Shafali Verma becomes fastest woman double-centurion in Test cricket
Dashing India opener Shafali Verma smashed the fastest double-century in the history of women’s Test cricket, eclipsing Annabel Sutherland of Australia during the one-off Test against South Africa here on Friday. Shafali, 20, scored her double ton off just 194 balls, bettering Sutherland’s feat, which came off 248 balls against South...
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Shafali Verma becomes fastest woman double-centurion in Test cricket
Dashing India opener Shafali Verma smashed the fastest double-century in the history of women's Test cricket, eclipsing Annabel Sutherland of Australia during the one-off Test against South Africa here on Friday. Shafali, 20, scored her double ton off just 194 balls, bettering Sutherland's feat, which came off 248 balls against South...
Gukesh beats Deac Bogdan-Danielin Superbet Classic chess
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh started off on a positive note, beating Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania in the first round of the Superbet Classic chess tournament here. Set to challenge reigning World Champion Ding Liren of China later this year, Gukesh got a bit lucky in the middle game as the both...
Sreeja attributes recent wins to mental and physical strength, aims to carry momentum to Olympics
Indian's top-ranked women's table tennis player Sreeja Akula credits her enhanced mental and physical strength over the past two years for her stunning victories against higher-ranked players as she hopes to carry this momentum into the Paris Olympics. Sreeja created history last week by becoming the first Indian table tennis player...
Fueled by feeling insulted, Romania draws 1-1 with Slovakia to send both into Euro 2024 round of 16
Romania coach Edward Iordanescu felt insulted by that pre-game chatter he called "shameful" of possibly contriving a low-key draw against Slovakia to send both teams into the European Championship knockout round. It did indeed end 1-1 on Wednesday and Romania finished atop of Group E - ahead of favored Belgium -...
Belgium advances to last 16 at Euro 2024 after 0-0 draw, Ukraine eliminated
Belgium got the best out of a 0-0 draw at the European Championship, advancing to the last 16 while Ukraine became the first team with four points in a group to be eliminated. The downside for the Belgians at Euro 2024 is they will next face France and Kylian Mbappe on...
Kvaratskhelia’s Georgia upsets Ronaldo's Portugal 2-0 to reach the last 16 at Euro 2024
A pre-game chat with Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Georgia to one of the biggest upsets in European Championship history, beating Portugal 2-0 and advancing to the last 16. Georgia's No. 7 has admired Ronaldo for years and had spoken before the game of how much he wanted his hero's...
Unprecedented: Over 30 dope sample collection officers at National Inter-State C'ships
A huge posse of more than 30 dope control officers (DCO) from the NADA have descended here for sample collection from the athletes taking part at the National Inter-State Championships, the final Olympics qualifying event, and they have been instructed to do target testing also. Usually, dope samples of the medal...
