14th Day of March
1963 Bruce Reid, the tall left-arm Australian pace bowler, was born on this day. Reid played 27 Test matches for India and ended with 113 wickets at an average of 24. In 61 ODIs, he took 63 wickets. His crowning achievement was to take 13 wickets against England at Melbourne in 1990-91. 2001 This day saw one of the greatest comeback...
Day 5: Netherlands continue dominance in Speed Skating
Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands gave her country a record-equalling fourth Olympic gold medal in the event as he cruised to victory in 1,000m gold at Pyeongchang. In her way to the gold, she powered to a new Olympic record of 1:13.56. Nao Kodaira of Japan settled for silver as she could not sustain her momentum towards the...
The newest game in town….Pickleball….that levels people across the society
The old and historic city of Nanded, located some 570kms away from Mumbai, has the passion to embrace the new. With a literacy rate of almost 88% and a gender ratio of 924 females for every 1000 males, it is a progressive city. And this is clearly evident with Nanded’s eagerness to accept a new sport like Pickleball. A combination...
A quickfire by Mithali Raj guided India to their T20 victory against South Africa
Mithali Raj played a strokeful innings of 54* to lead India to a 7-wicket victory in the first of the 5-match T20 series against South Africa. India had already won the ODI series 2-1 and is dominant in the series. Coming into bat, South Africa posted a respectful total of 164/4. Anuja Patil grabbed two wickets for four runs while...
Day 4: Canadian pair wins the first-ever mixed doubles final of Curling
American teenager, Chloe Kim, claimed gold in Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe by defeating China's Liu Jiayu by almost 10 points. Kim scored a near-perfect score of 98.25 on her final run. Kim is the dual gold medallist from the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Lillehammer 2016. Arielle Gold of USA who was a dual silver medal-winning YOG athlete from Innsbruck...
Day 3: Laura Dahlmeier creates history by claiming 2nd Biathlon gold
Laura Dahlmeier took her second gold medal at PyeongChang 2018, as she emerged victorious in women’s 10km biathlon. Two days prior she took the gold in 7.5km Biathlon event., thus creating history in Biathlon for Germany. Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina pipped past Anais Bescond of France by a mere 0.2 seconds. Dahlmeier was accurate in shooting and power in the...
12th Day of March
1938 Vijay Mehra, the youngest Test cricketer for India at that time, was born on this day. He was overtaken by Maninder Singh in 1982-83. An opener, Mehra played two Tests in his debut series but remained out of contention for six years. He came back against England in Calcutta in 1961-62. He played a total of 8 Tests for...
Saurav Ghosal wins Indian Open Squash title in a hard-fought final
Saurav Ghosal, the National Champion in squash, clinched the Vedanta Indian Open Squash after a playing brilliantly in the final hours of the final match against No 2 seed Nicolas Mueller of Switzerland. Top seeded Ghoshal won 11-9 5-11 6-11 11-7 12-10 in the 67-minute final. This is the second crown at home in four months on the Professional...
Davinder and Sonia win gold on Day 1 of Asian Games Invitational Athletics
India had an eventful opening day in the Asian Games invitational athletics test event by winning two gold, three silver and three bronze in Jakarta. Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang and 400m runner Sonia Baishya won the gold. stamped Indian dominance in the event at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium. Davinder Kang, a finalist at the 2017 World Championships...