Author: Rahul Giri

Luka Modric, the Croatian midfielder who has been one of the fulcrums of the Real Madrid side that has dominated European football over the past decade, had a heartfelt message for Sunil Chhetri before India’s captain plays his farewell game on Thursday. India are set to lock horns with Kuwait on June 6 in a crucial FIFA World Cup Qualifier. Victory would secure a place in the third round of the qualifiers and also guarantee direct entry to the 2027 Asian Cup. In a social media post shared by Igor Stimac, the Croat who has been India’s head coach for…

Litton Das, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ wicketkeeper-batter, has had to fly back to Bangladesh because of an urgent family medical emergency. Litton is unlikely to participate in the remainder of the ongoing IPL 2023, as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had only issued him a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) until May 4. Purchased by KKR for INR 50 lakh, he made his IPL debut against Delhi Capitals (DC), scoring four runs off four balls. After a poor outing against Delhi, he remained on the bench for KKR’s two subsequent matches. KKR confirmed that Litton had to return to Bangladesh, and the…

April 28 marked an extraordinary achievement in Test cricket as Prabhat Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s slow left-arm bowler, became the fastest spinner to 50 wickets. The moment came on the final day of the second Test against Ireland at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, and helped Sri Lanka to a remarkable innings-and-10-run victory after Ireland had scored 492 in the first innings. Jayasuriya dismissed Paul Stirling to claim his seventh wicket of the match, reaching the 50-wicket mark in a mere seven Tests. Despite only making his debut at the age of 30, in the second Test against Australia last July,…



By Anindya Datta It is the early 1950’s. A young girl, Kiran, spends hours playing with her siblings on a small dusty plot of land adjoining their house. They are happy times filled with the innocence of childhood. A sign on the wall, Jallianwala Bagh, holds no special significance for the sisters. The enclosed area doesn’t look much like a garden. It never has. Not even three decades before, when the innocuous looking Quadrangular gained notoriety literally overnight. Rewind to March 1919. The Rowlatt Acts have been passed. Indians are subject to imprisonment without cause, trial without…





 The ongoing IPL 2023 season has already seen the leggies making a difference in bowling attacks of the teams. There are four leg spinners in the top 10 wicket-takers list and 8 in top 20 so far in IPL 2023 season. Watch the video to find out how the leg spinners fared so far.

By G Rajaraman New Delhi, April 11: The Delhi High Court today ordered the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to not allow institutions and individuals the right to cast votes in its impending elections. Delivering a judgement in the writ filed by the Rajasthan Equestrian Association in 2019, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela paved the way for elections to the EFI Executive Committee and Selection Committee. “EFI would permit all State and Union Territory Equestrian Associations to cast their votes (two) after fulfilling all the requisite criteria and not unduly prevent them from casting votes,” the Court said,…