Hyderabad: Indian pacer Irfan Pathan, who has been trying his best to make a comeback in the Indian team, shared an interesting anecdote recently. During an event in Nagpur, the all-rounder from Baroda shared an interesting incident from his playing days when a girl approached him in Lahore and askedRead More

Sofia: Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov gave the roaring partisan crowd plenty to cheer about as he beat Belgian David Goffin 7-5 6-4 to win the Sofia Open for the first time on Sunday. The 25-year-old, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals after winning the Brisbane International last month, claimed his sixthRead More

New Delhi: Teen sensation Alexander Zverev captured his second ATP title by defeating home favourite Richard Gasquet in the final of Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Sunday. The 19-year-old German won the title match in straight sets, 7-6(4) 6-3. Gasquet was bidding for a fourth title overall atRead More

Hyderabad: Skipper Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking fourth double hundred as Indian batsmen devoured on a meek Bangladesh bowling line-up to pile up a massive 687 for 6 declared on the second day of the one-off Test here. At stumps, Bangladesh were 41/1 after losing opener Soumya Sarkar’s wicket toRead More

Melbourne: Australia captain Steven Smith very well understands the significance of the upcoming tour of India as he said success in the four Test series against Virat Kohli and his men can make his side “one of the all-time greats”. “If you do well in India, this will give youRead More

Madrid: Barcelona have the chance to go top of La Liga for the first time since October in a Copa del Rey final dress rehearsal when they visit Alaves tomorrow. Alaves edged out Celta Vigo on Wednesday to reach the final for the first time, whilst nine-man Barca had toRead More

New Delhi: Young wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has been named the captain of the Delhi One day team replacing Gautam Gambhir signalling a change of guard in senior state team. It was learnt that chairman of selection committee Atul Wasan personally spoke to Gambhir to inform him about the decisionRead More

Dubai: Azhar Ali today said he was desperate to resurrect his fortunes with the bat ahead of the 2019 World Cup after giving up the Pakistan one-day captaincy to be replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed. The 31-year-old was already facing calls for his head following Pakistan’s dismal 4-1 series loss inRead More

London: Britain`s world number one Andy Murray will play against France in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in April after missing the first-round victory against Canada last weekend. “The tie against Canada was tricky,” Murray, who was surprisingly beaten by Germany`s Mischa Zverev in the fourth round of the Australian Open,Read More

New Delhi: Another home Test and another dominant performance by Virat Kohli led Indian cricket team against Bangladesh in the one-off Test at Hyderabad. Bangladesh looks to have suffered the result of their inexperience against the No. 1 side in the format and would be needing to pull up theirRead More