Author: Samestha Mishra

Lakshay, Kidambi, and Prannoy progressed to the second round of the BWF World Championships. However, B Sai Praneeth lost to Chou Tien Chen. Lakshya Sen continued his outstanding run on Monday. He defeated Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark in straight games. Sen advanced to the men’s singles Round 2 at the 2022 BWF World Championships in Tokyo. India also won the women’s and mixed doubles categories on the first day. Men Singles Sen, 20, defeated an inexperienced Vittinghus 21-12, 21-11 in his first match. Kidambi Srikanth of India defeated Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in a match in a row. The silver…

Young Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth will be expected to lead India’s campaign at the BWF World Championship, commencing in Tokyo on Monday. PV Sindhu will be absent in the tournament due to injury for the first time in ten years.  Sindhu is a huge figure in the BWF’s most prestigious and competitive competition, with five medals, including gold in 2019. But an ankle injury en route to a maiden Commonwealth Games championship success crushed her chances of travelling to the Japanese capital. Thus, The burden of extending India’s outstanding run in the competition falls to Lakshya and…

The country’s best weightlifters, including Mirabai Chanu, have opted to miss the Asian Championship in favour of the World meet. The meet serves as a qualifying event for the Paris Olympics. Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu and seven other elite weightlifters from India will go to the United States on Tuesday. There will be a three-and-a-half-week strength and conditioning (S&C) training camp in St. Louis. Chanu will go to St. Louis, Missouri, for a three-and-a-half-week program together with 2022 Commonwealth Games medalists Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Achinta Sheuli, Sanket Sagar, Gurdeep Singh, Bindyarani Devi, previous CWG champion R V Rahul, and Asian…

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will be suspended immediately, according to a decision made by FIFA on Tuesday. The All India Football Federation, the nation’s highest administrative organization, was suspended by the sport’s governing body FIFA on Tuesday. The FIFA Council Bureau unanimously decided on the matter. The decision was made as a result of third-party intervention which is a significant breach of the FIFA Statutes. A FIFA member association failing to maintain independence or losing control of its organization is referred to as third-party intervention.  “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All…

Rafael Nadal won’t play in the Davis Cup group round after being left off of the Spain team’s roster on Monday. Rafael Nadal will miss the Davis Cup group round next month. He has not been selected for the Spain team on Monday. Alexander Zverev will be leading the German team.  The 36-year-old Nadal has 22 Grand Slam singles victories, which is a record for men. He won the Australian Open and the French Open earlier this year. He was set to play Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon semifinal, however he was forced to withdraw due to an abdominal injury.…

Glenn McGrath believes that the current Australian team’s toughest task will be to perform well and win a Test series in India. Veteran Glenn McGrath stated that the current Australian team’s greatest task is to win a series in India. “Obviously, the single biggest challenge for Australia is coming to India, performing well and winning the series”, he said. The Australian team will play a four-match Test series against the Indian side, early in the next year . India has lately dominated both at home and in Australia. It makes the Border-Gavaskar Trophy one of the most heated rivalries in…

Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor has claimed that one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals franchise “slapped” him during the 2011 IPL season.  He further said that he was slapped by the franchise’s owner after being dismissed for a duck during a game against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in Mohali. Ross Taylor: Black & White, his new book, revealed the bombshell. Taylor, who played his final international match against the Netherlands in March of this year, was well-known in India. He was a key member of many teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Kiwi…

India’s ace table tennis player, Sharath Kamal, won four medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, including three golds and one silver. He made his debut at a CWG appearance in 2006, where he won two gold medals. Since his homecoming, he has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and respect. The 40-year-old has proven that age is just a number with his performance. He is also happy to have been the flag bearer at the games’ closing ceremony. “When you perform well for your country, it gives you the satisfaction that you’ve made people around you proud. Seeing…

The son of renowned cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar, is set to depart from the Mumbai domestic team. He can be a part of Goa for the 2022–2024 session. The emerging Mumbai star will quit his home team, SRT Sports Management said on Thursday. Arjun has already requested a NOC from the Mumbai Cricket Association and claims a PTI report. He will be allowed to play this season for a different state association once his application gets approved. “Getting maximum game time on the ground is important for Arjun at this juncture of his career.” We believe that the shift will…

KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. The BCCI medical team announced the senior opener’s fitness on Thursday, August 11. On July 30, the BCCI declared a 15-man squad for the Zimbabwe series. Senior Indian ballplayer Shikhar Dhawan initially captained the team. KL Rahul’s name was not on the list because of his ongoing surgery.  He was out of action before the Indies outing because of hernia surgery and later a positive COVID diagnosis. The batsman wasn’t at first chosen for the Zimbabwe tour because of his prolonged recovery. He was granted time…