‘No rift’ in Sena-BJP ties, Amit Shah to meet Uddhav
On his maiden visit to Mumbai on Thursday, the Bharatiya Jananta Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah sought to diffuse tension between the BJP and ally Shiv Sena by accepting Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s invitation to pay a visit to latter’s residence. Setting aside speculation of... read more »
Pankaj Advani set to take a call on professional snooker
Pankaj Advani will soon take a call on withdrawing his professional snooker tour card and indeed, about his future in professional snooker itself. “It’s all confusing, whether to play the Indian Open qualifier (for professionals) at Barnsley from September 18 to 21 or take the Indian wild card... read more »
Djokovic beats Murray, enters 8th US Open semi in a row
Through a pair of back—and—forth sets, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray put on a display befitting a matchup of past U.S. Open champions. They tracked down would—be winners and somehow got them back, prolonging points that involved 10 or 20 strokes or more, extended by Djokovic’s slides and... read more »
IPL not good for cricket: Botham
Former England captain Ian Botham has branded the Indian Premier League (IPL) as “too powerful” for the good of cricket and believes that it should not exist. Delivering the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Wednesday night, Botham said the IPL provided... read more »
