The Sports Daily

By Parushi Gupta A REBEL WHO BROKE THE NORMS OF “THE GENTLEMAN’S GAME”   “Six sixes in an over” reading this phrase brought only one person to our minds, the Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. Not anymore, because former captain of Indian women’s cricket team, Mithali Raj recently made history in the world of women’s cricket on becoming the first Indian woman cricketer to hit six sixes in an over. Barring the magnitude of this record, it’s a small addition in her list, she is the holder of “The Arjuna Award” and “The Padma Shri”, the only cricketer to have crossed six thousand runs in a women ODI, 1 ST Indian and 5 th International women cricketer to score over a thousand world cup runs, highest total runs in women’s international cricket and scored seven consecutive half centuries.   “She’s bit of a rebel”, her mother Leela Raj once said, the rebel who smashed the rule of cricket being                    sy...

By K.S Shikhar Understanding Neymar Jr. a bit differently Football the most beautiful game which couldn’t have been the universal sport without the contribution of the legendary players who have made toughest things look so simple. One of these legends is Neymar Jr. Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, commonly known as Neymar, is the captain of the Brazilian football team, as a forward or winger known for his acceleration, speed, ability with both feets, finishing, dribbling, his playing style has earned him critical reclaim with fans, media and former Brazil Forward Pele, who has called Neymar, “an excellent player”, while Ronaldhino has claimed, “he will be the best in the world”, to this his reaction was “ it is an honour for me to hear this from the players I’ve admired in my childhood and I will try to achieve the respect, they have achieved.   The Ex FC Barcelona player has always been in news for controversial $222 million transfer to PSG in 2017, his perfo...

By K.S Shikhar   Bheke Sealed the Deal for Bangluru FC   MUMBAI- Bengaluru FC (BFC) won the Indian Super League (ISL) title against 10-man FC Goa by a late goal scored by Rahul Bheke on Sunday. As a corner was played in deep by Dimas Delgado in the 116th minute, rahul positioned himself perfectly to head the ball into the top left corner beyond the goalkeeper's reach. It kissed the edge of the post and went in. Bengaluru, who were runners-up in their ISL season last year, have thus become the first team to have won the ISL after having topped the I-League season. This was Goa's second loss in an ISL final as well -- they lost to Chennaiyin in 2015   Both teams began calmly, with Goa looking to exploit their right wing, sending long balls over to Jackichand Singh to get in behind Nishu Kumar. But, Goa were unable to get enough support inside the BFC box to convert his crosses into scoring chances. BFC had the first meaningful chance on 22 min...

By Jugal Hora KOHLI RELIEVED AFTER THE BIG WIN Virat Kohli after scoring a half century at the New Zealand series match. Virat Kohli was about to take a break from cricket for the final two ODIs and three match T-20I series   against New Zealand, with Rohit Sharma as the replacement for the team Captain. Kohli said that it is a matter of utter happiness for him that the Indian team showed off their skills and were confident about themselves and that now he can enjoy his break from the rest of the matches in peace. “It is definitely a moment for a celebration and the timing couldn’t have been perfect for such an important win and now I can be relieved that I can rely on Rohit Sharma and the whole of my squad for the rest of the matches against the black hats.”   Lately the Indian cricketer that has been doing wonders with his performance from his debut performance in 2006 in the Indian cricket team. Born and raised in Delhi he has represented his c...

By Jhankrit Ahuja "Always a pleasure to play in India": Axelsen The history of European badminton cannot be told without mentioning the name of the great Danish player, Viktor Axelsen. Following the footsteps of Peter Gade, Viktor started his journey in the game at the age of six, at the Odense badminton club. Currently owning 14 career titles, Axelsen is also known for his record breaking smash which was an astonishing 419 km/h. Although he adds to the discussion by clarifying how hard he had to practice for the same, day and night.   He discusses as to how he deals with the pressure that he always carries being the European no. 1. He says “I don’t really use energy on focusing on the pressure from other people. Of course I feel it, but the pressure from myself is even harder to handle even though I’m getting good at it. I’m happy that people believe in me, but if you keep using energy on focusing on people’s view of you, it can have a negative impact on yo...

By Jhankrit Ahuja Yonex Sunrise Open draws Indian support The Yonex- Sunrise India Open Championship 2019 saw the eighth edition of the series of tournaments under the 2019 BWF World Tour . The tournament took place in K.D Jadhav Indoor Hall in the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium , New Delhi, India. This year’s edition started on March 26 2019 and was concluded on 31 March 2019 having a total purse of $350,000. Beginning in 2008, this tournament is carried out by Badminton Association of India. The list of champions in different categories is given below.     Men’s Singles:                                               Viktor Axelsen (Danish)     Women’s Singles:                                         Ratchanok Intanon (Thai) ...