New Delhi, March 31 The dope cloud over Khelo India School Games (KISG) continues to grow as one more athlete has flunked the dope test. A key member of Punjab’s gold-winning basketball team has tested positive for methandienone, an anabolic steroid, and has been provisionally suspended. He faces a maximumRead More

Sydney, A match referee warned of disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner “being involved in a ball-tampering incident” in the domestic Sheffield Shield in 2016, a media report said on Friday. The report came after Smith and Warner were stripped of the captaincy and vice-captaincy and banned for aRead More

Chandigarh, Just one month ago, this story would have seemed inconceivable — a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Haryana has suddenly become the cynosure of all eyes in the Indian shooting squad. Six ISSF gold medals in the last one month show that Manu Bhaker’s pistol is primed for the Gold Coast CommonwealthRead More

JOHANNESBURG/SYDNEY, Australia coach Darren Lehmann said on Thursday he would step down after this week’s Test match against South Africa, as he took ultimate responsibility for the culture of a team embroiled in a ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the sport. Lehmann, who had previously told reporters he would not standRead More

Mumbai, India finally had something to cheer about as they defeated England by eight wickets to record a consolation win in the women’s T20 tri-series here on Thursday. After bundling out England for a paltry 107, the Indian batswomen overhauled the target with 4.2 overs to spare. Opener Smriti Mandhana continuedRead More

Miami, Qualifier Danielle Collins overpowered her childhood idol Venus Williams 6-2 6-3 in a stunning quarterfinal upset at the Miami Open on Wednesday. Collins, belying her 93rd ranking, pounded winner after winner to beat her fellow American at her own game and set up a semifinal against French Open champion JelenaRead More

Sydney, March 28 Multinational electronics company LG has opted not to renew its contract with David Warner following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, even as the sacked Australia vice-captain waits to learn his fate from Cricket Australia (CA). Axed captain Steve Smith, Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft have allRead More

New Delhi, March 28 Australian batsman David Warner on Wednesday stepped down as captain of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal that has tainted his reputation and shaken international cricket to the core. “In light of recent events, David Warner has stepped down as captainRead More

Sydney, March 28 Manu Bhaker and Anmol Jain secured India’s seventh gold medal at the ISSF junior World Cup by winning the mixed 10m air pistol event with a qualification world record on Tuesday. Ganemat Sekhon bagged an individual bronze medal in the junior women’s skeet, shooting a 36 inRead More

  Chandigarh, March 28 “It is not enough, I can’t let it go from here, I can do it,” young Ganemat Sekhon told herself once she made it to the top six in the skeet final at ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney on Tuesday. The 16-year-old, though, missed aRead More