Month: December 2016
Hits that you missed in 2016: Enrique Gonzalez left seven Indian defenders in his wake at Junior Hockey World Cup
ICC Test Rankings: R Ashwin ends year top of the bowling, all-rounder charts; India top team
Pakistan’s oldest surviving former Test cricketer dies
Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu-Mumbai set up exciting semifinal showdown
Bindra backs IOA suspension, lauds ministry's decision
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra today backed the Sports Ministry’s decision to suspend the Indian Olympic Association and called it a “good step” following the sports body’s move to honour two scam-…
Referee Mark Clattenburg would consider offer from China
Mark Clattenburg, who refereed the biggest finals in soccer in 2016, would consider a transfer from the English Premier League to the wealthy and ambitious Chinese Super League.Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent by…
Wynne Gray: Ambition is admirable, but time is against the Lions
One small step for Six Nations teams, one giant leap for the Lions.Rugby equations rely on so many variables that it looks like a flag-waving chapter of optimism when Andy Farrell talks about bonus points in the Six Nations boosting…
Wood chopping legend Jason Wynyard joins New Zealand Order of Merit
Jason Wynyard has won more than 230 world championships and is unparalleled in wood chopping but he reckons being recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list is right up there, and even more important for his sport. Wynyard…
5 sporting legends who visited NZ at peak of powers
1 Tiger Woods The American may have faded from the limelight over the last few years, but there was a time when he was one of the biggest sporting names in the world. During that period he came down under to play the 2002 New Zealand…