Paris: Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko will not compete at the European championships after being provisionally suspended for missing doping tests, athletics’ world ruling body the IAAF said Friday. Lysenko, the world indoor champion, was one of 74 athletes vetted by an anti-doping panel and allowed to compete under aRead More

New Delhi: The BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary today launched a scathing attack on Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai, terming him a “complete failure” in the implementation of the Supreme Court-mandated Lodha Committee reforms. The BCCI office-bearers, especially Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, have been sidelined by theRead More

Birmingham: Virat Kohli was treated with a loud chorus of boos when he took the field on day two at Edgbaston. With his mic-drop celebration taking a dig at England skipper Joe Root in the first innings, there was no way the local crowd was going to let him escapeRead More

Milan: Leonardo Bonucci has sensationally returned to Juventus from AC Milan, with Gonzalo Higuain and Mattia Caldara moving the other way. Bonucci won six Serie A titles in seven years at Juventus but the Italy defender joined Milan last year – in what was the shock of the transfer windowRead More

New Delhi: Delhi’s wicketkeeper-batsman Anuj Rawat, who recently captained India U-19 in four-day matches in Sri Lanka, is under the scanner for playing an unsanctioned T20 league in Mauritius last year along with a host of Pakistani cricketers. The tournament was held in June last year and Anuj played inRead More

Nanjing: Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu sailed into the women’s singles quarterfinals with straight-game wins but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth at the BWF Badminton World Championships here on Thursday. Saina, who had clinched a silver and a bronze at the 2015 and 2017 editions, downed 2013Read More

New Delhi: Athletes employed with the Indian Railways will have a brighter chance at achieving officer rank after union minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday approved a new promotion policy which would make them eligible for elevation even if they are not Olympic medal-winners. As per the new policy, any athlete,Read More

Birmingham: India skipper Virat Kohli mocked at Joe Root’s ‘mic drop’ celebration with his own version of the gesture but the England captain took it sportingly, saying “it adds to the spectacle of Test cricket”. Kohli’s act came after his direct throw from mid-wicket found the England captain short ofRead More

Nyon: UEFA extended former France international Samir Nasri’s doping ban from six to 18 months on Wednesday over the intravenous drip treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016. The 31-year-old, who is currently without a club, was suspended for six months in February after taking a multi-vitaminRead More

Birmingham: England finished at 285-9 on day one after winning the toss and electing to bat in the first innings of the opening Test at Edgbaston. R Ashwin got the first breakthrough with a peach of a delivery that bamboozled Alastair Cook. Joe Root and Keaton Jennings fought back toRead More