New Zealand look to salvage pride in smoky Sydney

Posted on   3:12 pm

 Smoke haze could come into play as New Zealand look to salvage some pride from their miserable tour of Australia in the third and final Test in Sydney this week. With bushfires raging across New South Wales state, day two of the match on Saturday shapes up as the biggest challenge with temperatures forecast to soar and smoggy conditions expected.

2019: A year to remember for Indian Sports

Posted on   3:03 pm

The revered cricketers did most things right save for the World Cup heartbreak but 2019 became a ‘Year to Remember’ in Indian sports for trailblazing performances in Olympic disciplines, raising hopes that Tokyo 2020 might just make up for the disaster that was Rio 2016.

Fireworks, smoke & tear gas start new decade

Posted on   2:58 pm

A packed Times Square in New York was set for its annual New Year’s ball drop after crisis-marred celebrations in other countries ended a year of worldwide upheaval that saw strike-hit Paris welcome the new decade with fireworks, and London’s Big Ben ring out after a long restoration.