Perth, October 4 India ‘A’ has qualified for the next round of the 2017 men’s Australian Hockey League (AHL) after finishing second in Pool B. The top two teams from Pool A and Pool B have qualified for the second stage of the tournament. The four teams now will beRead More

New Delhi: India’s first-choice goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh today expressed confidence that the hard work he has put in will be rewarded in the World Cup. “All my days of sacrifice and hard work will be rewarded. I am very much excited to be part of the first Indian team toRead More

Chandigarh, October 4 When was the last time you heard Australia being scared of the opposition? It has generally been the other way round. However, a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of India in the just-concluded ODI series seems to have struck fear in the Australian hearts. And the admissionRead More

New Delhi, October 4 Former India opener Virender Sehwag said on Tuesday that the Australian players were scared of sledging Virat Kohli and the other Indian players during the recently concluded ODI series due to the possibility of losing out on their lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) contracts. Sehwag saidRead More

Kabul, October 3 Such is Rashid Khan’s popularity that even a suicide blast at Kabul’s main cricket stadium couldn’t keep his fans away — and the teenager is now eyeing the sport’s big prizes as his international profile grows. The 19-year-old leg spinner started playing with a tennis ball inRead More

Beijing, October 3 Rafael Nadal said on Tuesday that sport and politics must be separated, after Barcelona and Spanish football were dragged into the fall-out of the independence referendum in Catalonia. The world’s number one tennis player is an icon in Spain, and had spoken earlier of how he wasRead More

Tehran, October 3 A young woman banned from the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has joined the US team, an Iranian news agency reported. The semi-official ISNA reported that Dorsa Derakhshani refused to wear the headscarf, known as the hijab,Read More

New Delhi, The Union Government has spent close to Rs 120 crore to ensure that the FIFA Under-17 World Cup turns out to be a big success. The state governments of the six host cities too have been shelling out crores to refurbish the infrastructure for the event. However, there’s oneRead More

London, October 3 Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called for a change in the culture of the national team after Ben Stokes’ arrest on a night out. Stokes was arrested in Bristol on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after getting into a fight in the early hours ofRead More

New Delhi, October 2 Veteran left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has made a comeback in the 15-member Indian team while selectors once again ignored senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the three-match T20 series against Australia, starting October 7. The selectors decided to drop Ajinkya Rahane, who struck fourRead More