In colleges, in canteens, in cafes and restaurants- an impromptu Panja often breaks. Two grasping hands, cheering crowd, deep breathe and some two-three minutes of intense action culminate in a win. Thereafter, the action stops, people go back to...
17 World Champion title; starting from 2003 till 2017, Pankaj Advani won almost all that came in his way. He is the winner of maximum number of world titles in any sport by an Indian. As he beat Mike...
1901
Sydney Barnes, the England right-arm medium pace bowler who is considered by many to be the greatest bowler of the 20th century, took 5 for 65 on debut against Australia at the Sydney.
1966
Clive Lloyd, the captain of the invincible...
1925
Dattu Phadkar, a reliable player in the Indian squad during the 1940s and 50s, was born on this day. Dattu was an attacking lower-middle-order batsman and indefatigable swing bowler.
1981
Yuvraj Singh, the dashing all-rounder whose let hand bat and ball...
1929
Subhash Gupte, one of the finest leg-spinners of his time, was born on this day. The master of Googly, Gupte made a slow start, but his Test career really took off in the West Indies in 1952-53, when he...
1886
Major William Booth, one of Test cricket's few casualties of war, was born on this day. The good-looking and handsome Englishman played 2 Tests for England. In his first-class career, Booth played 144 games for Yorkshire and scored 4,213...
“I am really happy the way this Championship has panned out. I would like to dedicate this victory to all those who have supported me even though the world had written me off.”
Yes, Mary Kom has done it again....
Finally it is time for India to implement the Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) as the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has decided to launch the programme in December 2017. The decision has come at a time when India is...
1914
Cyril Washbrook, who still holds the record of the highest opening partnership for England, was born on his day. The man from Lancashire recorded the opening partnership of 359 with Len Hutton in Johannesburg in 1948-49 against South Africa.
1968
Zoe...
Indian women's hockey team beat China 5-4 in the final of 2017 Women's Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Japan via penalty shoot-out. The win came just after some days their male counterparts won the title in Bangladesh. It is a...