Kolkata, May 5 Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Friday expressed happiness over India’s men’s football team breaking into top 100 of FIFA rankings. “India’s ranking has gone up too which is a matter of joy,” Goel said on the sidelines of his inspection at the Salt Lake Stadium andRead More

Ipoh (Malaysia),  Striker Mandeep Singh scored a brilliant hat-trick to hand India a fighting 4-3 victory over lower-ranked Japan in a round robin match of the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here today. Having squandered the early lead provided by a penalty corner conversion from Rupinderpal Singh, IndiaRead More

Kolkata, May 3 Rookie batsman Rahul Tripathi smashed a breathtaking 93 to singlehandedly take Rising Pune Supergiant to a four-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here today. The Pune bowlers put up a disciplined effort to restrict KKR to 155/8 before Tripathi fashioned hisRead More

LONDON, May 3 Former Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase will be barred from this year’s Wimbledon championships and could be stopped at the gate if he tries to attend, organisers said on Wednesday. The 70-year-old former French and US Open champion is provisionally banned from all International Tennis Federation (ITF)Read More

Tashkent, May 3 Four Indian boxers, top seed Vikas Krishan (75kg), fourth seed Shiva Thapa (60kg), Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and Amit Phangal (49kg), have advanced to the semifinals at the Asian Championships. By virtue of making it to the semifinals, they have assured themselves of a medal and a berthRead More

New Delhi, May 3 Politics and terrorism have further strained the sporting ties between India and Pakistan. And the prestigious Asian Wrestling Championship, scheduled to be held in New Delhi on May 10-14, has become the latest event to lose some sheen because of it. A four-member Pakistan wrestling contingentRead More

Mumbai: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday recommended India’s top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara for the prestigious Arjuna award. Besides Pujara, Indian woman’s cricket team player Harmanpreet Kaur has also been nominated by BCCI for the award. Pujara has been India’s prolific run-scorer this season having notchedRead More

xMumbai: Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians to the top of the table and a likely play-offs berth with a match-winning half-century in the five-wicket win over struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium here on Monday. The stylish right-hander, who turned 30 on Sunday, has been in indifferent form andRead More

Pune: After consolidating their fourth spot in the table, courtesy Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 103, Rising Pune Supergiant skipper Steve Smith feels they are “peaking at the right time”. RPS beat Gujarat Lions by five wickets after a top-order collapse and now stand pretty at fourth spot with 12 points. “ItRead More

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will meet on Sunday to consider an additional revenue offer from the game’s world governing body but regardless of what decision they come to, a Champions Trophy pullout by the holders looks unlikely. Unaccustomed to being snubbed at theRead More