New Delhi: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels “sorry” for Yuvraj Singh, who has been ignored by the selectors yet again, but said that he was “not surprised” at elegant left-hander’s exclusion once he was not picked for this year’s ICC cricket World Cup. India are struggling to slot an experiencedRead More

Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Indian men’s junior hockey team edged past Australia 1-0 to seal their spot in the final of the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup here on Saturday. the defending champions will now face Great Britain in the title clash. India would be defending the title for the thirdRead More

Rajkot: High on confidence after levelling the series, a resurgent India will look to capitalise on their return to winning ways when they take on the formidable South Africa in the crucial third ODI cricket match here on Sunday. The splendid 22-run victory in Indore on October 14 was aRead More

Abu Dhabi: Leg-spinner Adil Rashid took a five wicket haul to trigger a Pakistan collapse, but England fell 25 runs short of a dramatic win in the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Rashid, who had the worst bowling figures on his debut in the first innings of 0-163,Read More

Odense, Denmark: P.V. Sindhu on Saturday made it to her maiden Super Series final with a stunning upset victory over reigning world champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the Denmark Open here. The unseeded Indian beat the world number two and All England champion Marin 21-15 18-21 21-17 in aRead More

New Delhi: The two troubled Indian Premier League franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals can breathe a sigh of relief as The Board of Control for Cricket in India members may not push for their termination when the Working Committee meeting chaired by newly appointed president Shashank Manohar takesRead More

Shanghai: Rohan Bopanna reached the semifinals of an ATP masters for the second time this season when he and Lukasz Kubot downed Max Mirnyi and Feliciano Lopez in straight sets, here. The eighth seeded Indo-Polish pair overcame the Belarus-Spanish combine 6-4 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the USD 7,021,335 hardRead More

Mumbai: Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik hit a strokeful 167 to help Tamil Nadu post a mammoth 434 on Day 2 against Ranji giants Mumbai in the Group A league encounter here. Starting on their overnight score of 249 for six at the Bandra Kurla Complex, TN rode on Karthik’s 24th first-classRead More

Berlin: Germany’s winning bid for the 2006 World Cup was aided by bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported today. Spiegel said the German bidding committee set up a slush fund of 10.3 million Swiss francs (about 16 million at that time) that wasRead More

Bengaluru: Youngster Ganesh Satish and veteran Wasim Jaffer crafted well-paced half centuries to lead Vidarbha’s reply to Karnataka’s first innings score of 350 on the second day of their four-day Group A Ranji Trophy match at Chinnaswamy stadium here today. The former Mumbaikar, Jaffer, smashed a superb 68 runs whileRead More