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India can take a huge step towards winning their first major title in over a decade and bury any doubts about their backbone in the knockout rounds when they face defending champions England in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals on Thursday.
The Pakistan cricket team, its players, and the board remain constant targets of social media attacks. Pakistan's early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 has seen the team being criticised severely by fans and former cricketers. Even some 'defamation' statements have been issued against Babar and his team. Amid this 'targeted campaign', reports have emerged suggesting 'legal action' will be taken against those who have launched an unwarranted attack on Babar Azam & Co. Many YouTubers and former cricketers, who accused Babar of 'misconduct' during their campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup, have been issued a warning. Amid such reports, veteran Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shahzad has doubled down his attack at Babar and the Pakistan team.
England cricket team bowler Ollie Robinson has hit a new low. In a County Championship Division Two match, the Sussex bowler was hit for five sixes - three of which were off no-balls, three fours and a single by Leicestershire's Louis Kimber in the fourth and final day of their match on Wednesday. This is the second most runs conceded in an over. The record of most runs conceded in an over is held by Robert Vance - 77 runs - Wellington vs Canterbury (1989-90).
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha on Wednesday pitched for the inclusion of yoga in the Asian Games programme as the country seeks to raise the popularity of the exercise form. In a letter to Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Raja Randhir Singh, the legendary athlete urged the continent's sports community to include yoga in the Asian Games programme. "The world celebrated the 10th International Day of Yoga on June 21 and the response to its universal has been overwhelming. People across nations have embraced yoga and drawn benefits," Usha said in the letter.
MS Dhoni will be seen donning the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) jersery once again in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. The legendary captain, who led the CSK team to record-equalling five IPL titles, will be back to competitive cricket when the 17th edition of the tournament starts on March 22 in Chennai. In the first match of IPL 2024, Dhoni's CSK will face Royal Challengers Bangalore and the captaincy great seems to be all set for the game.
India is set to lose a Hangzhou Asian Games medal after bronze medallist boxer Parveen Hooda was suspended for 22 months for whereabouts failure. Parveen had won the bronze medal in the women's 57kg weight class at the Asian Games last year, which had also fetched her a Paris Olympic quota. However, she was handed a suspension by the International Testing Agency (ITA), the agency responsible for results management, earlier this month after she failed thrice to file her whereabouts within a twelve-month period.
Nishant Dev (71kg) became the first Indian male pugilist to secure a Paris Games quota when he reached the semifinals of the Boxing Olympic qualifiers on Friday. The world championships bronze medalist, who had narrowly missed on an Olympic berth in the previous qualifiers, earned the quota after defeating Vasile Cebotari of Moldova 5-0 in the quarterfinal which was a battle of the southpaws. It is India's fourth quota place with women boxers Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preet Pawar (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) having already secured their passage to Paris. The 71kg weight class had five quotas on offer. Dev, who has been dominant all tournament, was off to a flyer, landing sharp, accurate punches. The Indian was more composed and used his punches judiciously.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), post a meeting of the national selection committee on Tuesday, revealed the Indian Shotgun team for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Senior trap shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman has made the cut in the men's Trap, while Rajeshwari Kumari will take aim in the women's Trap. Anantjeet Singh Naruka will be India's sole men's Skeet shooter while Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan in women's Skeet, complete the five quota places that the Shotgun squad had earned.