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Oct 14, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Two-time World Champion Muktar Edris will join Paris 2024 gold medallist Joshua Cheptegei in the men’s elite field at the Delhi Half Marathon 2024 on Sunday. This will be the 19th edition of the gold-standard World Athletics Label Road Race which began in 2005. Edris has been bereft of a podium finish in Delhi, finishing fourth with a time of 54:09 in 2020, while clocking 1:01:05 to finish at the eighth spot in 2022. His personal best timing at the half marathon stands at 58:40.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Australia allrounder Cameron Green has opted to go under the knife for surgery on his back after scans found a “unique” issue that was exacerbating his back injury. The surgery will rule him out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series with India, with an expected recovery time of six months that also puts him out of February’s Test tour of Sri Lanka and the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, as well as casting doubt on his availability for the next Indian Premier League season.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Aryaman Varma missed the 2024 honors but looks well on course to clinch the 2025 Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year Award, awarded to the best schoolboy cricketer in the United Kingdom. England’s T20 stars Jonny Bairstow (St Peter’s School, York, 2008) and Jos Buttler (King’s College, Taunton, 2010) were a recipient of the prestigious honor that marked a major start to their respective careers.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
The second edition of the FIFA Futsal World Ranking, which was published on Friday, 11 October 2024, revealed some significant changes – in both tables – on the back of 65 women’s matches and 179 in the men’s game.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Ayhika Mukerjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee have advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles at the 27th Asian Table Tennis Championships in Asthana. The Indian duo secured their spot by defeating Kazakhstan’s Zauresh Akasheva and Sarvinoz Mirkadirova 11-4, 11-7, and 11-8. Following a first-round bye, they had overwhelmed Uzbekistan’s Markhabo Magdieva and Arujan Kamalova 11-3, 11-6, 11-4. Their next challenge will be against South Korea’s formidable pair of Kim Nayeong and Lee Eunhye.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
South Africa’s Men’s Test captain Temba Bavuma was ruled out of the first Test of the two-game series against Bangladesh. Scans revealed a left tricep muscle strain on Bavuma, thus ruling him out of the opening fixture of the Bangladesh tour. The two-game series is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. South Africa are presently placed at the fifth place with a point percentage of 38.89, and a successful outing in Bangladesh can significantly boost their push for a top-two finish.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Umpire Aleem Dar has been named a voting member in Pakistan’s selection committee. He is set to retire as a professional umpire after Pakistan’s domestic season in 2024-25 ends. He will be joined by Aqib Javed, Azhar Ali, and Hassan Cheema as new members of a panel that consists of Asad Shafiq, who is already a part of the committee. The members will have a right to vote during any selection process in the committee.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Indian Sports Ministry on Thursday released a Draft National Sports Governance Bill, 2024, seeking advice from the stakeholders and general public before the bill becomes law. Under the proposed bill, a Court Of Arbitration For Sport (CAS)-styled Appellate Sports Tribunal is proposed to resolve athletes’ and officials’ disputes instead of approaching various courts of the country.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
Kolkata-based Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers have named Australia’s Colin Batch and Glenn Turner as coaches of its men’s and women’s teams respectively for the Hockey India League 2024 season. Batch was a part of the Australian squad from 1979 to 1990, including his one-year stint as vice-captain. He was a part of the squad that won the World Cup gold medal in 1986 and bronze medals in 1982 and 1990 besides clinching the top podium finish in the Champions Trophy four times.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
timelinedaily.com | Samrat Chakraborty
The Ashoka Road in downtown Kingston will be soon renamed after Jamaica’s greatest women’s Olympic sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. This is the same street where the eight-time Olympic medallist — individual and team events — was born and raised. She will be further celebrated in her native land with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, KSMAC, approving the decision on October 8, to rename the street in Waterhouse after the daughter of the soil.
