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B Shrikant

B Shrikant

B Shrikant anchors the Mumbai sports desk. A journalist for more than two decades, he covers hockey, chess, athletics, basketball and volleyball.

Articles by B Shrikant

NBA gets its first full-time Indian-origin referee

Suyash Mehta

Updated on Dec 24, 2020 02:45 IST

2022 Birmingham CWG: Nations will lose berths if weightlifters are caught for doping

Representational image

Updated on Dec 23, 2020 14:17 IST

Viswanathan Anand chess academy to nurture India’s next big champion

Viswanathan Anand of India

Updated on Dec 15, 2020 04:06 IST

Hockey India plans foreign camps for men and women teams

Hockey generic image

Updated on Dec 14, 2020 02:42 IST

Weightlifting, boxing officials react with caution to “inevitable” reduction in quotas for 2024 Olympics

The 2024 Olympics Games will be held in Paris

Updated on Dec 9, 2020 07:58 IST

Fitness-wise we’re on target, no substitute for matches: Graham Reid

Graham Reid.

Updated on Dec 6, 2020 04:48 IST

Sanjana Ramesh, adjusting to new normal in a foreign land

Photo of Indian basketball player Sanjana Ramesh

Updated on Nov 25, 2020 17:43 IST

Bhamara’s wait for anti-doping verdict gets longer

Basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara at guru nanak stadiam. .in Ludhiana.

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 17:01 IST

NBA draft: No. 1 pick Edwards’ motto in life is to keep smiling

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo, Georgia's Anthony Edwards (5) looks to pass the ball during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Edwards with the first pick in the NBA draft Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 10:28 IST

NBA season from December 22, ex-champs Toronto Raptors sweat over base

The regular season will end on May 16 and the playoffs will be played from May 22-July 22, 2021.

Updated on Nov 19, 2020 05:18 IST

Hockey camps extended, exposure trip shelved due to Covid travel restrictions

The Indian men’s hockey team.

Updated on Sep 28, 2020 12:04 IST

Germany-Belgium FIH Pro League games to mark global hockey resumption

Representational image.

Updated on Sep 21, 2020 15:24 IST

As FIH Pro League starts, hockey to have first brush with Covid protocols

Representational image.

Updated on Sep 20, 2020 16:43 IST

Sonia Raman, first Indian American woman coach of an NBA team

Sonia Raman (in centre)

Updated on Sep 17, 2020 16:32 IST

TT player Desai creates mini bio-bubble to train with friend

HARMEET DESAI.

Updated on Sep 15, 2020 16:26 IST

Hope this sparks a chess revolution like 1983 did for cricket: Viswanathan Anand

File image of Viswanathan Anand.

Updated on Sep 1, 2020 02:15 IST

India’s first: Joint champions in chess Olympiad

Chess board (Representational image)

Updated on Aug 30, 2020 17:47 IST

Shortlisted for Arjuna, once-banned Bhokanal feels vindicated

Dattu Baban Bhokanal of India reacts in the Single Sculls Final C at Lagoa Stadium.

Updated on Aug 22, 2020 07:04 IST

Princepal can make it to the top level, says NBA G League chief

Princepal Singh drives during the game as part of NBA Academy on July 11, 2019 at Emory Healthcare Courts in Atlanta, Georgia.

Updated on Aug 21, 2020 15:41 IST

Basketball starlets Deodhar, Zachariah sign up for American schools

Representational image.

Updated on Aug 13, 2020 14:17 IST

From NBA to IOC, sharing the bubble map

Called NBA Campus, the bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has over 1500 persons comprising squads of all 22 teams

Updated on Jul 31, 2020 01:18 IST

India’s Princepal Singh signs up with NBA G-League

Princepal Singh drives during the game as part of NBA Academy on July 11, 2019 at Emory Healthcare Courts in Atlanta, Georgia.

Updated on Jul 28, 2020 17:19 IST

Harsimran Kaur aims high, to play in the top division of the NCAA

Harsimran Kaur

Updated on Jul 25, 2020 02:29 IST

Anand goes down to Svidler in opening round of Legends of Chess tourney

Viswanathan Anand of India

Updated on Jul 22, 2020 06:25 IST

Hockey schedule for postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games released

The Indian men’s hockey team.

Updated on Jul 17, 2020 15:18 IST

IOC postpones 2022 Youth Olympics, says committed to hosting Tokyo Games in 2021

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) attends a meeting of IOC's executive board, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Lausanne, Switzerland July 15, 2020. IOC/Greg Martin/Handout via REUTERS

Updated on Jul 15, 2020 17:24 IST

As NBA pushes to restart, 11 players positive in three days

NBA’s plans could make the bio bubble resemble a Mumbai suburban train in peak hour.

Updated on Jun 26, 2020 05:11 IST

Rasquinha helps raise funds for grassroots players, staff

Viren Rasquinha

Updated on Jun 16, 2020 17:41 IST

Hockey Pro League restart likely by October end

File image of Indian Hockey Team in action.

Updated on Jun 15, 2020 03:42 IST

Pool still out of bounds, swimmer Khade mulls retirement

India's Virdhawal Vikram Khade

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 17:42 IST

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