Edmonton, September 18 India were left to battle it out in the Asian zone yet again after Ramkumar Ramanathan’s defeat in the must-win fourth rubber as Denis Shapovalov steered Canada back to the elite Davis Cup World Group, here Sunday. India needed Ramkumar to create some magic on the finalRead More

Seoul, September 17 PV Sindhu said the heartbreaking World Championships final loss was not on her mind when she was plotting the downfall of Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara en-route her Korea Open title. “I had lost to her after leading 19-17 in the World Championships but I did not keep thatRead More

Chennai, September 16 Australia bring out the best in Rohit Sharma. Sounds clichéd but it’s right on the money. When it comes to competing against the hard-nosed Australians, the Indian opener takes his game several notches higher. In just 23 matches against Australia, Sharma has hit five hundreds, including aRead More

New Delhi, Virender Sehwag today said he missed out on becoming the Indian team’s chief coach due to the lack of patronage from the powers that be in BCCI and will not apply for the position again. Sehwag lost out to Ravi Shastri, who was touted as skipper Virat Kohli’s choice.Read More

Edmonton, India’s non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi was forced to pair Rohan Bopanna with Purav Raja instead of Saketh Myneni in the Davis Cup doubles rubber, to be played on Saturday. Bopanna and Raja, who will play only his second Davis Cup tie, will take on the seasoned Daniel Nestor andRead More

Seoul, PV Sindhu progressed to the semifinals but it was curtains for Sameer Verma at the $600,000 Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament. Sindhu, who won the silver medal at the World Championships last month, recovered from a mid-game slump to stave off the challenge from world No. 19 MinatsuRead More

Evian-Les-Bains (France),  Aditi Ashok birdied three of four par-5s, but dropped three bogeys and a double to finish with a modest 1-over 72 in the opening round of the Evian Championships. With half the field still on course, Aditi was 48th in the opening round. The tournament has been reducedRead More

Kanpur, India Blue could add only 16 runs to their overnight total to reach 232/3 against India Red as the third day’s play of the Duleep Trophy encounter was called off after only 4.4 overs of play. Brief Scores: India Red: 383; India Blue: 232/3 (G Hanuma Vihari 88, DeepakRead More

New Delhi, September 14 India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been released from the team for the first three ODIs against Australia to attend to his wife, who is unwell. “Team India opener Shikhar Dhawan has requested to be released from the team for the first three ODIs of the PaytmRead More

New Delhi, September 14 The Indian football team has dropped 10 places to be placed 107 in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday. The Sunil Chhetri-led side notched up two victories and a draw in three matches after they were placed 97th last month. India beat Mauritius and heldRead More