Brisbane, Heena Sidhu claimed the 10m air pistol gold, while Deepak Kumar fetched the bronze in the 10m air rifle event to give India a fine start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships here today. Heena shot a combined score of 626.2 (386 + 240.8) to win her second successive internationalRead More

Kakamigahara (Japan), The Indian women’s hockey team recorded its third successive win in the Asia Cup, beating Malaysia 2-0 in the final pool game here today. India will head into the quarterfinals as table-toppers with nine points from three matches. Today, late goals by Vandana Katariya (54th minute) and GurjitRead More

Mexico City, October 30 Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth drivers’ world championship in unexpected but dramatic fashion when, after a first lap collision with title rival Sebastian Vettel, he finished ninth at the Mexican Grand Prix. The 32-year-old Briton, who would have needed to finish in the top five toRead More

Johor Bahru (Malaysia), Oct 29 The Indian junior men’s hockey team thrashed hosts Malaysia 4-0 to claim the bronze medal at the 7th Sultan of Johor Cup here today. Vishal Antil (15th and 25th minutes) scored a brace, while Vivek Prasad (11th) and Shilanand Lakra (21st) got one each. IndiaRead More

Paris, October 30 Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has decided to quit next week’s Rolex Paris Masters due to back injury, the organiser has announced. “Roger Federer has withdrawn with back injury,” the Paris Masters organiser wrote on Twitter on Sunday, moments after the Swiss lifted his eighth trophy atRead More

Kanpur, October 30 Senior India batsman Rohit Sharma feels pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the world’s best death bowlers and the duo have contributed significantly to the recent limited overs success of the team. While Kumar proved expensive in the series decider against New Zealand, Bumrah bowled brilliantlyRead More

Kanpur, October 30 India registered a 2-1 series victory against New Zealand after Jasprit Bumrah’s tidy final over secured the hosts’ six-run win in the third and final ODI. New Zealand needed 15 runs off the final over to chase down a 338-run victory target but a nerveless Bumrah concededRead More

Kanpur, October 29 Virat Kohli on Sunday became the sixth Indian and the fastest in the world to complete 9000 ODI runs during the series-deciding third game against New Zealand here today. Kohli got to the landmark in the 37th over when he guided one off Grandhomme towards the thirdRead More

Potchefstroom, October 29 David Miller has hit the fastest century in Twenty20 internationals, hitting 101 not out off 36 balls to send South Africa to 224 for 4 in the second game against Bangladesh. Miller hit five sixes in a row in the 19th over and nine sixes and sevenRead More

Kanpur, October 29 Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli conjured up classy hundreds to fire India to a record 337 for six in the series decider against New Zealand here on Sunday. Rohit and Kohli, who became the first ever pairing to complete four double hundred partnerships in ODIs, were simplyRead More