sports underdog to medal powerhouse. It’s building stadiums, hiring coaches, and running a talent hunt in 40,000 schools — but it’s still battling decades of dysfunction.
24-year-old celebrated her 150th milestone on 14 November in Women’s Asian Champions Trophy. She took just 6 yrs to reach national side after she first took up hockey stick.
Despite absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah led from the front. Yashasvi Jaiswal was instrumental in team’s 295-run victory in 1st test of 5-match series.
The country though, international publications note, is doing one thing right in trying to give China a run for its money, even if it's going about it the wrong way.
The Indian women's team secured 13th position in the World Team Championships Finals in Busan, last qualifying event for Paris Olympics, while the men's team was ranked at 15th place.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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