Category archives for: Sport

India wins a silver, a bronze and looses three very close bronzes

  P V Sandhu has come as saviour of India’s honour at the Rio Olympics 2016. She beat Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-10 that she dominated with a  torrent of smashes and drop shots in the finals of the women’s singles to  enter in the race for a gold in the finals. A day earlier […]

India is currently ranked no. 1 in Test cricket

                      By Kersi Meher-Homji After Sri Lanka whitewashing Australia 3-0 in the series in Sri Lanka yesterday, Australia has lost its no.1 Test ranking. On virtue of winning the series in West Indies 2-0, India has shot up to be top-ranked Test nation.   But […]

Want to hear Steve Waugh’s talk?

            By  Kersi  Meher-Homji The iconic Australian cricketer  Steve Waugh  has done more for the poor and diseased in Udayan, India, than any Indian cricketer. The Steve Waugh Foundation has raised funds and is raising funds for the daughters of leprosy sufferers in Udayan. A gritty batsman and a brainy […]

India wins the series in West Indies with flourish

            Bhuvneshwar Kumar took  a total of six West Indian wickets in the match. By Kersi Meher-Homji News to make you happy on India’s 70th Independence Day. Having won the Test series in West Indies comfortably at St Lucia on the 13th August, India will go all out to win […]

Chase’s heroic century frustrates India in Kingston

                By Kersi Meher-Homji It looked only a matter of time before India won the second Test in Kingston to take a 2-0 lead in the four Test series. India held a huge 304 run lead thanks to centuries by opening batsman Lokesh Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane. Off-spinner […]

India annihilates West Indies in Antigua

                  By Kersi Meher-Homji The Anil Kumble – Virat Kohli partnership worked splendidly in the first Test against the West Indies at North Sound in the Antigua Test. It must be very satisfying for Kumble as it was his first Test as India’s coach. And what a […]

Saina Nehwal clinches Austrlian Open Super Series Women’s title with her second win

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated China’s Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 in a 72-minute thriller winning the Australian Open Super Series women’s title on Sunday today on June 12, 2016 at the Sydney Sports Centre. This is her second Australian Open win and with this, the World No. 8 has managed to claim her maiden […]

Quickies and batsmen sizzle but spinners fizzle

                Gaurav Joshi reports from India on IPL-2016 So what has been so unique about this season of the IPL? Sixes continued to flow, as did the fall of wickets and the crowd still poured through the gates.   However, cricket on the field took a slightly different […]

Kohli the new God in Indian cricket

  By Gaurav Joshi The summer of 1998 was a heady one. Sachin Tendulkar was established as one of the world’s best batsmen while Australia was on top of everyone’s list as the team to beat. Tendulkar’s Sharjah blitz against the Aussies was instilled in kids’ mind for years to come. Everyone wanted to be […]

IPL Season Nine

              Captain Suresh Raina unveils Gujarat Lions jersey with team owner Keshav Bansal Gaurav Joshi gives progress report and few predictions   The ninth edition of the IPL is well and truly underway.   Each team has had feel of the action, experiment with their team selections and plan […]