West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell has praised veteran Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni for his dedication and love for the Indian Army. Cottrell, who is a soldier in the Jamaican Defence Force, took to Twitter and said that Dhoni is an inspiration figure both on and off the field.
A day after the IOA wrote a letter to the sports minister, proposing to boycott the quadrennial multi-disciplinary competition, NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia said they stand by the IOA as taking an aggressive stance was the only way to force the hosts to "rethink".
Few defence lapses in the closing stages of the match cost hosts U Mumba dear as the resultant all out with a minute to go handed defending champions Bengaluru Bulls a 30-26 win in a VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 7 encounter at the National Sports Club of India on Sunday.
Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.
World number one Brooks Koepka birdied three of the first six holes on the way to winning his first career WGC title Sunday at the St. Jude Invitational.
The 29-year-old Dalilah Muhammad obliterated one of the longest-standing records in women's track and field on Sunday, storming home in 52.20sec at Des Moines' Drake Stadium. Muhammad said she expects her new 400m hurdles world record will be broken sooner rather than later as US runners eye a potential clean sweep at this year's World Championships.A day after the IOA wrote a letter to the sports minister, proposing to boycott the quadrennial multi-disciplinary competition, NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia said they stand by the IOA as taking an aggressive stance was the only way to force the hosts to "rethink".
When India play the West Indies in the first of two Tests in Antigua from August 22, they would launch their bid for the inaugural World Test Championship - the ICC's ambitious plan to revamp Test cricket. Over a period of two years, the top nine Test playing nations will slug it out for one coveted prize in their bid to become the undisputed champion in Tests.
Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff was critical of his team's preparations and reactions on Sunday after both drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas crashed out of contention in a chaotic rain-hit German Grand Prix.
Ko Jin-Young clinched her second major title of the season, firing a final round 4-under 67 in the rain Sunday to win the Evian Championship by two shots with a 15-under total of 269.
Vincent Kompany suffered a losing start to his career as player-manager with Anderlecht on Sunday as Ostend pulled off a 2-1 win in the Belgian league.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou says the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She had no information on their conditions. Video first posted on social media sites about an hour ago showed people running for safety at the festival. The festival is a nationally known three-day event that attracts thousands of garlic lovers. Sunday was the final day of the festival.