Aditi Ashok becomes the first Indian golfer to qualify for LPGA Tour Championships
The 19-year-old Indian prodigy in golf, Aditi Ashok became the first from this country to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championships on the LPGA. She is one of the eight rookies to make it to the Tour Championships. While only three rookies made their way to the Tour Championships in 2016, this year as many as eight...
15th Day of December
1930 Alimuddin, a sensational bat who could not live up to the expectation, was born on this day. He played 25 Tests for Pakistan. In his country's first home series, in 1954-55 against India, he scored three half-centuries and an unbeaten 103 in five Tests. But he failed to show similar consistency over the rest of his career. 1966 Carl Hooper, the...
14th Day of December
1938 Charlie Griffith who formed one of the most fearsome fast-bowling partnership for West Indies, was born on this day. But Griffith started his career as a spinner. In his 24 Tests, Griffith took 98 wickets. He was so fast that he once infamously fracture Indian captain Nari Contractor’s skull that put his life in danger. 1960 The first tie of...
The ‘Arms’ and the ‘Men’-but not of Shaw; it is the Armwrestling
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 work and the scene is left desolate. This is the way we look at Panja but to some it is...
The winner of maximum World Titles, Pankaj Advani does it again
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 Russell of England in IBSF World Billiards Champion in Doha, he became the proud owner of 17 World Titles in...
13th Day of December
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 West Indies side, made his Test debut against India in Bombay. Lloyd was only 22 at that time. He scored...
12th Day of December
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 created some major havoc in cricket history, was born on this day. The Indian made a dynamic ODI debut against...
11th Day of December
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 took 50 wickets at an average of 23.64. Gupte had a better average overseas (28.57) than he did at home...
10th Day of December
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 runs with an average of 22.65 and obtained 556 wickets for 18.89 runs each. He fell in action in 1st...
A tigress is always a tigress- ‘Magnificient’ Mary proves her point
“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. She is the Asian Boxing Champion for the fifth time. And she has proved why she is one of the...