Madrid: Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to snatch a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid on Wednesday with the last kick of the game, taking Antonio Conte’s side top of Champions League Group C. France international Antoine Griezmann rammed a penalty beyond former Atletico goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois toRead More

Chennai: India’s world No.21 Dipika Pallikal made short work of USA’s Olivia Blatchford 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 to enter the women’s semifinals of the San Francisco Open squash tournament, a PSA World Tour event. She made it two wins over seeded players in as many days after having beaten fourth-seed EmilyRead More

Perth, September 28 The India ‘A’ men and women’s hockey teams will begin their campaign at the 2017 Australian Hockey League here on Friday. While the men’s team, led by Vikas Dahiya, will take on Western Australia in their Pool B encounter, the women’s team, captained by Preeti Dubey, willRead More

Abu Dhabi, September 28 Pakistan will step into a new Test era without retired batting greats Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq when they take on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Abu Dhabi from tomorrow. Playing without Younis and Misbah is unaccustomed territory for Pakistan, who haven’t played a TestRead More

Bengaluru, Sometimes in sport, the harder you try, the tougher it is to find a solution. Australia are in that stagnated state of mind where every strategy they devise for the Indian team is methodically broken down by their powerhouse opponents. So to take a break from the routine, Australia decidedRead More

New Delhi, The strangely casual approach of India’s Under-17 football team coach, Luis Norton de Matos, has denied the boys an opportunity to train under the floodlights at the JLN Stadium here before their World Cup matches. Instead, the Indian U-17 team has been able to find only day-time slots forRead More

New Delhi: South Africa will be hoping to ease new coach Ottis Gibson into his job in a two-test series against Bangladesh where the home side defend a one-sided record against their opponents but are light on fast bowlers and still tinkering with their top order. South Africa have wonRead More

New Delhi: Mithali Raj, the captain of India’s national women’s cricket team, is living a dream life. After helping India to the final of 2017 World Cup, she returned home a hero, with many of her team-mates basking in the glory. But none matches the charm she carries, and itRead More

New Delhi: AIFF president Praful Patel has called the overseas scouting programme, which helped in unearthing talent from foreign shores, “a resounding success”. The programme was launched keeping the U-17 World Cup in mind but Patel said that “we will be happy to continue with the programme”. On September 21,Read More

Nicosia: A Harry Kane hat-trick saw Spurs notch their second win in as many games in Group H of the Champions League, beating Cypriot champions APOEL Nicosia 3-0 in Cyprus on Tuesday. Kane was left unmarked for his first shortly before half-time following a defensive mix-up, with plenty of timeRead More