London, August 12 Unheralded javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang pipped a more-fancied Neeraj Chopra to qualify for the final at the World Athletics Championship. Kang became the first Indian athlete ever to make it to the javelin throw final at the World Championship. While Chopra missed the qualifying mark ofRead More

Pallekele, August 12 Indian captain Virat Kohli wants his team to focus on the task at hand rather than get carried away by the prospect of completing a whitewash over Sri Lanka ahead of the final Test beginning at Pallekele on Saturday. India have already taken an unassailable 2-0 leadRead More

Kandy, August 10 Umesh Yadav had no clue what to do with a red SG Test ball when he made his first-class debut at 20 but India’s premier fast bowler on Thursday said he always knew that his ability to generate pace would help him measure up at the highestRead More

New Delhi, August 10 Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund has slammed racial abuse on social media, saying he has himself been at the receiving end of insults and ridicule for his skin tone. In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Mukund, who featured in the first Test against Sri LankaRead More

  New Delhi, August 10 India players, including captain Virat Kohli, on Thursday backed their teammate Abhinav Mukund’s strong stand against racial abuse. “Very well said Abhinav,” tweeted Kohli. Mukund had posted a compelling message against racial abuse on social media, saying that he has himself been at the receivingRead More

New Delhi,The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) and the Indian cricket board (BCCI) today finalised the names of commentators for India’s upcoming home season and IPL 2018. The names include Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle and Murali Kartik, according to BCCI sources. But there’s a catch. All fourRead More

London, August 10 Wayde van Niekerk retained his world 400 metres title in dominant fashion on Tuesday as he stormed to victory in 43.98 seconds but there was almost as much interest in the empty lane alongside him where Botswana’s Isaac Makwala should have been. South African van Niekerk, theRead More

Colombo, August 8 Any lingering doubt about Wriddhiman Saha’s claim as India’s automatic Test wicketkeeper evaporated after the diminutive glovesman’s virtuoso performance in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Yet another glovesman who suffered in the long shadow of MS Dhoni, Saha bid his time to stake his claimRead More

MANCHESTER,  Spinner Moeen Ali crowned his excellent series by taking five wickets as England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth Test to secure a 3-1 series victory. South Africa, needing 380 to win, were bowled out for 202 on the fourth day with Man of the SeriesRead More

LONDON,  America’s Tori Bowie delivered a finish line masterclass when she timed her dip perfectly to win the women’s 100 metres World Championship gold in spectacular style on Sunday, leaving Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou with a consolation silver. The momentum of 26-year-old Bowie’ exemplary dip sent her sprawling ontoRead More