Author: Anjali Singh

Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, Aditi Ashok and Avani Lekhara were among other nominees for Indian Sportswoman of the Year honor. Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu won the award for BBC Indian Sportswomen of the Year 2021 on Monday. Mirabai represented India in Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the weightlifting 49 kg category. She became the first Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic silver medal for India. The former world champion was competing with badminton champion PV Sindhu, boxer Lovlina Borgohain and golfer Aditi Ashok and para-shooter Avani Lekhara for the prestigious honor. These five nominees were selected by a panel of…

Australia wicket-keeper batter Alyssa Healy scored 129 runs in Wellington on Wednesday morning. Australia and West Indies faced each other in first semi-final of ICC Women’s World Cup at Basin Reserve in Wellington. Alyssa Healy opened with Racheal Haynes, blasted 129 runs against the fourth semi-finalist to progress in the finals on April 3. After the painful exit of Aussies women in World Cup 2017 semi-finals, Aussies have been attacking the whole season, stayed unbeaten and finished as table toppers. Early this morning, Windies won the toss and opted to bowl first. Aussies openers Healy and Haynes walked in like…

Rating: 3.5/5 The Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 is far in love-making and focuses more on substance for this romance saga. The first season of “Bridgerton” was sweet and scented with romance, whereas Season 2 has a savory of its own with Jonathan Bailey as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma. Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Rege-Jean Page) were seen drawn to each other in season 1, which captured the very nature of embracing love. The second season sees the eldest siblings of Bridgerton’s and Sharma’s taking the center stage of the show. The show explores…

MS Dhoni scored a welcoming fifty in the IPL 2022 opener against KKR. The last time he scored a fifty in IPL was three years ago. The opening match of IPL 2022 between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders brought to a great start with Vintage Dhoni scoring an unbeaten 50 off 38 balls at Wankhede on Saturday night. The 40-year-old becomes the oldest Indian to score a fifty in the history of IPL. The last time he marked a fifty was against RCB in April 2019. He then was still playing international matches for India, the last that…

India skipper Mithali Raj creates a new World Record with her 64th ODI fifty for India. Mithali Raj-led Team India posted a total of 274/7 against South Africa in ICC Women’s World Cup in a ‘do-or-die’ match at Hagley Oval Stadium on Sunday morning. The skipper played a captain’s knock of 68 off 84 balls with eight fours in Christchurch. India opener Shefali Verma gave a blistering start to the team with a quick 53 runs in 36 deliveries. Smriti Mandhana scored a challenging 71 off 84 balls with skipper Mithali that helped the duo to post a challenging total…

Rajasthan Royals took on Instagram to announce an official statement after skipper Sanju Samson expressed disappointment. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League begins today, however, ahead of the league, Rajasthan Royals faced an uncalled controversy, sacked RR admin from his role by releasing an official statement on Friday. Rajasthan Royals had shared a picture of Sanju Samson sitting in the bus using a filter and captioned “Kya khoob lagte ho (eyes emoji) (tears of joy emoji)”. However, the captain seemed disappointed with the post and expressed the same on Twitter slamming RR admin (social media team), writing: “It’s…

CSK and KKR are prepping up for the inaugural match on March 26 with two new captains to lead the team. With excitement all over, the 15th edition of IPL is just one day to go. The fans are storming the internet to cheer their favourite teams and witness the first match of IPL 2022 to get underway from Saturday. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will clash against last year’s runner-up Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 1 of TATA IPL 2022. In yesterday’s event, MS Dhoni stood down from captaincy and handed over the baton to Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.…

Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam Dhar and Nimrat Kaur return to the OTT platform with a social comedy following a politician’s attempt to pass class 10. Dasvi starring Abhishek Bachchan as Gangaram Chaudhary is a politician who finds a new purpose to complete his high school while he ends up learning his value as an illiterate after an embarrassing word of exchange with Jyoti Deswal (Yami). Yami Gautam Dhar plays a role of a strict IPS officer along with Nimrat Kaur as Bimla Devi, Gangaram’s wife and action Chief Minister open up as a quirky and feisty character as she starts…

World No. 1 WTA player, Ashleigh Barty announces early retirement in the interview shocks everyone on Wednesday. The Australian tennis player Ashleigh aka Ash Barty decides to retire from professional tennis at the age of 25. She bombshells her retirement announcement in an interview with former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua. The 25-year-old is World’s No. 1 ranked WTA player and three-time Grand Slam Champion. Barty has won 305 and lost 102 matches in her career span. She has earned three Grand Slam Singles titles and one Grand Slam Doubles title. This tennis star has finished as Year-End No.1 for three…

India is in a race to finish in the top four, defeats Bangladesh with a huge margin of 110 runs. India faced Bangladesh in Match 22 of ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Tuesday morning. Yastika Bhatia became the Player of the match with an impressive knock of 50 off 80 at number 3 for India. Match Summary IND: 229/7 (50 overs) BAN: 119 (40.3 overs) India won the toss and chose to bat first. With tripping quick wickets this morning, Indian batters managed to target 229 in 50 overs with 3 wickets in hand.…