Birmingham: Azhar Ali’s century helped keep England at bay before he was out to the final ball of the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. Azhar’s more than six-hour 139, his 10th Test century but first outside Asia, ended when all-rounder Chris Woakes, on his WarwickshireRead More

New Delhi: Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla is all set to host the opening warm-up fixture of New Zealand’s tour of India when the visitors take on Board President’s XI from September 16-18. Interestingly, the BCCI had sounded out Kotla whether it wanted to host the Duleep trophy day/night ‘pink ball’Read More

Paris: For as long as athletes have been battling for gold medals, they have been taking fortifying tonics — some stomach-churning, others downright dangerous — with little concern for their health. As revelations of Russian doping have shown going into the Rio Olympics, top-level competitors are willing to take almostRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Nepali swimmer Gaurika Singh, already a seasoned international competitor at 13, is poised to become the youngest Olympian in Rio when she hits the water in the 100m backstroke heats on Sunday. “That’s quite cool, a bit unreal, too,” said Singh, who will be 13 years andRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is aiming to drive her sabre through bigotry when she becomes the first American athlete to compete at the Olympics wearing a hijab. The articulate 30-year-old African-American Muslim was catapulted to prominence in January after clinching her place on the US Olympic team atRead More

New Delhi: Bangladesh will play their first-ever Test match in India next February, a top cricket official said Wednesday. Although India have crossed the border to Bangladesh, the Tigers have never played a five-day match on Indian soil since they gained Test status in 2000, mainly because of scheduling clashes.BangladeshRead More

Johannesburg: Faf du Plessis will stand in as captain for an injured AB de Villiers in two Test matches against New Zealand later this month. De Villiers suffered an elbow injury while playing in the Caribbean Premier League and will be out of action for about six weeks. Fast bowlerRead More

London: Last year Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini had to swim for her life when her boat broke down as she tried to reach Europe; this month the teenager will be swimming in the Rio Olympics. Yusra, who is a member of the first ever Olympic refugee team, told how sheRead More

Paris: A final decision on the number of Russian athletes allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics could be reached as early as Tuesday, according to Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko. “I hope that today or tomorrow all the formalities regarding letting the team (compete in Rio) will be completed,”Read More

Mumbai: The BCCI ton Tuesday appointed former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as the head of a four-member legal panel to help the Indian cricket board understand the implications of the Justice Lodha Committee reforms, which have been made mandatory by the apex court. In a meeting of its all-powerfulRead More