Paris,   Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished a respectable fifth in a 10-man elite field after producing a best effort of 84.67m at the prestigious Diamond League. The 19-year-old, who has a personal best of 86.48m, managed a distance of 84.67m in his third attempt after starting with 79.54m inRead More

NEW DELHI, JuLY 3:  India captain Virat Kohli has got an all clear in administrative manager Kapil Malhotra’s report on his differences with coach Anil Kumble, which primarily led to the former leg-spinner’s exit after the Champions Trophy. While the administrative manager’s report is mandatory after every home or away seriesRead More

London,  Twelve months after shutting down his season in the wake of a devastating semifinal defeat, Roger Federer returns to Wimbledon as favourite to capture a record-breaking eighth title and become the tournament’s oldest champion. The evergreen Swiss, who turns 36 in August, has stunned the critics who wrote himRead More

Geneva,  Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, forced out as head of world football’s governing body amid a corruption scandal in 2015, admitted he regretted not stepping down earlier. The 81-year-old was banned over ethics breaches, bringing an end to his 17-year reign as FIFA chief, following a suspect twoRead More

New Delhi, June 30 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday former star batsman Rahul Dravid will continue as coach of the India A and U-19 teams for the next two years. The former India captain was first appointed as the coach for the twoRead More

Miami, June 30 Tennis star Venus Williams was “at fault” in a Florida traffic accident that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old man, police said in a report obtained by AFP. Williams, 37, slowed in the middle of an intersection when her vehicle was hit by a car drivenRead More

Taunton, Opener Smriti Mandhana struck a sizzling 106 off 108 balls as the Indian women beat West Indies by seven wickets to secure their second consecutive win in the ICC Women’s World Cup here today. Set a target of 184, India rode on Smriti’s century and her 108-run partnership with captainRead More

Kazan (Russia),  Claudio Bravo made three penalty saves as Chile crushed Portugal 3-0 in a penalty shootout to reach the Confederations Cup final here. Bravo, who missed the first two games because of injury, stopped penalties by Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and Nani, sending Chile to its third straight internationalRead More

New Delhi, June 28 Engineer, oops not cricketer Farokh, but a mechanical engineer has applied for the post of Indian team coach’s job! In the age of social media when it’s easy to grab eyeballs with weird activities, a mechanical engineer — Upendra Nath Bramhachari — has applied for theRead More

Taunton, June 28 Brimming with confidence after upstaging England, India would look to continue the winning momentum when they take on the West Indies in their second match of the ICC Women’s World Cup, here on Thursday. The Indian eves could not have asked for a better start to theRead More