Kolkata, November 20 Skipper Virat Kohli hit one of the finest counter-attacking centuries in recent times as India nearly scripted an epic win before the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw after a tantalising final day’s cricket. Kohli’s unbeaten 104 — his 18th Test and 50thRead More

Kolkata, November 20 India’s head coach Ravi Shastri on Monday heaped special praise on Virat Kohli after he notched up his 50th International century here and said “sky is the limit” for the skipper who stands at the halfway stage in equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s feat. “Sky is the limit. HeRead More

Kolkata, November 20 India’s Test ace Cheteshwar Pujara achieved a rare feat on Monday when he came out to bat with Lokesh Rahul on the fifth day of the first rubber against Sri Lanka. The in-form Saurashtra man became the third Indian cricketer, after head coach Ravi Shastri and MLRead More

New Delhi, November 20 Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, 2016’s female world athlete of the year, clinched the gold medal in the Delhi Half Marathon today as thousands of Delhiites turned up despite concerns about air pollution. Ayana’s compatriot Berhanu Legese won the men’s event. Ayana, who set the 10,000m world recordRead More

Kolkata, November 20 The Shikhar Dhawan-KL Rahul opening partnership in the second innings of the first Test today was 166 in 37.1 overs; this compared rather favourably with their grand stand of 0 in the first innings, coming off 1 ball. It was that sort of wicket today, it wasRead More

Kolkata, November 19 A possible case of a Steve Smith-style brain-fade, dugout-signalling might get the International Cricket Council (ICC) going through the footage of today’s play. Sri Lanka No. 8 Dilruwan Perera was given out LBW off Mohammed Shami by umpire Nigel Llong in the 57th over of the innings.Read More

Kolkata, Yesterday seemed an eternity ago, such was the change in the conditions. The weather turned, the conditions eased — the sun turned bright and the pitch brownish, batting became a safer profession. India’s top-order had been hobbled by extremely tough conditions. For them, the ball darted in or out unpredictablyRead More

New Delhi, November 19 Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday said the government had no problem with the International Cricket Council (ICC) getting the players tested by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) as it was registered with the global watchdog. Rathore’s comments came after the WADA on SaturdayRead More

Istanbul, November 19 Turkey’s legendary triple Olympics gold medallist weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, the diminutive “pocket Hercules,” has died aged 50, state media said. Suleymanoglu, only 1.47m (4.8 feet) tall, scored a historic hat-trick of consecutive Olympics titles starting in Seoul in 1988 then Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.Read More

Amritsar, Openers Abhishek Raman and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to dominate the proceedings against hosts Punjab on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy Group D encounter. In reply to Punjab’s 147, Bengal reached 309/3 at stumps with left-handed Raman unbeaten on 149 and Easwaran scoring a patient 117. The duo addedRead More