Kolkata, May 17 Mohun Bagan registered a dominating 3-1 win over Bengaluru FC to dent the visiting side’s hopes of a knock-out berth in the AFC Cup here on Wednesday. Jeje Lalpekhlua (9th minute), Kean Lewis (74th) and Bikramjit Singh (80th) scored for Mohun Bagan while Seminlen Doungel (52nd) foundRead More

Pukekohe (New Zealand), May 17 Indian women’s hockey team fought till the final hooter but went down 2-3 to New Zealand in the third game of the five-match series.The hosts are now 3-0 up in the series.After suffering a 2-8 loss in their previous game, the Indian women came outRead More

Mumbai, MS Dhoni and Washington Sundar made match-winning contributions as Rising Pune Supergiant beat Mumbai Indians by 20 runs to reach their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) final here today. Dhoni was at his destructive best, smashing 40 off 26 balls in the death overs to propel Pune to 162/4. AndRead More

Melbourne, The withdrawal of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from the IPL has reignited the country vs club debate. Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has lambasted ECB for calling back Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) and Buttler (Mumbai Indians) just before the knockoutRead More

Rome, May 17 Maria Sharapova retired with injury in her second-round match in Rome, just hours after she was denied a wild card for the French Open, while defending champion Andy Murray crashed to a heavy defeat in his opener against Fabio Fognini. Sharapova, who was wearing a bandage onRead More

Mumbai, Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar today rated the Australian series of 1999 as the toughest in his 24-year long international career. “The toughest series without any doubt was in 1999 when we went to Australia and they had a great side,” said Tendulkar. “In a team of 11, they had sevenRead More

Madrid, May 15 The fight for the La Liga title will go down to the last day of the season after convincing wins for Real Madrid and Barcelona on Sunday left them locked together on 87 points at the top of the table. Madrid remain in the driving seat afterRead More

Roseau (Dominica), Pakistan’s push for an historic series-clinching victory was aided by three wickets in the morning session with the West Indies reduced to 73/4 at lunch on the last day of the third and final Test at Windsor Park. Set an improbable target of 304 and having already lostRead More

Pune, Rising Pune Supergiant cruised into the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs with a thoroughly one-sided nine-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in their final do-or-die league match here today. In a show of complete domination, Pune first bowled out Punjab for a paltry 73, and then knocked off the runsRead More

KOLKATA, Kolkata Knight Riders fell short once again in their chase against Mumbai Indians in an IPL encounter but their pacer Trent Boult said his side will stick to the ‘formula’ of banking on Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine to deliver at the top of the batting order. “It’s theRead More