Wuhan,  Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova moved into the final of the Wuhan Open here today. The third seeds beat the second-seeded Chinese Taipei team of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 6-4 3-6 10-7 in the semifinals of the $2,589,000 tournament. Mirza and Strycova had entered the semifinals after aRead More

Kolkata, September 30 India’s vaunted batting line-up failed to recover from the early blows dealt by New Zealand’s concerted bowling effort and wobbled to 239 for 7 on the opening day of the second cricket Test here today. Barring Cheteshwar Pujara (87) and Ajinkya Rahane (77), none of the batsmenRead More

Mumbai, September 30 An embattled BCCI on Friday missed the first deadline to implement Lodha Committee recommendations on sweeping administrative reforms after it had to adjourn its Special General Meeting on technical grounds. Faced with the possibility of losing its entire top brass, including president Anurag Thakur, the BCCI wasRead More

New Delhi, Pushed to the wall, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) will be holding a Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Friday to discuss implementation of the first set of changes recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha committee. Another act of defiance by the BCCI would lead to possibleRead More

New Delhi,  Who’s Sakshi Malik’s coach? Well, that has been an interesting topic of discussion ever since she has returned from the Rio Olympics with a historic bronze medal in women’s wrestling. As many as four coaches have claimed to have coached Malik at different stages of her career; theRead More

kolkata,  Ajay Jayaram emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the Korea Open after notching up a convincing win over China’s Huang Yuxiang to advance to the quarterfinals of the Super Series event here today. The ninth seed won 21-15 21-18 in a 40-minute battle. B Sai Praneeth suffered aRead More

Kanpur, Mohammad Shami used reverse swing to good effect against the Kiwis on the final day of the Kanpur Test to put the hosts on track to victory, but the pace spearhead says it is not an easy art to execute. Shami said the team had to wait till the lastRead More

New Delhi, Batswoman Smriti Mandhana has signed a one-year deal with Brisbane Heat for the second edition of the Women’s Big Bash League, the franchise announced today. Mandhana, thus, became the second Indian woman player to sign for the BBL after Harmanpreet Kaur signed a contract with the defending champions SydneyRead More

Kanpur,  Of all the things that went right in the Test series opener against New Zealand, Cheteshwar Pujara’s transformation from an obdurate accumulator of runs to a free-scoring batsman when needed must be the most pleasing for India captain Virat Kohli. In a team teeming with flamboyant strokemakers, Pujara’s batting,Read More

Johannesburg,  South Africa captain AB De Villiers has been ruled out of the ODI and Test series against Australia after failing to recover from an elbow injury, Cricket South Africa said on Tuesday. De Villiers is to have surgery on his left elbow after failing a fitness Test on TuesdayRead More