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Legendary batter Donald Bradman, while playing in a domestic match in 1931, actually scored a total of 100 runs in a span of three overs. At the time, an over actually constituted of eight balls and Bradman hit 33, 40 and 27 runs respectively in three consecutive overs. In fact Bradman went on to score 256 runs in the innings. This is actually very interesting news and from it people can learn many things about cricket as this sport is about many things. Today cricket comes among top sports in the world and in every corner of the world it is watched and played. If you see for the popularity of cricket India has large contribution as Indian cricket team is considered as the best cricket of the world. In fact cricket is played from long time and it is actually very advanced sport. In rea...

Authorities have issued a stern warning against ticket resale for the Durand Cup semi-final scheduled for August 26 at JN Stadium in Shillong. The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs emphasized the importance of reporting any resale activities to the Meghalaya Police in a press release on August 25, addressing public concerns over ticket sales and crowd management. The highly anticipated clash between Shillong Lajong FC and North East United FC has led to an unprecedented demand for tickets, with all 15,000 seats at the stadium now sold out. To ensure ticket authenticity, all official tickets feature holograms, and only those with valid passes will be allowed entry. In response to the high demand, officials have set up fan parks throughout Shillong and neighboring districts to ac...

The Durand Cup semifinal featuring Northeast United FC and Shillong Lajong FC has been relocated to the JN Stadium in Shillong. The highly anticipated North East Derby will now take place on August 26 at 5:30 pm, following a wave of fan demand. The decision to move the match was driven by fervent requests from supporters of both teams, who wanted the game played in Shillong, a stronghold for both clubs. The rescheduling to August 26 allows the organizers to accommodate this change, ensuring that the local fans can experience the high-stakes clash in their home turf. The Durand Cup Organizing Committee announced, "In response to overwhelming requests from supporters of both teams, and recognizing the traditional significance of Shillong as a football stronghold, we have decided to re...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to replace the incumbent Greg Barclay of International Cricket Council (ICC). According to the sources, Jay Shah is to be the new Chairman of ICC. However, Barclay has confirmed that he has no intention of running for the post, for the third term. ICC confirmed by saying that, "ICC chair Greg Barclay confirmed to the board that he will not stand for a third term and will step down from the post when his current tenure finishes at the end of November. Barclay was appointed as the independent ICC chair in November 2020, before being re-elected in 2022." "Current directors are now required to put forward nominations for the next chair by 27 August 2024 and if there is more than one candidate, an election will be held with t...

On August 18, 2008 Virat Kohli made his India debut in an ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. Actually he made his debut aged 19 under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. In fact he opened the innings along with Gautam Gambhir. Actually Zaheer Khan was the oldest player in the XI at 29. In fact the playing XI also featured Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh. This is very important news and we need to think it in a good way as right now Virat Kohli is very valuable for Indian cricket team. If you see today cricket has become very popular sport and in every corner of the world it is played and watched. Actually for the success of cricket India has huge contribution as right now Indian cricket team is considered as the best cricket team in the world. In fact India has many talented cricketer...

Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal have been facing online backlash due to her recent statement about sport Javelin during a podcast. Nehwal said, "When Neeraj won [the Tokyo gold in 2021], that's when I got to know there is such an event in athletics." Netizens couldn't take such statement from a prominent player like Saina Nehwal and slammed her for lacking knowledge of sports, some tagged her as 'Kangana Ranaut of sports'. In response to the criticism hitting back at the trolls she responded, "Thanks for the compliment… Kangana is beautiful… but I had to be perfect in my sport and I proudly achieved world number 1 and an Olympic medal in badminton for my country. Again I will say this: 'Ghar pe bait ke comment karna easy hai, and sports khelna difficult.' Neeraj is our supersta...

 The podium cost of a 2024 Olympic gold medal is approximately $950 (79,750 rupees), based on the spot price of gold, silver and iron on July 24, according to Forbes. It further reported that a silver medal is made of 507-gram silver and 18-gram iron and costs $486(40,800 rupees). The podium value of a bronze medal is reportedly $13 (1090 rupees). This is very important news as today everyone thinks that the Olympics is a very important sporting event. Today all nation of the world takes Olympics very seriously and want to perform well in it. Actually, India also participates in the Olympics and this time in the Paris Olympics the performance of India was very average. Actually, apart from cricket, India needs to take other sports very seriously so that India becomes proud in every way...

Recently India are placed 69th on the medal standings at Paris Olympics following their sixth medal win. Actually India have bagged one silver medal and five bronze medals at the ongoing Games. In fact the medal standings are currently led by USA, who have bagged 33 gold medals and a total of 111 medals. After this China are second with 33 golds and 83 total medals. This is very important news and from this we can get that what type of performance India is doing in the Olympics. Right now India is actually trying very hard in Olympics and wants to perform better to get good position in the Olympics. Actually if you see winning a gold medal in Olympics is very important and it actually give huge impact. If you see today in India we give huge importance to cricket but this is not right b...

Recently Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI in Colombo to clinch the three-match series 2-0. Actually India have lost an ODI series against Sri Lanka after 27 years. In fact Sri Lanka posted a total of 248/7 and dismissed India for 138 in 26.1 overs. Notably, this was actually Gautam Gambhir’s first ODI series as India head coach. This is very sad news for all Indian cricket fans and India needs lots of improvement right now in cricket to play well in future. Today cricket has become very popular sport and in every corner of the world it is played and watched. In fact for the success of cricket India have lots of contribution as today Indian cricket team is considered as the best cricket team in the world. Actually Sri Lanka is very strong cricket team and they had a...