kolkata, November 13 Skipper Sanju Samson stood out with a sublime 128 to lead Board President’s XI fightback against Sri Lanka as their two-day tour match ended in a draw. In reply to Sri Lanka’s 411/9 decl., Board President’s XI were struggling at 31/2 after lunch on the second dayRead More

chandigarh, november 13 From the recently concluded women’s Asian Boxing Championships in Vietnam, the 10-member Indian squad returned with a rich haul of seven medals, including a gold, a silver and five bronze medals. “It’s one of our best performances in terms of the number of medals… Seven out ofRead More

Dubai, November 13 There’s a storm brewing over MS Dhoni’s place in the T20 side. VVX Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Ajit Agarkar, Aakash Chopra and Sourav Ganguly have all questioned Dhoni’s presence in the shortest format, some bluntly, some cautiously. The calls for Dhoni’s ouster from the shortest format started afterRead More

New Delhi, November 12 In a matter of minutes, the supposed trial bout involving Sushil Kumar and contender Dinesh in the 74kg category got over, clearing the way for the two-time Olympics medallist to represent Railways in the National Championships. The third wrestler, Praveen Rana, did not even bother toRead More

Wellington, November 12 Pakistan will host West Indies in a three-match Twenty20 series in March and the Caribbean side will be playing in the South Asian country every year for the next five years, the Pakistan Cricket Board has said. West Indies will also host a reciprocal series against Pakistan,Read More

Kolkata, November 12 Sri Lanka’s left-handed opener Dimuth Karunaratne is willing to adapt to the situation in an attempt to counter spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the three-match Test series against India. “I know Jadeja and Ashwin are both hungry for wickets. Every time they bowl it’s aboutRead More

  Kolkata, November 12 Four batsmen scored half-centuries to take Sri Lanka to 411/6 on Day 1 of their two-day warm-up game against the Board President’s XI. Sadeera Samarawickrama geared up for a potential opening slot with a stroke-filled 74 off 77 balls and shared a 133-run stand with DimuthRead More

New Delhi, November 12 The Supreme Court today stayed an earlier order by the Delhi High Court, allowing all AIFF elected committees to function on a regular basis, a press release issued by the federation stated. This will effectively allow Praful Patel to continue in his role as the presidentRead More

Sao Paulo, November 12 Armed robbers held up a Mercedes Formula One team minibus outside the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit in Sao Paulo late last night but nobody was hurt, a spokesman said. “We can confirm that a team minibus was robbed at gunpoint last night leaving the circuit,” heRead More

New Delhi, November 10 In a stern response to India’s anti-doping body NADA, the BCCI has said that the government body has no jurisdiction to conduct dope tests on Indian cricketers. In a letter written on November 8 to NADA chief Navin Agarwal, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri made it clearRead More