Sports

Manipur Government yesterday honoured AIBA World Women Boxing Gold medalist  MC Mary Kom with the title “Meethoileima” (par excellent queen) at a function in Imphal yesterday. On the occasion, State Chief Minister N. Biren Singh handed over a cheque of ten lakh rupees to her. The Chief Minister also declared …

India beat Australia by 31 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series at the Adelaide this morning. Chasing a target 323, Australia were all out for 291 in 119.5 overs on the final day. The home side resumed from overnight 104 for four, …

In the Men’s Hockey World Cup today, Canada will take on South Africa at 5 PM while India will face Belgium at 7 PM in Pool-C Matches in Bhubaneswar. Yesterday, in Pool -D matches, Germany beat Pakistan by a solitary goal in a hard fought match, while Netherlands spank a …

In Badminton, Saina Nehwal and seven other Indian shuttlers will play their semi-final matches of Syed Modi International Championships in Lucknow this evening. In the Singles, Saina, seeded second, will take on Ruselli Hartawan of Indonesia, while third placed Sameer Verma will meet another Indonesian Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. The …

MC Mary Kom created history after she outclassed Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the women’s 48-kilogram light flyweight final of the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi on Saturday. With this, the 35-year-old Indian boxer from Manipur became the most successful boxer in the history …

In Badminton, Subhankar Dey has won the SaarLorLux Open at Saarbrucken in Germany. In the summit clash last night, the unseeded Indian defeated fifth-placed Rajiv Ouseph of Britain, in straight games, 21-11, 21-14, in what was the first encounter between the two shuttlers. This is Subhankar’s first title of 2018. In March, …

South Africa beat Australia by six wickets in the first one-day international in Perth today. They were bowled out for just 152 in 38.1 overs with Nathan Coulter-Nile (34) and Alex Carey (33) the only ones to offer any resistance. Set 153 to win, Proteas’ openers Quinton de Kock (47) …

NSD LogoIn Cricket, India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal broke into the top-10 of the ICC rankings following ODI series against the West Indies.Chahal entered the top-10 for the first time in his career by rising three places to eighth place. Captain Virat Kohli completed 10,000 ODI runs on his way to …

NEW DELHI: With the controversial new legislation seeking to criminalise instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) stuck in Parliament because of Opposition obstruction, the government is considering taking the ordinance route to promulgate it. While the Muslim Women Protection of Rights in Marriage Act was cleared in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition blocked …

Hyderabad,  The success of previous years’ effort by all SHOs, ACPs, DCPs has made Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar IPS  to plan a Cricket Tournament involving over 80,000 citizens and cricket enthusiasts of Hyderabad. The Cricket Tournament will be called Hyderabad Police League or HPL 20:20 for the year 2018. The inaugural match …