Colombo: India dished out a clinical performance to beat hosts Sri Lanka by 34 runs and lift the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup title in Colombo on Friday. Opting to bat after winning th toss, India Under-19s first posted a competitive 273 for eight in their 50 overs andRead More

  Bengaluru: Former All England champion Prakash Padukone today tipped PV Sindhu to be the world number one in the near future, but Saina Nehwal’s coach Vimal Kumar was of the view that both the Olympic medallists could dominate world badminton in the next 5-7 years. While Saina became theRead More

New Delhi: The youngest Paksitani cricketer to make his International debut, Hasan Raza is all set to switch International alliances with UAE. As a 14-year-old, Raza became the youngest-ever Test cricketer, making his debut in 1996 against Zimbabwe in Faisalabad. It has been almost two decades since then and theRead More

New Delhi: Former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan was the highest-placed Indian among men at fourth, while World Championships silver-medallist Saweety Boora was the best among the women at second in the latest rankings of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Vikas, who was adjudged the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) BestRead More

Visakhapatnam: Karnataka’s star-studded batting line-up, comprising the likes of K L Rahul and Karun Nair, collapsed spectacularly as the team folded for 88 against Tamil Nadu on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal clash here. Pacers Aswin Crist and T Natarajan ran through Karnataka’s first innings, sharing nineRead More

New Delhi: Just one day after ICC had released its Test Team of the Year 2016, Cricket Australia has also released its best XI from the calendar year 2016, with Virat Kohli as the captain. The International Cricket Council, on Thursday, had released a 12-man squad as its Team ofRead More

Chennai: Four Indian pairs apart from veteran Leander Paes will compete in the doubles championship of the ATP Chennai Open as the organisers today awarded wild cards to four leading players from the country. India’s number one singles player Saketh Myneni has been given wild card along with Ramkumar Ramanathan.Read More

Dubai: The chair of the ICC’s Code of Conduct Commission, The Hon Michael Beloff QC has dismissed Faf du Plessis’s appeal after the South African captain was found guilty of changing the condition of the ball in breach of Law 42.3 during second Test against Australia in Hobart. Accordingly, theRead More

Mumbai: Hailing Pusarla V Sindhu’s excellent show right through 2016 that saw her becoming the first and only Indian shuttler to win a silver medal in the Olympic Games, chief national coach P Gopichand said today his lanky ward is capable of scaling greater heights. “I have always maintained thatRead More

New Delhi: Virat Kohli capped off an amazing year with 4-0 Test series triumph over England and once against making the entire cricketing fraternity question if it’s time for him to replace MS Dhoni as India’s skipper in all three formats of the game. If it is a question ofRead More