New Delhi, August 29 Devendra Jhajharia on Tuesday became the first para athlete to receive India’s highest sporting honour—Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna—along with hockey star Sardar Singh, who has endured trying times off the field in the last one year. Javelin thrower Jhajharia is the only Indian to win twoRead More

Colombo, August 29 India spinner Kuldeep Yadav feels no one judges his bowling better than MS Dhoni, who is set to feature in his 300th ODI on Thursday. The left-arm leg-spinner has sat out the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka, but with the series wrapped up already, he isRead More

Colombo, August 29 The Sri Lankan selection committee, headed by Sanath Jayasuriya, has resigned in the wake of the team’s disastrous showing in the ODI series that followed the 0-3 Test whitewash against India and a loss to Zimbabwe. Along with the former batsman, Ranjith Madurasinghe, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka GurusinhaRead More

Hamburg, August 2 9 Kavinder Bisht (52kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) entered the quarterfinals with upset wins but Shiva Thapa’s quest for a second World Championships medal ended without throwing a single punch as he was forced to withdraw due to food poisoning and fever here today. While Bisht notchedRead More

New Delhi, August 29 Has the Sports Ministry erred by withholding the Dronacharya Award recommendations of coaches Shimoga Satyanarayana and Heera Nand Kataria? Well, if senior Ministry officials are to be believed, then there has been an oversight on the part of the Ministry and the Pullela Gopichand-led Dronacharya AwardRead More

Pallekele, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah says the zeal to learn something new from every game has helped him survive in international cricket. Bumrah, who took a career-best 5/27 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday, said he learnt a lot from Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga while playingRead More

August 28,Liverpool served up a thrilling display of attacking football as they ripped apart a woeful Arsenal 4-0 at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday. Juergen Klopp’s side went ahead in the 17th minute when full back Joe Gomez floated in a cross from the right and unmarked BrazilianRead More

Glasgow, August 28,PV Sindhu’s gallant effort to become India’s first ever world badminton champion ended in a heart-wrenching defeat against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in an epic final of the Badminton World Championships here today. In the longest match of the tournament, which tested the physical and mental strength of bothRead More

Pallekele, August 28 Opener Rohit Sharma smashed an unbeaten 124 to help India overcome a top-order wobble and register a series-clinching six-wicket victory in the third ODI against Sri Lanka. Paceman Jasprit Bumrah laid the foundation for India’s victory with a career-best 5/27 to help restrict Sri Lanka to 217/9Read More

Leeds, August 28 England battled back into contention on the third day of the second Test against West Indies as Mark Stoneman’s first half-century and captain Joe Root’s unbeaten 45 helped wipe out a sizeable first-innings deficit. West Indies added 98 runs to their overnight total at a sun-drenched HeadingleyRead More