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'The Hundred' Takes England Cricket By Storm
The Hundred ball format cricket, which finally came to life this week after four years of ideation, turned out to be a super-hit in the first two matches as it didn't just boost the viewership of women's cricket but was also the most-watched cricket this year in England. ....
Fireworks soared above Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium Friday as the delayed Summer Games finally held its opening ceremony — an event that culminates in lighting the Olympic cauldron. Nineteen Indians took part in the ceremony and were marshalled by 2012 London Olympics bronze-medallist Mary Kom and the Indian men’s hockey team’s captain Manpreet Singh.There was no cheering, screaming, and clapping by the huge crowd that usually fills the stadium for ceremonies of this magnitude and stature because the fans are banned from the entire Olympic....
The Hundred: Deepti Sharma Shines With All-round Performance
India's Deepti Sharma made all-round contribution, scoring 28 off 24 balls and taking one for 26 in 20 balls to help London Spirit Women beat Birmingham Phoenix Women by three wickets in The Hundred competition here on Friday. Shafali Verma, representing the Birmingham franchise, failed to score much, getting 13 off 13 balls. ....
Olympics Tennis: Sumit Nagal Beats Istomin To Record India's First Tennis Singles Win Since 1996
India's lone hope in men's tennis singles Sumit Nagal powered to a 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round here at the Ariake Tennis Court on Saturday. ....
Olympics Table Tennis: Manika Batra Beats Tin-Tin Ho 4-0, Will Face Ukraine’s Margaryta Pesotska In Round 2 Women’s Single
Indian paddler Manika Batra made it to the second round of women's singles table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics with a straight-sets win over Great Britain's Tin-Tin Ho at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Profligate India Lose 2-0 To Germany In Women's Hockey
The Indian women's hockey team wasted a bagful of chances, including a penalty stroke, to go down 2-0 in a women's hockey Group A match at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. This is India's second defeat in a row after the loss against the Netherlands. ....
No Revision In Petrol, Diesel Prices For 10 Consecutive Days
Oil marketing companies (OMC) continued to pause fuel price revision for the tenth consecutive day, the longest period in weeks, as global development on oil production and rising US inventories has softened crude and product prices. ....
Tokyo 2020: Home Favourite Naomi Osaka Loses In Straight Sets To Marketa Vondrousova
Four-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka's run at the Tokyo Olympic Games came to an end with the Japanese star losing to 2019 French Open runner-up, Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4 in the third round on Tuesday, ....
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Reveals Daniel Craig Auditioned For Rang De Basanti, But James Bond Came Calling
Hollywood actor Daniel Craig auditioned for a role in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2006 hit film "Rang De Basanti", but he took a raincheck on it because he was in the meantime cast as James Bond. He was to play the character of James McKinley, the British jailor who walked Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to their hanging, in the Aamir Khan-starrer. ....
Rakesh Asthana Takes Charge As Delhi Police Commissioner
A day after the Centre appointed former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police, the 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer took charge on Wednesday and said that he aims to focus on core policing matters. ....
