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Sanju Samson announces marriage with collegemate Sanju Samson is set to marry his college classmate in December later this year, the cricketer announced on Sunday. The 23-year-old wicket-keeper batsman from Kerala made the announcement on Facebook. Posting a photo of him along with his fiance, Charu, he captioned: "11.11 p.m. on 22nd August 2013 was when I sent a 'Hi' to her. From that day till now, almost five years I have waited to put a picture with her and tell the world that I am in love with this special girl. "We spent time together, but couldn't walk together publicly. But from today we can. Thanks a lot to our parents for agreeing to this happily." "Both were classmates at the Mar Ivanios College here. The marriage has been fixed with the blessings of both the families," said Kumar. Charu is presently pursuing her post graduation. Samson played for Rajasthan Royals in this year's Indian Prem...

While all cricket fans have been mulling over the retirement of Alastair Cook, in some breaking news coming in another 33 yeard old English Player is all set to call it a day. Yes, you read that right. In some breaking news coming in Ladies and Gentlemen, Katherine Brunt, who is England’s second highest wicket-taker and 9th highest overall in Women’s One Day International Cricket has announced that she would hang up her boots after the World T20 in November. This will certainly be a huge blow to the ‘Poms’ as it will leave a huge gap as far as their fast bowling department is concerned. Just like Alastair Cook, an athlete of the ability of Brunt would certainly be hard to replace.  When asked if she would try her hands at coaching, the fast bowler had a very interesting take on the same. Brunt expressed that she would love to try her hands on coaching but would not like to get into the commercial aspect of it. “If I do any coaching after I retire ...

Ashian games 2018 : Shuttler PV Sindhu beats Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 21-19  The second day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 has started in Indonesia on August 20, Monday. Wrestler Bajrang Punia who is 2014 defending champion, dedicated his gold medal to Late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji. He bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle event on Day 1 (Sunday). He thrashed Japan’s Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final round.  “Congratulations @BajrangPunia for the memorable victory in the 65 kg freestyle wrestling. This win is even more special because it is India's first Gold in the @asiangames2018. Best wishes for your future endeavours. #AsianGames2018”, PM Modi tweeted to express his joy on the first gold medal. On the other hand shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened the account for India by winning the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event. They had scored 429.9 to finish f...