All-rounder Shahid Afridi has been reappointed as Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain – three years after he was sacked from the role. Afridi, 34, led Pakistan to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in 2010. He was removed from the post in 2011 after falling out with then coach Waqar Younis andRead More

KKR Depleted by the absence of some high-profile cricketers, IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders will have a tough task at hand when they lorn horns with the formidable Chennai Super Kings in the opening Group A match of Champions League T20 on Wednesday. Buoyed by its thumping success in the IPLRead More

Granada, Indian markswomen’s disappointing performance at the World Championship continued as some of the well-known names put up a sorry show on the eighth day of the competition. In the 50m Rifle prone for women, Kuheli Ganguly shot 619.4 to finish a poor 26th while Lajja Goswami and Raj ChaudharyRead More

Sydney, Australia has built an artificial pitch at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane to help its batsmen deal with spin-bowling on the slow tracks of the subcontinent, where they have so often struggled in the past. The surface, which is intended to mimic the conditions in India, Pakistan andRead More

London, The good news for Schalke 04`s defenders as they prepare to face Chelsea in their opening Champions League Group G match on Wednesday is that striker Diego Costa is nursing a slight hamstring injury. The bad news is that even without being fully fit he has scored seven goalsRead More

Seen at the music launch of her upcoming film Happy New Year and the next minute, she was spotted at the success party of her recently released film Finding Fanny. Must say Deepika Padukone is one busy lady, be it film shooting or party hopping! The queen of B-town lookedRead More

Commercial Bollywood films may be his “bread and butter” but Emraan Hashmi says he is keen to take risks and do projects that scare him as a performer post his “creatively satisfying” turns in ‘Shanghai’ and Danis Tanovic’s upcoming movie ‘Tigers.’ Hashmi’s performance in the Oscar-winning director’s real-life inspired dramaRead More

Actress Sonam Kapoor has supported her colleague, actress Deepika Padukone’s recent outburst against a newspaper for putting up her tasteless pictures on its Twitter handle, saying objectification of actresses is a sad reality. Deepika, 28, had angrily responded to the pictures on Sunday, tweeting “Yes! I am a woman. IRead More

Mumbai, It was too good to last. The crazy-in-love couple Tanishaa Mukerji and Armaan Kohli have called off their relationship. Sparks flew between the two when they were closeted in Bigg Boss House during the last season despite the buzz that mamma Tanuja was not happy with her daughter’s choice.Read More

Ottawa, Donald Bayne, lawyer for Mike Duffy, made a brief court appearance this morning and says he hopes to set a trial date for the suspended senator at another court meeting next week. Duffy was not in the court. In July, the RCMP charged the former Conservative senator with 31Read More