Mohali: England skipper Alastair Cook Tuesday blamed the team`s top-order failure in both innings for their crushing eight-wicket loss to India in the third Test in Mohali on Tuesday. The visitors let go of their advantage of batting first after winning the toss as they were soon reduced to 87Read More

Bangkok: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front with an all-round show as India outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets to remain the sole unbeaten team in the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament, here on Tuesday. Kaur bagged two crucial wickets helping India restrict Pakistan to 97 for seven inRead More

Mohali: Indian batsmen, including flamboyant and in-form skipper Virat Kohli, were made to toil hard before Ravichandran Ashwin’s counter-attacking 57 enabled the hosts to reach 271/6 at stumps on the second day of the third cricket Test here on Sunday. India are only 12 runs behind England’s first innings scoreRead More

Abu Dhabi: Nico Rosberg clinched his maiden world title on Sunday when he finished second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix despite Lewis Hamilton ignoring team orders in his quest to foil the German. The 31-year-old Rosberg concluded the longest season in the sport`s history with a nail-biting second placeRead More

New Delhi: In a historic first for Indian boxing, former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan will be presented the ‘Best Boxer’ award by the International Boxing Association for his performance this year, during the world body’s 70th anniversary celebrations on December 20. “In recognition of your achievements throughout the year,Read More

Kowloon, Hong Kong: India’s hopes of winning twin titles in the Hong Kong Open Super Series were dashed on Sunday when Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu and national champion Sameer Verma lost their respective final clashes in contrasting fashion here. Sindhu, aiming for her second successive Super Series title, lostRead More

Melbourne: India put up a dominating performance to beat Malaysia 4-1 in the bronze medal play off match on Sunday and finish at third position in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament here. The Indians managed to control the proceedings from start to finish, scoring twice in the final quarter toRead More

Doha: Aditi Ashok put herself in line for a second straight title as she moved into shared lead at the end of the third round of the Qatar Ladies Open, here on Friday. Teenager Aditi shared the lead with Nanna Koerstz Madsen from Denmark at 12-under-par heading into the finalRead More

New Delhi: Unheralded Indian shuttler Sameer Verma defeated Malaysia’s Chong Wei Feng in their men’s quarter-final of the 2016 Hong Kong Open at Kowloon on Friday. The 22-year-old took just 47 minutes to book his career’s first Super Series last-four spot with a straight games 21-17 23-21 win. The unseededRead More

Adelaide: Iron-willed Usman Khawaja batted out the entire day to tilt the third day-night Test towards Australia with a masterful century against South Africa on Friday. At the close on the second day in Adelaide, the Australians were 307 for six in reply to the Proteas` 259 for nine declared,Read More