Jana Novotna was a true champion. The tall, blonde Czech was one of the most watchable players on the circuit with powerful serve and aggressive volley. Her mastery of the backhand smash fetched her 100 tennis titles, 24 for...
1873
JT Tyldesley, a fleet-footed right-handed stroke-maker, was born on this day. The Englishman made almost 40,000 first-class runs in a long career with Lancashire and England. He played 31 Tests, making 112 in his second Test to set up...
1929
Wazir Mohammad, brother of Hanif Mohammad who often remained under the shadow of Hanif, was born on this day. Wazir was one of four Test-playing Mohammad brothers. He scored both his Test hundreds in the Caribbean series of 1957-58.
1947
Dilip...
He was the man who could snatch 2.5 times his body weight; he was the one who could clean and jerk 3 times his body weight. At 15, he set his first world record. At the end of his...
1905
Bill O'Reilly, a leg-spinner with the speed of a medium pacer, was born on this day. Also known as ‘Tiger’, Bill was 6feet 2inches tall who played 27 Test matches and took 144 wickets.
1948
A Test match, that remains the...
1916
Merv Wallace, one of New Zealand's most underrated cricketers, was born on this day. Wallace scored two half-centuries on debut at Lord's in 1937 and returned after the war to score 1722 runs on the 1949 tour of England.
1969
Nayan...
1910
Eric Tindill, an extraordinary sportsman for New Zealand was born on this day. Tindill is the only man to play Test cricket and rugby, as well as becoming a Test umpire and international rugby referee. He made his Test...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has decided to slash the number of participants in the Indian contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In response to the decision, sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has written to the Federation to reconsider the...
1914
Mushtaq Ali, the stylish opener for India, was born on this day. He formed a fine opening partnership with Vijay Merchant, and in the second Test in 1936, at Old Trafford, the pair added 203 for the first wicket...
1882
Jack Hobbs, the man who scored the most runs and the most hundreds in first-class cricket, was born on this day. The Englishman scored 61,760 runs and 199 centuries of which most of the runs came while playing for...