New Delhi, March 23 Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Thursday took a dig at Virat Kohli, saying he is not sure if the Indian captain knows how spell the “sorry” word. “Look I am not sure he knows how to spell the word,” said Sutherland said on a radioRead More

New Delhi, March 22 Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has said that India skipper Virat Kohli should not be “bothered” by a couple of Australian journalists who are trying to “tarnish his image”. The Australian media has been largely critical of the Indian skipper right through the series. In theRead More

New Delhi, March 22 The BCCI today doubled the Annual Retainership fee of India’s 32 centrally contracted cricketers with current skipper Virat Kohli and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Rs 2 crore Grade A bracket along with five others. The COA today announced that Grade A players wouldRead More

New Delhi, March 22 Australia deserve credit for their impressive performances and proving wrong a host of experts and pundits who predicted a clean sweep for the home side, Gautam Gambhir has said. Spinner Harbhajan Singh and former India captain Sourav Ganguly had predicted a series sweep for Virat Kohli’sRead More

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Mar 22 The Indian men’s football team broke a 12-year-old jinx of not winning a match away from home as they beat lower-ranked Cambodia 3-2 in an international friendly here today. Playing their first international friendly this year, world No. 132 India were given a tough fightRead More

New Delhi, March 22 The Indian cricket board (BCCI) today doubled the annual retainership fee of 32 centrally contracted cricketers. The Committee of Administrators (COA) announced that the Grade A players would now get Rs two crore instead of Rs one crore, while the Grade B and C players willRead More

London, March 22 British freestyle wrestler Chinu Sandhu, who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, has been handed a four-year ban for a doping violation. Sandhu tested positive for an anabolic steroid in an out-of-competition test administered on September 20 and an independent National Anti-Doping Panel (NDAP) upheldRead More

New Delhi, India’s Ravindra Jadeja pipped spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin to grab the pole position in the latest ranking for ICC Test bowlers while Cheteshwar Pujara reached a career-high second rank among batsmen. Left-arm spinner Jadeja whizzed past Ashwin after snaring nine wickets in the drawn third Test against Australia,Read More

Ranchi,  After a day of toil for his bowlers — especially the star spinners — Indian skipper Virat Kohli said that the softness of the ball played a role in India failing to bowl out Australia. After reducing the visitors to 63/4, India faced gritty resilience from Peter Handscomb andRead More

New Delhi,  Dinesh Karthik produced an innings of character before Tamil Nadu’s disciplined bowling saw them beat Bengal by 37 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final. This was the third time that Tamil Nadu prevailed over Bengal in the 50-over meet, having beaten them in 2008-09 and 2009-10. KarthikRead More