Novak Djokovic wins his seventh Wimbledon title. He beat Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) to win the title. The Serbian tennis player won a fourth successive title. This is Djokovic’s 21st Grand Slam title overall, he is one title behind record-holder Rafael Nadal. Djokovic raced out to a 6-1 lead in…
Bhubaneswar: Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha and the former Governor of Jharkhand, has been elected as the BJP’s candidate for the post of President. She has been pitched against former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been named as the opposition candidate. If elected, the 64-year-old Murmu will be the first tribal woman to…
Cuttack: India lost the second International T20 match against South Africa played at Barabati Stadium on Sunday evening. Heinrich Klaasen’s blistering 81 rubs helped South Africa win the match, leading the lead series by 2-0 in the five match series. Earlier winning the toss South African captain Temba Bavuma asked India to bat first. Rishabh…
Bhubaneswar: Former FC Barcelona youth academy head Josep Gombau returns as the new Head Coach of the Men’s Senior Team of Odisha FC. He signed a 2-year deal. This marks Josep’s return to the Juggernauts after a brief spell of two seasons. Josep was in charge of the Juggernauts in the 2019-20 season where he…
Rafael Nadal has won his 14th French Open title, taking his career grand slam tally to 22. On Sunday Rafael beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final at Roland Garros. Nadal’s victory came two days after his 36th birthday with which he became the oldest title winner in the history of…
Johnny Depp won the defamation case against Amber Heard on Wednesday and she has been ordered to pay the actor $15million in damages. During the verdict, the jury found that the actor Amber Heard defamed her former husband Johnny Depp. And thus ordered her to pay compensatory damages of $10 million and punitive damages of…
Kolkata: Playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, passed away here late on Tuesday night. He was 53. KK was performing in Nazrul Manch organised by the Gurudas College, where he fell ill. He returned to the hotel, where he complained of uneasiness following which he was rushed to a hospital. The doctors declared him…
Ahmedabad: Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans defeat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to clinch their maiden title in the Indian Premier League. The IPL final was held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bat first. Fielding first, Pandya’s team restricted Rajasthan Royals…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) in 90 schools of Odisha through virtual mode. The Odisha Government has initiated the Olympic Values Education Programme into the school curriculum of Odisha, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust. Initially, it has been…
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the Indian squad for the Paytm T20I series against South Africa. While KL Rahul will lead the team and Rishabh Pant has been assigned the responsibility as the vice-captain. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pace sensation Umran Malik and Punjab Kings’ Arshdeep Singh has also…
