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| FIFA honours Indian football icon Sunil Chhetri for his achievements | | |  agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: World football governing body FIFA has released a three-episode series on the life and career of talismanic Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri in recognition of his achievements and goal-scoring exploits.
FIFA announced that the three episodes are available on FIFA+, its streaming platform. "You know all about Ronaldo and Messi, now get the definitive story of the third highest scoring active men's international. Sunil Chhetri | Captain Fantastic is availa | |
| | | | India U-17 boys register 3-1 victory over 10-man Oman in football friendly in Muscat | | |  agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: The India U-17 boy's football team converted a couple of penalties to register a comfortable 3-1 win over a 10-man Oman in a friendly match held in Muscat. The team played against the hosts on Tuesday as part of its preparations for the AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers, which is scheduled to begin on October 3 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Gangte (10th) converted a penalty to open the scoring for the visitors with Thokchom (18th) doubling India's lead eight minutes later. | |
| | | | Mission olympics shooting academy excels with 25 medals | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 28: Mission Olympics Shooting Academy Jammu (MOSAJ) is soaring new Heights everyday in the field of Shooting. MOSAJ has undoubtedly shown great performances over a short period of time.
In the ongoing 11th J&k UT Shooting Championship, a total of 32 Shooters participated out of which MOSAJ Shooters captured 25 medals (11 Gold, 8 Silver, 6 Bronze). The worthy Chief Guest DGP Dilbag Singh Complimented the hard work of player of MOSAJ. He also appreciated the elit | |
| | | | Indian pacer Mohammed Shami tests negative for COVID-19 | | | |
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NEW DELHI, Sept 28: India pacer Mohammed Shami on Wednesday tested negative for COVID-19, over 10 days after he had been infected by the virus The 32-year-old posted his negative report on his Instagram account, hours after the BCCI named veteran pacer Umesh Yadav as his replacement for the three-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning on Wednesday in Thiruvananthapuram. "Negative," Shami wrote along with a picture of his COVID test report. The senior India pacer had tested positive for the virus on September 17. He was subsequently ruled out of the recently-concluded three-match series against Australia. Earlier in the day, the pacer had been ruled out of the T20s aga | |
| | | | Harman moves up to fifth in ICC rankings | | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: Riding on her stupendous show against England, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday jumped four spots to reach the fifth spot in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. She leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the rankings after the team's 3-0 sweep over England.
Kaur smashed a match-winning 143 not out off 111 deliveries in the second match in Canterbury.
Opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have also moved up in the latest update that considers performances in the last two matches of that series as well as the IWC series between the West Indies and New Zealand.
Mandhana, a formerly top-ranked batter who scored 40 and 50 in the | |
| | | | Jasprit Bumrah makes it to Mark Waugh's top five picks for T20 World Cup 2022 | | | |
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NEW DELHI, Sept 28: World Cup winning former Australia opener Mark Waugh has picked Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as one of his top five picks for the T20I showpiece Down Under. Bumrah recently returned to action after recovering from a back injury in the three-match T20 series against Australia that India won 2-1. The 28-year-old, who underwent rehab at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore, looked fully fit but he's yet to get back to his old rhythm. "I think he's a fantastic bowler in all formats, actually. His ability to get wickets in T20 cricket is key. He can bowl at the death and he can bowl up front," Waugh told the ICC website.
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| | | | England 'offers' to be neutral venue for Indo-Pak Test series, BCCI 'not interested' | | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: England and Wales Cricket Board has informally offered to be the hosts if India and Pakistan plan to play a bilateral Test series but BCCI sources said chances of that happening in near future is "next to nil".
The UK daily 'Telegraph' reported that "Martin Darlow, the deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has held talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board during the current T20 series and offered England's grounds as venues for ideally a three-match Test series in future."
While the ECB has made the offer for its own commercial gains, the powers that be in the BCCI laughed off the suggestions and said that no such possibilities might arise at l | |
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