Kolkata, Despite play starting 15 minutes earlier than the scheduled start, only 72-odd overs were bowled today. It’s very odd — on a perfect day for cricket, the spectators were short-changed by 18 overs. The reason is simple: It’s quite gloomy by 4.30pm, and pitch-dark by 5.15pm. Someone needs to remindRead More

New Delhi, November 19 After missing the China Open, Kidambi Srikanth has now decided to give next week’s Hong Kong Super Series a miss to be in the best shape for the Dubai Super Series Final in December. “Srikanth is much better. The injury has almost healed. “But we wantedRead More

Kolkata, November 17 Cheteshwar Pujara came to India’s rescue after Sri Lankan seamer Dasun Shanaka’s twin strike had left the hosts gasping at 74 for five on a second consecutive rain-curtailed day of the opening cricket Test, here on Friday. After Suranga Lakmal’s (3/5) exploits on the first day ofRead More

Fuzhou, November 17 PV Sindhu’s title defence lay in tatters after suffering a shock straight-game loss to hitherto unknown Chinese Gao Fangjie in the quarterfinals of the China Super Series Premier here on Friday. Sindhu seemed completely off-colour during her 38-minute duel with 19-year-old Fangjie, who upstaged her fancied WorldRead More

Indore, November 17 Sakshi Malik, the bronze medal winner in the Rio Olympics in 2016, on Friday said the country’s star wrestler, Sushil Kumar, has always been an inspiration for her and like him, she wanted to win two consecutive medals in the Olympics. Talking to PTI on the sidelinesRead More

Kochi, November 17 Defending champions ATK and last edition’s losing finalists Kerala Blasters played out a dull goal-less draw in the opening match of the fourth edition of the Indian Super League here on Friday. The match between two sides, who have featured in the two summit clashes of theRead More

Kolkata, Virat Kohli made a strange claim today — he said that if you sliced his arm, he’d bleed. This is a strange claim because, due to his fitness, Kohli seems bloody metallic. It’s also strange because Kohli actually had to say that he’s human, after all. Kohli was talkingRead More

Fuzhou, Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal made perfect starts to their campaigns at the China Open Super Series Premier by entering the women’s singles second round with straight-game wins over their respective rivals here today. While Saina made short work of USA’s Beiwan Zhang, second seed SindhuRead More

New Delhi, It’s not often you see a reigning world No.1 shooter in a particular event trying his luck in another. At the Karni Singh Shooting Range here today, Ankur Mittal, the numero uno double trap shooter, made his debut in trap in the senior category at the National Championships.Read More

Townsville, Pacer Chris Woakes snared six wickets to give England the upper hand in the final Ashes warm-up tie against a Cricket Australia XI, who were restricted to 249/9 on the opening day of the four-dayer here today. Fresh from a four-wicket haul in the second innings of the previousRead More