Month: December 2020

Jaishankar visits 2022 FIFA World Cup venue in Qatar

Union Minister for External Affairs, S Jaishankar, alongside India’s ambassador in Qatar Deepak Mittal, visited the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium which is a 2022 FIFA World Cup venue built by Indian construction giant Larsen & Tubro. His Excellency Hassan Al…

Who took first test cricket hat-trick for India?

Taking hat-trick is special for a bowler and it becomes more amazing when it comes in longer format of the game test cricket. For India, Harbhajan Singh is the first bowler to take hat trick in tests. He achieved the…

The impact of Covid-19 on football

The coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted football around the world. Almost all countries were forced to suspend the championships, or even complete them ahead of schedule, as happened in the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Argentina and France. And although football is…

Recap – a look back at the 2020 Golf majors

2020 has been a strange year, and one that is thankfully almost over. With the rare sight of an autumn Masters, golf’s major tournaments are over for another year, and already, focus turns to 2021. Hopefully, there will be an…

SPOTY: Who are the nominees for the World Sport Star award?

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony will take place later this month (December 20th), and along with the main award, which seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton is the favourite to win according to the Sports Personality of…

Hardik Pandya hits 2 sixes in last over as India beat Australia in 2nd T20 t20 win series

Hardik Pandya hit a towering six for the winning runs as India clinched the three-match Twenty20 series over Australia with a six-wicket victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. India at one point needed 72 runs off 36 balls…

Japan to host 2021 FIFA Club World Cup

Japan will host the Club World Cup in its existing format in late 2021, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Friday, with his expanded version of the tournament still on hold for now after being postponed due to the coronavirus…

Yuzvendra Chahal helped India beat Australia in first T20 at Manuka Oval

India’s concussion substitute Yuzvendra Chahal, who came in for Ravindra Jadeja during Australia’s innings, picked three for 25 in his four overs to help India beat Australia by 11 runs in the first T20 International at the Manuka Oval on…

Quotas allotted for 2022 women’s and 2023 men’s hockey world cups

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday allocated quotas for the 2022 women’s World Cup and the 2023 men’s World Cup at its Executive Board (EB) meeting. The qualification process had been reviewed to increase the number of quotas that…

Virat Kohli reaches to record 12000 ODI runs as India beat Australia in 3rd match

India captain Virat Kohli scored 63 runs and became the fastest player to surpass 12,000 runs in one-day internationals as the visitors beat Australia by 13 runs on Wednesday in the last of three ODI matches at Manuka Oval. India,…