Punjab Thunder today successfully appealed against the last point awarded to Khalsa Warriors to earn a 58-58 tie result in a Wave World Kabaddi League match played here. Warriors were declared winner by a slim margin of 58-57 but Thunder appealed against the point awarded to their rivals, seconds beforeRead More

George Bailey has stepped down as Australia’s Twenty20 captain to focus on the longer formats of cricket. Bailey led the Baggy Greens in 28 T20 internationals after succeeding Cameron White as skipper at the start of 2012, and has quit to concentrate on next year’s World Cup in Australia andRead More

Bangalore,Leander Paes’ participation in next weekend’s Davis Cup World Group playoff here was confirmed on Sunday, but it was still uncertain whether World No.1 Novak Djokovic will be assisting Serbia. Indian Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj said at a media conference here Sunday evening that Paes would definitely be partRead More

London : English cricketers can “forget” about the shorter format unless they embrace IPL, according to Kevin Pietersen, who says his efforts to get his countrymen to play in the IPL have fallen on “deaf ears”. England have not been able to consistently make a mark in limited-overs cricket, theirRead More

Hydrabaad, Caught in a dilemma over whether to compete in the Asian Games or the WTA tournaments which clash with the event, Sania Mirza today left it on the All India Tennis Association to take a call on her participation in the continental extravaganza in Incheon, Korea. Sania today returned toRead More

Edmonton ,Jim Prentice is the new leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party, after winning more than three times as many votes as his two competitors combined. Mr. Prentice spent much of his 20-minute acceptance speech acknowledging many Albertans have lost trust in the Tories and promising to clean up theRead More

Vancouver, A court ruling at the centre of British Columbia’s protracted teachers’ strike, which has delayed the school year for half a million students, robs the government of its ability to set education policy, the province argues in documents related to an upcoming appeal. The provincial government also denies a judge’sRead More

Toronto, A Toronto detective has served Rob Ford with a subpoena to testify in the upcoming trial of his friend Alexander Lisi, the Toronto mayor’s lawyer confirmed. Toronto Police Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux gave Ford the summons at Ford’s mother’s home on Aug. 26 at 9 p.m., the mayor’s lawyer DennisRead More

Ontario,Lottery officials say the winning ticket for Friday night’s $50-million Lotto Max draw was bought in Orillia, Ont. The lucky ticket holder has yet to come forward, but they correctly matched all seven numbers, 3, 8, 11, 20, 28, 36, and 38. On top of the winning jackpot, there wasRead More

Vancouver, British Columbia’s government has turned down a proposal to try to end the province’s teachers strike, rejecting a suggestion to enter into binding arbitration. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said government negotiator Peter Cameron advised against such a move. Fassbender issued a statement on Saturday saying he agreed, calling theRead More