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

New Delhi: A day after being cleared by the National Anti-doping Agency (NADA), wrestler Narsingh Yadav on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who asked him to focus on winning laurels for the country at the Olympics without any tension. The Prime Minister, who met the wrestler at his officeRead More

Sydney: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, who retired from international cricket last year citing a lack of hunger, has signed for a Twenty20 team in the domestic Big Bash League (BBL). The 34-year-old has been recruited by the BBL’s Perth Scorchers and said Tuesday he was hoping to mentor youngRead More

Toronto: Minutes after completing a 6-3, 7-5 ATP Toronto Masters final win over Kei Nishikori for his 66th career title, Novak Djokovic had already shifted his focus to the Rio Olympics. The world number one, who claimed his fourth Canadian title with a command performance over Asia’s top player lastingRead More