Sports

NEW DELHI: Fox Sports, broadcasters of India’s impending tour Down Under, have put out a promo for the Test and limited overs series (here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk42e75Mjms) that revolves entirely around Virat Kohli.

CHANDIGARH: Top seed Paramveer Singh Bajwa, seventh seed Bharat NIshok Kumaran,     N. Calvin Golme and qualifier     Rishabh Sharda advanced into men's singles semi-finals of the  CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championships at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

NEW DELHI:  As many as 300 boxers under 10 weight categories from 73 countries will battle for top honours when the AIBA Womens World Boxing Championships starts at the I.G. Stadium here from Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp became the first married couple to bat together in ICC tournament when they took the field for South Africa during their ICC Women’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: He is just 9 games old on the international stage, but left-arm pace sensation Khaleel Ahmed says that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made him feel like one of the integral members of this Indian team. With the Australia tour round the corner, Khaleel says that working closely with the likes of Kohli, Rohit and former India skipper MS Dhoni will stand him in good stead as he gears up for his biggest test so far in his international career.

CHANDIGARH: Kalyani, representing  PAG (Audit) Haryana  won the women's singles title by defeating Vibhuti of Carmel Convent School in a well contested women final by 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 in the 31st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championships-2018 for Sardar Gurmeet Singh Grewal Memorial Trophy at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here.

NEW DELHI: As India edged past West Indies in Chennai to clinch the final match the T20I series and blank the visitors, they also went past arch-rivals Pakistan to become the second best team in the shortest format.

CHANDIGARH: Rishabh Sharda, Shashikant Rajput, Princy Panchal and Harleen Kaur qualified for the main draw of the CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championships at the Sector 10 Government Tennis Stadium here today.

LONDON: Liverpool took advantage of Manchester City’s later kick-off against Manchester United on Sunday by beating Fulham 2-0 to move top of the Premier League, while Chelsea stumbled in a 0-0 draw with Everton.

NEW DELHI: Post Sunday’s thrilling win over West Indies, India captain Rohit Sharma became the only Indian skipper to have led the side to two 3-0 whitewashes in T20I series. While it was a thriller and literally went down to the wire at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Rohit was his usual calm self and said that these things aren’t new to him anymore, thanks to the Indian Premier League. Opener Shikhar Dhawan was undoubtedly the star of the show as he hit a 62-ball 92.

CHANDIGARH: Pareen (SD College) and  Sahil Sharma (New Public School) won the youth girls Under-21 and youth boys under-21 singles titels, respectively, in the 31st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship-2018 for Juniors, Youth & Seniors for Sardar Gurmeet Singh Grewal Memorial Trophy at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Basketball Association general secretary Tej Singh Dhaliwal today announced the state's boys and girls teams which will compete in the 45th Sub-Junior National Championship at Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) from November 12 to 18.

CHANDIGARH: The 55th Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament  has been shifted to Chandigarh. It will  be held  from  14th to 24th Nov. 2018 at  Sector 42 Hockey Stadium from November 14 to 24.

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Saturday named a 33-member core list of probables for the upcoming Indian womens national camp to be held at the Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru campus from November 12-30.

CHANDIGARH: The Sports Minister, Punjab, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has extended his best wishes to the Indian squad announced today for the Hockey World Cup to commence this month. The 18 member squad announced today has Manpreet Singh as it's Captain. The World Cup (14th Edition) would be played at Bhubneshwar in Odisha from 28th November to 16th December, 2018. A total of 16 teams are taking part in the sporting extravaganza and Indian team is placed in Group 'C'. 

CHANDIGARH: Hosts Panjab University grabbed the overall trophies both in men's as well as women's categories in the  All India Inter University Shooting (Men & Women) Championships at  Panjab University Shooting Range here.

CHANDIGARH: “The Punjab Government accords top priority to the upgradation and development of the sports infrastructure in order to achieve the target of making Punjab once again the occupier of numero uno position as well as promulgating measures aimed at the creation of congenial environment for players to focus upon their game. It is with this strategy in mind that the sports policy was brought into force this year and keeping precisely the benefit of players in mind that the system of ‘Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awards’ was instituted.”

CHANDIGARH: Vaibhav Mehra staged a fine rally to beat Vaibah Giri  11-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the boys under-13 singles quarter-final of the Chandigarh State Ranking Badminton Tournament  at the Sector 42, Sports Complex, Indoor Badminton Hall here today.

CHANDIGARH: Vishal, Manal, Arnav and Deevanshi won titles in their respective categories in the 31st Gurukul Global Cadets and Sub Junior Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship-2018 at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Indoor Hall here today.

CHANDIGARH: Sishanpal Singh claimed first position clocking 8:1.63 in single scull event in the Chandigarh State Senior State Rowing Championship at Lake Sports Complex Sukhna Lake here today according to CRA Secretary Shri Rajiv Sharma. There were all 60 participants.