Australian cricket great David Boon has ended his 14-year stint as an international match referee, overseeing his final game during Bangladesh’s emphatic Test victory over Zimbabwe in Chattogram on Wednesday. Boon, 64, officiated in 389 international matches-surpassing the length of his 12-year playing career for Australia, during which he amassed 13,386 runs, including 26 centuries….
Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, right, receive the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for suit-up and launch on a Soyuz rocket, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to…
It has been almost three years since the Supreme Court last heard arguments in a case that turned on one of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, a curious lull in what had been a signature project for the court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.: to bolster the place of faith…
PRAYAGRAJ: Despite over 60 crore visitors and countless holy dips during Mahakumbh, the Ganga remains completely germ-free.According to a study conducted by a leading scientist reveals that Ganga is the world’s only freshwater river where 1,100 types of bacteriophages naturally purify the water by eliminating pollution and killing 50 times more germs than their number,…
Star New Zealand batter Will Young began his Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with a marvellous hundred against Pakistan in the opening game of the tournament on Wednesday, February 19 in Karachi. Young brought up his fourth ODI hundred off 107 balls as he rescued New Zealand’s innings from a precarious position of 73/3. He played…
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the first tournaments of 2025 reached their sharp ends all across Australia and New Zealand. Aryna Sabalenka continued a remarkable record and too many matches were ended by retirements. If you’d…
India’s Rishabh Pant . (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s dynamic wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant lit up the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday with a breathtaking 61 off just 33 balls in the second innings of the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. His explosive knock, which featured six fours and four sixes, left fans…
PANAJI: The revenue collection in Goa surged remarkably by Rs 75.51 crore in December 2024 compared to the same month last year, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday. He said the rise in the revenue highlighted Goa’s rising economic growth and fiscal health, making December 2024 a significant milestone for the state. Sawant said…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his condolences over the passing of former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna, describing him as a “remarkable leader, prolific reader, and thinker.” SM Krishna passed away early Tuesday morning in Bengaluru at the age of 92.Sharing a series of posts on X, PM Modi said, “Shri…
