Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh tried hard for an outright win but Goa fought valiantly to escape with a draw on the final day of their Ranji Trophy encounter here today. The hosts, however, grabbed three points on the basis of the first-innings lead; Goa, on the other hand, returned home with aRead More

Colombo, Sri Lanka’s cricket board today halved a six-match ban imposed on all-rounder Danushka Gunathilaka for misconduct, amid speculation that several players may drop out of an upcoming T20 match in Pakistan. The board’s decision clears Gunathilaka to play in the three-match series starting on October 26 in the United ArabRead More

Kochi, Having won all their three group matches with ease, South American giants Brazil will start clear favourites when they take on Honduras in a pre-quarterfinal match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup here tomorrow. Their strike duo of Lincoln and Paulinho has been deadly up front, ensuring that Brazil didRead More

Margao, Iran played a tactical game to outwit Mexico 2-1 and set up a clash with Spain in the quarterfinals. Iran exploited the rival’s weak defence to score through Mohammed Sharifi (7th) and Allahyar Sayyad (11th). Mexico attacked from the word go and created several chances, but they were either off-targetRead More

New Delhi, October 16 Striker Rani Rampal will captain an 18-member Indian team at the ninth women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament, which starts from October 28 at Kakamigahara City, Japan. Senior goalkeeper Savita has been named as the vice-captain of the side. The team selected by Hockey India for theRead More

New Delhi, October 16 The Indian football team on Monday received a boost in FIFA rankings, a week after qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup by moving up two places to be at the 105th spot. The ‘Blue Tigers’ were ranked 107th last month but they are now atRead More

Jakarta, October 16 Indonesian football was in mourning on Monday after celebrated goalkeeper Choirul Huda died following an on-pitch collision with a team-mate. Huda, 38, a long-time regular for his hometown club Persela in East Java, collapsed just before half-time after yesterday’s accidental clash with Brazilian midfielder Ramon Rodrigues. VideoRead More

Zurich, October 16 FIFA has confirmed the seven highest-ranked nations joining host Russia as top-seeded teams in the World Cup finals draw. France rose one place to No 7 to edge out Spain, as defending champion Germany heads an unchanged top six. After a busy qualifying program last week, Brazil,Read More

Dhaka, October 16 Favourites India continued their winning momentum as they defeated archrivals Pakistan 3-1 in a pool encounter of the 10th men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament here today. After the easy wins against Japan (5-1) and hosts Bangladesh (7-0), India had a relatively tough outing against Pakistan but managedRead More

Bengaluru, October 15 Roger Federer brushed aside world number one Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday and register his fourth victory of the year over his Spanish rival. The Swiss world number two beat Nadal in the finals of the Australian Open and Miami MastersRead More