California: Novak Djokovic launched his bid for a sixth ATP Indian Wells Masters crown with a two-set triumph over Kyle Edmund as the stars shone Sunday in the California desert. The 46th-ranked Edmund served for the second set at 5-3, but world number two Djokovic broke him en route toRead More

England: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia’s veteran world number one, captured the All-England Open on Sunday with a trampling 21-12, 21-10 win over China’s unseeded Shi Yuqi. It was Lee’s fourth All-England title, which equals the achievement of Morten Frost, the Dane who is his coaching director in Kuala Lumpur. HisRead More

Galle: Opener Soumya Sarkar scored his second half-century of the match as Bangladesh kept their faint hopes of saving the first Test against Sri Lanka alive in Galle on Friday. Set a daunting target of 457 runs, Bangladesh reached 67-0 before bad light brought early stumps on the fourth dayRead More

New Delhi: The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) administrator Justice (Retd) Vikramjeet Sen today met senior player Gautam Gambhir, chief coach KP Bhaskar and manager Shankar Saini to hear out their respective version on the altercation that took place during Vijay Hazare Trophy. Saini has submitted his manager’s reportRead More

Ranchi: A legendary former leg-spinner, India coach Anil Kumble went to the extent of bowling left-arm spin to help Cheteshwar Pujara overcome the challenges posed by Steve O’Keefe in the ongoing Test series against Australia. Pujara, who fell to left-arm spinner O’Keefe and premier pacer Mitchell Starc in the PuneRead More

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu batsman Baba Aparajith will be leading an India U-23 team in the Asian Cricket Council’s Emerging Cup tournament in Dhaka. Mumbai’s teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw is also in the squad. The team comprises of all the young performers at the domestic level including Bengal’s opener AbhimanyuRead More

New Delhi: The DRS controversy, which has put Indian and Australian cricket teams in a war path, seemed to have died down after the BCCI withdrew the written complaint against Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb. But little that the two cricket boards know that respective media outlets in either countryRead More

New Delhi: Former captain Ritu Rani shunned retirement to make a comeback in the Indian team after a seven-month sabbatical as Hockey India announced an 18-member Indian squad for the women’s Hockey World League Round 2, to be held in Canada from April 1. The Indian squad includes experienced Deepika,Read More

Galle: Spinners Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera shared six wickets between them to help Sri Lanka take command of the first Test against a struggling Bangladesh on a rain-hit day three in Galle on Thursday. The visitors, replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 494, were all out forRead More

Birmingham: P.V. Sindhu tamed Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine in a 21-12, 21-4 victory to move into the quarter-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships here today. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist was hardly troubled by World No.39 Ayustine, who came under a barrage of attacks from the Indian. SindhuRead More