Harare, March 23 Afghanistan continued their giant strides in international cricket by qualifying for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England with a thrilling five-wicket win against Ireland in the final Super Six encounter of qualifiers, here on Friday. Two-time world champions West Indies have already qualified for theRead More

Indirapuram, March 23 Indian pacer Mohammed Shami on Thursday said that he was sure about being proven innocent, after he received a clean chit from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in connection to match fixing charges levelled against him. “I was sure I would be proved innocent.Read More

Chandigarh, March 23 All India Football Federation’s top officials, including general secretary Kushal Das, visited I-League champions Minerva Punjab FC’s academy here on Friday, the two parties keeping their bickering aside for a change. The Punjab-based side which brought the coveted title back to Punjab after 21 years has investedRead More

Mumbai, March 23 Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has cancelled a Rs 34-crore luxury apartment he booked in the Omkar 1973 tower located in the tony Worli area of the megapolis. In June 2016, the cricketer had bought the 7,171-sqft sea-view apartment on the 35th floor of the under-constructionRead More

Shillong, March 23 All India Football Federation (AIFF) in association with the Meghalaya Football Association has decided to reschedule the dates for the upcoming final round of the Hero Indian Women’s League. The tournament previously scheduled to start on March 25 will now begin the next day with defending championsRead More

Mumbai, March 21 The Decision Review System, already used in the T-Twenty Internationals, will be introduced at the upcoming edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League. “Yes, this idea has been going around for many years,” said IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla at a media conference here on Wednesday, confirming thatRead More

New Delhi, March 21 Wary of controversy, the Sports Ministry will not allow family members of any athlete to travel with the Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Games and will also put a stop to officials’ “fun rides”. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has forwarded a list of 222 athletesRead More

New Delhi, March 21 There is nothing to prove anymore but quite a bit is left to achieve, says India’s most decorated wrestler Sushil Kumar. The grappler sees next month’s Commonwealth Games as the first step towards accomplishing his “unfulfilled” dream — winning an Olympics gold. A two-time defending championRead More

Austin (USA), Shubhankar Sharma will enter the World Golf Championships Match Play cauldron after being drawn into a mouth-watering opening match against reigning Masters champion Sergio Garcia on Wednesday.The 21-year-old will also face American Xander Schauffele, the 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli in GroupRead More

New Delhi, March 21 Two more national sports observers have fallen to the dreaded conflict of interest issue. Sydney Olympics bronze-medallist weightlifter Karnam Malleswari and long-jumper Anju Bobby George, a World Championships gold medallist, have been asked to tender their resignations. The Sports Ministry sent this direction in a letterRead More