From Irengbam, a village 22 km away from Imphal, to Scotland’s capital Glasgow. That is a life’s voyage for Bala Devi, who on Wednesday proudly wore the No. 10 jersey of Scottish giants Rangers FC. The Manipuri striker made history by becoming the first Indian woman footballer to bag a professional contract from a foreign club.
The Indian cricket board's (BCCI) grand project to build a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) to replace the National Cricket Academy (NCA) is likely to cost around Rs 500 crores, TOI has learnt. The project is likely to take another two years to be completed.
Manchester City booked their place in a third successive League Cup final, but made hard work of disposing of Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate after losing the second leg of their semi-final 1-0 at home on Wednesday.
Real Madrid made it 20 games unbeaten by thrashing Real Zaragoza 4-0 on Wednesday to ease into the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
Liverpool continued their breathless march to a first English title in 30 years, easing to a 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Wednesday to move 19 points clear at the Premier League summit.
Returning after a 16-month long injury layoff, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra achieved the Tokyo Olympics qualification mark (85m) late on Tuesday evening after throwing the spear to an impressive distance of 87.86m at a low-key Athletics Central North East (ACNE) meet in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Umesh, who is looking forward to selection in the Test squad for New Zealand tour, was part of the Virat Kohli-led team that won the first-ever Test series against Australia in Australia in 2019. After the historic win, coach Ravi Shastri went on to say this India pace attack is the 'best we have ever had'.