A peep into the future as Gill, Shafali and ‘DK’ hint at greatness to come
Suresh MenonThree relative newcomers from India impressed in England last week. In Southampton, opener Shubman Gill played his inaugural Test in England like a veteran of many innings there. He was confident, untroubled, peaceful (a word not usually associated with sportsmen performing on the field). ClassAnd he pulled the short rising delivery from the New Zealand fast bowlers between mid-wicket and mid-on after getting on top of the bounce — there’s class right there for you. Gill made only 28 before he
Between Wickets | The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong
Suresh MenonHow do you decide which is the best team in the world when it is difficult to tell which is the best team a country possesses?
Cricket’s practices are held together by a set of tacit agreements
Suresh MenonThe badminton great Prakash Padukone once pulled up a youngster for literally toying with an opponent, playing trick shots, pretending to smash and occasionally holding his racquet in the wrong hand. It was a friendly match, yet Prakash called the youngster aside and told him that a sportsman should never disrespect an opponent.All sports have ways of dealing with unsportsmanlike conduct. The ‘diver’ in football, the racquet abuser in tennis, the player showing dissent at an umpire’s decision in
Cricket
WTC final | New Zealand beats India by 8 wickets to win World Test Championship title
PTI For Virat Kohli, this is the third failure in big ICC events after the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 World Cup
Cricket
Watling returns to keep in farewell Test despite dislocated ring finger
PTI Watling had announced last month that he will retire after New Zealand's England tour that also included the WTC Final against India.- 5hrs
Football
Euro 2020 | Bizarre own-goal helps Spain advance to last 16
AP An embarrassing own-goal by goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka in the first half put Spain on its way to a 5-0 victory- 43mins
Football
Lewandowski, Poland out of Euro 2020 with 3-2 loss to Sweden
AP For Sweden, it’s a trip to Glasgow for a last-16 match on Tuesday. For Poland and Lewandowski, it’s another early exit from a major soccer tournament.- 7mins
Hockey
Rani to lead women’s hockey team
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA India on Monday named striker Rani Rampal as skipper and Deep Grace Ekka and Savita as two vice-captains of the national women’s hockey team for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. India announced a 16-member team for the Tokyo Games last week, but refrained from naming the captain.“It is a huge honour to lead the Indian team at the Olympic Games. In these past years my role as a captain was made easy with teammates who have shared the responsibilities as senior players,” Rani said in a statement
Hockey
Selection in Olympics team was my late father’s dream, says Lalremsiami
PTI The 21-year-old created history when she became the first female player from Mizoram to be picked for the Olympics.
Hockey
New-look men’s squad for Tokyo
Uthra Ganesan Three veterans dropped as selectors opt for fresh-legs formula
Tennis
Djokovic, Barty top seeds at SW19
Sports Bureau First edition after dropping the grass-court seeding formula- 4hrs
Tennis
Wimbledon Qualifiers | Ramkumar on threshold of making main draw
PTI Ankita Raina goes down in first round of qualifiers- 4hrs
Races
Mzilikazi claims feature event
Mzilikazi, ridden by B.R. Kumar, won the Emperor Of Rome Handicap (Div. I), the feature event of the races held here on Saturday (May 1). The winner is the property of M/s. Five Stars Shipping Co. M/s. Darashaw Bloodstock and trained by R. Foley, who also saddled two more winners on the day.1. SANTA ANITA HANDICAP (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, rated 20 to 45: DOMINANT (A.M. Alam) 1, Fabulous Show (P. Sai Kumar) 2, Victoria’s Secret (Surya Prakash) 3 and Wonderful Era (Nakhat Singh) 4. 1, hd and
Races
Mzilikazi appeals most in feature event
Mzilikazi may score in the first division of the Emperor Of Rome Handicap (1,400m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday (May 1).1. SANTA ANITA HANDICAP (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, rated 20 to 45, 10-30 a.m.: 1. Asian Warrior (6) P. Koushik 60, 2. Victoria’s Secret (2) Surya Prakash 59.5, 3. Lady Blazer (9) K.V. Baskar 57.5, 4. Wonderful Era (3) Nakhat Singh 57.5, 5. Dominant (5) A.M. Alam 56, 6. Fun Lover (4) Farid Ansari 55, 7. Amaterasu (10) Manikandan 54, 8. Fabulous
Races
Penang claims Queen’s Guest Handicap
Penang (A. Imran Khan up) won the Queen’s Guest Handicap, the main event of the races held here on Friday. The winner is owned by Mr. K.R. Muthukaruppan & Mr. V.M. Gopal and trained by Mandanna.1. BOLD RUNNER HANDICAP (1,200m), rated 00 to 25: MULLIGAN (Koshi Kumar) 1, Chanakya (Surya Prakash) 2, Fantastic Hit (P. Koushik) 3 and Country’s Moon (K.V. Baskar) 4. 2-1/2, 4-1/4 and 3. 1m, 16.70s. Owners: Mr. J. Ramesh, Mr. R. Rajesh Khanna & Mr. R.G. Shrinivas. Trainer: P. Krishna.2. NORA
Other Sports
Don't feel I've really earned qualification: Anirban Lahiri
PTI I know how far below my potential I've played this year, says the golfer- 5hrs
Other Sports
Ayton’s last-second dunk does it for Phoenix Suns
AFP LA Clippers comes off second best in an intense game 2- 4hrs