New Delhi:Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin feels that Indian team will be forced to make a couple of changes in their playing XI for the second Test against Australia after the hammering it took in the opening match. “Any batting debacle leaves a team on the backfoot. I am notRead More

Tehran: Indian GM Dronavali Harika won her third bronze medal in a row after a heartbreaking defeat against Tan Zhongyi of China in a semi-final tie-breaker at the World Women’s Chess Championship. Harika missed several opportunities in the tie-breaker which was a battle of nerves. Tan will now play theRead More

New Delhi:Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu doesn’t want to attach any special significance to the upcoming All England Championship and said she would be treating the prestigious premier event like any other Super Series tournament. “I consider the All England as like any normal super series tournament. People mayRead More

New Delhi: India’s undefeated run finally ended in the 20th match with Australia thrashing Virat Kohli & Co by a huge 333-run margin in Pune on Saturday. Admitting to his side’s below-par performance, Indian skipper took the blow on the chin and admitted that they have been outplayed by theRead More

Pune: Unheralded left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe today grabbed a sensational match-haul of 12 wickets as a sloppy India slumped to a humiliating 333-run defeat inside three days in the first cricket Test against Australia here. Australia set a daunting target of 441, riding on skipper Steve Smith’s batting masterclass onRead More

Marseille: Nick Kyrgios kept on course to defend his Marseille Open title with a 6-3 6-3 quarter-final victory over Slovak qualifier Norbert Gombos on Friday. But he will have to overcome two home players if he is to retain his crown. The 21-year-old Australian fired down 15 aces and lostRead More

New Delhi: India made a rousing start at the sixth Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship, bagging all three medals in the 12.8 Km Individual Time Trial on the opening day of the tournament at Bahrain today. Abhishek from Chandigarh won the gold medal, Divij Shah from West Bengal won silver andRead More

New Delhi: India’s senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh predicted that India will continue with their unbeaten streak of 19 Test matches and will beat the Aussies 4-0. But with Steve O’Keefe’s brilliant 12-wicket haul in the match and Steve Smith’s century brought an end to Virat Kohli & Co’s unbeaten run.Read More

Pune: Indian skipper Virat Kohli today hardly minced words in criticising his team’s shambolic show in the 333-run loss to Australia, saying it was easily the side’s worst batting display in the last two years. India today slumped to a humiliating loss inside three days in the first match againstRead More

Johannesburg: World no.2 Angelique Kerber defeated Monica Puig of Puerto Ricon in straight sets in round 16 clash of Dubai Tennis Championships on Wednesday to move to move a step closer to return to no. one ranking. Kerber dominated Puig 6-2, 6-3 in the game that lasted barely an hour.Read More