Chennai,  Six-time world champion Viswanathan Anand today expressed interest to be part of the Indian team for the Chess Olympiad to be held in Georgia later this year. The Chennai Grandmaster, who has not played in the sport’s premier team event for a while now, could add strength to the nationalRead More

Rohtak, Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom will be missing the Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship starting tomorrow even as celebrated names like L Sarita Devi, Sarajubala Devi will be vying for the top honours and a berth in the Indian squad for this year’s Commonwealth and Asian Games. The reigningRead More

sydney, Australia captain Steve Smith continued to be England’s Ashes nemesis on Friday as he passed 6,000 Test runs in an unbeaten knock of 44 to help his team to 193/2 at close of play on the second day of the fifth Test. The world’s top ranked batsman and Usman KhawajaRead More

Cape Town, Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar admitted that the Indian bowling attack gave away 30 runs too many as South Africa reached 286 in their first innings despite being reduced to 12/3 within the first half-an-hour. “If we want to be hard on ourselves, then yes, we did give away a fewRead More

CAPE TOWN, January 4 Flexibility is the key while preparing for a difficult assignment and that’s precisely the reason why opener Murali Vijay has done his homework with an “open mind” compared to his previous tours of South Africa. “I am preparing myself to be a little more open-minded thanRead More

Mount Maunganui, January 4 Colin Munro smashed his way into the record books as New Zealand crushed West Indies by 119 runs in the final T20I to sweep the series. Munro, with a rollicking 104 off 53 deliveries, became the first player to hit three centuries in T20I cricket asRead More

Pune, January 4 Ramkumar Ramanathan enhanced his reputation of being a fighter even in defeat, while Yuki Bhambri squandered six break chances and crashed out of the Tata Open here today. Bhambri’s first serve let him down as he bowed out with a 6-4 3-6 4-6 defeat against eighth seedRead More

Cape Town, January 4 All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is uncertain for the first Test against South Africa due to a viral illness, BCCI said on Wednesday. The left-arm spinner has been suffering from the illness for the last two days and a decision on his inclusion for the first Test willRead More

BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic is finally set to return to action next week after six months out with an elbow injury and will then decide whether to take part in the January 15-28 Australian Open. “After pulling out from Abu Dhabi and ATP Doha events due to pain in his rightRead More

Lucknow, January 4 Defending champions Chennai Smashers went down to Delhi Dashers after they had to concede the last match of the tie due to an ankle injury to Gabrielle Adcock in the Premier Badminton League here today. The trump match, which would have decided the outcome of the tie,Read More