Buenos Aires: The Argentine FA, lacking proper leadership since 2015 and fearful its national team might not reach the World Cup finals without banned captain Lionel Messi, elected a third-tier club chairman and former roadsweeper as its president on Wednesday. Claudio Tapia of Barracas Central, who play in the PrimeraRead More

Miami: Venus Williams rolled back the years to send world number one Angelique Kerber crashing out of the Miami Open on Wednesday and advance to a semi-final showdown with Britain`s Johanna Konta. Williams, at 36 the oldest woman in the field, downed Kerber in straight sets, winning 7-5, 6-3 whileRead More

Melbourne, March 29 Steve Smith is not “temperamentally sound enough” to lead Australia, says former spinner Kerry O’Keeffe, who feels the skipper over-reacted too often during the lost Test series against India. Australia lost the series 2-1 and Smith apologised for letting his “emotions falter” several times during the four-matchRead More

Melbourne, March 29 Australian media on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Virat Kohli, labelling the India captain as “classless” and “egomaniac” following his no-longer-friends comment at the end of a spiteful Test series. Australian newspapers came hard on Kohli for declaring that he no longer considers Australian players asRead More

New Delhi, March 29 With 405 runs at a healthy average of 57.85, Cheteshwar Pujara emerged as the best Indian batsman in the just-concluded Test series against Australia while Ravindra Jadeja was hands down winner among the bowlers with 25 scalps. Pujara’s tally was next only to top scorer inRead More

Yangon,  A last-minute strike by Sunil Chhetri helped India break a 64-year-old jinx as they pipped Myanmar by a solitary goal to begin their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign on a promising note here today. India had not beaten Myanmar in their own den since October 1953 when they wonRead More

Dharamsala, March 28 A clinical India on Tuesday regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, beating Australia by eight wickets in the deciding fourth Test at the HPCA stadium here to clinch one of the most controversial and hard-fought bilateral contests in recent times. It was India’s seventh Test series win in aRead More

Zurich, March 28 Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been banned from their next four competitive internationals starting with Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Bolivia for swearing at a match official, FIFA said on Tuesday. The decision means the five-times world player of the year will play in only one ofRead More

Dharamsala, March 28 Indian captain Virat Kohli is in doubt for the early stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after conceding that his shoulder injury is still a few weeks away from complete recovery. Kohli skipped the fourth and final Test of the series against Australia, which India wonRead More

Dharamsala, March 28 Australia captain Steve Smith on Tuesday apologised for letting his “emotions slip” during the aggressively-contested but lost Test series against India, saying that he was in his “own bubble” at times. “At times, I have been in my own bubble and have let my emotions slip. IRead More