New Delhi: Describing Virat Kohli as a ‘fantastic’ player, veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh has said that he could see the current Test skipper leading the ODI team as well in the future. “Virat is a fantastic player for India. He is like my brother. I think he will take IndiaRead More

Ahmedabad: Seven-time champions India failed to make a positive start to their campaign as they were stunned 32-34 by South Korea in the opening match of the Kabaddi World Cup here on Friday. It was an extraordinary effort by Korea, who came back strongly at the death to clinch aRead More

Indore: Calling the India-New Zealand Test at Indore a good experiment, BCCI president Anurag Thakur said on Saturday that the process to take the five-day game to smaller cities will continue. “We have taken an initiative to take Test matches to small cities. The decision to hold the same inRead More

Indore: Still on a learning curve as India’s Test skipper, Virat Kohli on Friday said controlling sessions which don’t exactly go the team’s way is among the most crucial captaincy lessons that he has learnt so far in his tenure. “One thing that stands out in the learning process isRead More

Indore: The series already in their pocket and the number one ranking cemented, a dominant India go into the third Test against New Zealand here on Saturday, aiming yet another clean sweep of a Test rubber at home. The hosts had blanked Australia 4-0 in 2012-13 and the West IndiesRead More

London: Edgbaston will host the first day/night Test ever staged in the United Kingdom when England face the West Indies in Birmingham in August next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Wednesday. England are now in line to become the third nation to stage a five-day Test underRead More

Beijing: Maria Sharapova’s ex-boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday suggested she deserved her ban from tennis for a doping offence — an incident that sent shockwaves through the sport. “I think tennis misses her,” the Bulgarian world number 20 said of the five-time Grand Slam champion, adding that he had “zeroRead More

Turin: Spain appeared to have started its new era better than Italy but the Azzurri maintained their unbeaten home record in World Cup qualifiers with a 1-1 draw in Turin on Thursday. Spain lost to Italy in the round of 16 at the European Championship, and were set for aRead More

Chennai: Brazilian winger Marcelo Pereira struck twice as Delhi Dynamos notched up a facile 3-1 win over defending champions Chennaiyin FC at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday. Playing their first match this season, Delhi Dynamos turned on the magic with Marcelo, better known as Marcelinho, scoring two goals for hisRead More

London: England seamer James Anderson is confident he will be fit to play some part in the team’s Test tour of India starting in November after sitting out this month’s two-match series in Bangladesh with a shoulder injury. The 34-year-old, England’s most prolific wicket-taker in Tests, sustained a stress fractureRead More