Bengaluru: Enjoying one of the best phases in his career so far, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s inspirational leader Virat Kohli is ready to play through pain against Kings XI Punjab with multiple stitches in his split webbing in another must-win IPL encounter, here on Wednesday. Kohli sustained a split webbing inRead More

Madrid: Chelsea striker Diego Costa was left out of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque’s provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday. The nationalised Brazilian missed Chelsea’s last two games of the season due to a persistent hamstring injury and has struggled at international level with just one goal inRead More

London: Joe Root was named Test Player of the Year, Limited Overs Player of the Year and Fans’ Player of the Year at England’s annual awards ceremony on Monday. The Yorkshire batsman, 25, hit two centuries in England’s Ashes triumph last year, scored four one-day tons and was his team’sRead More

Dubai: The ICC on Monday countered claims made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that the world governing body has agreed to reimburse the money spent on clearing wicketkeeper Kusal Perera name of doping charges. SLC secretary Mohan de Silva had reportedly claimed that the world body had verbally agreed toRead More

Mumbai: Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik is looking for his ‘plastic shirt boy’. The Afghan boy, Murtaza – who became a household name after being photographed donning a temporary Lionel Messi jersey made out of a plastic bag – seems to be spreading his charm to Pakistan. Murtaza had received anRead More

Rome: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their first ever title on red clay, capturing the Internazionali BNL d’Italia trophy with a 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-3 win over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final here on Sunday.The joint number one, Sania and Martina were playing their third straight finalRead More

New Delhi: In yet another setback for Sushil Kumar, the double Olympic-medallist has been omitted from the Wrestling Federation of India’s Rio Preparatory camp, which is scheduled to begin in Sonepat from Wednesday, as only the quota place earning wrestlers have been included in the list. As per rules, NarsinghRead More

Mohali: His side assured of a berth in the play-offs in IPL 9 after beating Kings XI Punjab on Sunday, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner let out the secret behind his team’s success, saying it’s all about staying hungry and having self-belief. Asked about the team’s plan for the nextRead More

Mumbai: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, impressed with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers’ maverick innings against Gujarat Lions on Saturday, said that Dale Steyn (who has not played much this IPL) would have been happy to sit out. Kohli and de Villiers stitched a record 229-run partnership for theRead More

Mumbai: India’s Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is not figuring for any franchise in the ongoing IPL, is all set to visit the north east and interact with the region’s under 16 boys who are currently undergoing a coaching camp in Dimapur, Nagaland. Pujara would train the boys from theRead More