New Delhi, May 22 Few things are more painful than watching an ageing athlete falter as they try to summon up the old magic and Yuvraj Singh’s fans have endured a shared agony over the course of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). When India belatedly embraced Twenty20 cricket 12Read More

New Delhi, May 22 Not agreeing with England Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves that the proposed 100-ball format is being mulled as cricket doesn’t appeal to a younger audience, former England spinner Graeme Swann said that it is just a way to fit the TV schedules. Same-same “It willRead More

Bangkok, May 22 The Indian men’s and women’s badminton teams dumped a lowly Australia 5-0 and 4-1, respectively, on the second day of the Thomas and Uber Cup but the road to the quarterfinals still remains a difficult one. While the women’s team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up aRead More

Mumbai, May 22 As the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) nears its climax, all eyes will be on the top two sides —Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) — locking horns in the first qualifier on Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium for a place inRead More

Milan, May 22 Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon said he will make a decision this week on whether he will be joining Paris Saint-Germain. Buffon, 40, played his final game for the Italian giants in a 2-1 win over Verona on Saturday, capping a 17-year career in Turin that harvested sevenRead More

Madrid, May 21 Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has won his fifth European Golden Shoe after his team beat Real Sociedad 1-0 in its final La Liga Santander match of the season. The Argentine player won the award with 34 goals, for a total of 68 points during the 2017-2018 season,Read More

Pune, May 21 Kings XI Punjab, having played inconsistently through the tournament, finished second-last in IPL-11, getting beaten by five wickets by Chennai Super Kings here on Sunday night. KXIP’s slim hopes of qualifying for the playoff stage rested on two events today: One, they needed Delhi Daredevils to beatRead More

Bangkok, May 21 India’s young men’s and women’s teams jeopardised their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage after suffering identical 1-4 defeats to France and Canada in their opening Group A matches of the Thomas and Uber Cup. In the Thomas Cup, the men’s team paid the price forRead More

New Delhi, May 21 Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan leg-spinner who has starred for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2018, has been left devastated by the blasts in his hometown Jalalabad during a cricket match in which eight people were killed and over 45 wounded. The terror attack took place in theRead More

Mumbai, May 21 An intriguing and no-holds-barred battle between two former champions is on the cards when table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad clash with second-placed Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 here on Tuesday. A slight net run-rate difference separated the two teams which finished the leagueRead More