New Delhi: Shashank Manohar, who resigned as president of the Indian cricket board two days ago, was on Thursday elected unanimously and unopposed as chairman of the International Cricket Council following the ICC full council’s approval of constitutional amendments proposed this April in Dubai. Manohar becomes the first elected independentRead More

Mohali: Trouble is brewing in the Kings XI Punjab dressing room, compounding the woes of a team already languishing at the bottom of the table this season. Earlier this month, reports suggested that left-handed Australian batsman Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the remainder of the season due to injury.Read More

Karachi: Pakistani opener, Sharjeel Khan has claimed that some unknown person is trying to blackmail him by demanding money for not releasing videos of him which could harm his reputation. Police in Sharjeel’s hometown visited his residence and spoke to his father to inquire about the matter but a seniorRead More

Bengaluru: It’s been around a quarter of a century since Mike Powell set the long jump world record with a soaring leap that cleared 8.95 meters. And it remains to this day. Here in Bengaluru as the brand ambassador for the TCS World 10K, the legendary American spoke at lengthRead More

New Delhi: Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels India’s star batsman Virat Kohli should not be rushed into captaincy in all three formats and be allowed to grow while leading the Test team. “Virat should not be rushed into captaincy in all formats. Let him grow into this role, 2019 WorldRead More

Bengaluru: Mumbai Indians produced a solid all-round display to dent Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chances of making it into the top-four with a resounding six-wicket win in the IPL-9 tie at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Chasing 151, Ambati Rayudu’s 47-ball-44 set the base while Kieron Pollard (35 n.o, 19b,Read More

Mumbai: Shashank Manohar was elected as International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman on Thursday. He will hold the office for two years. Manohar, who stepped down as BCCI president on Tuesday, became the first independent chairman to hold the office. According to the election process, ICC directors were each allowed toRead More

Ludhiana: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by Ludhiana Police Commissioner Paramraj Singh Umranangal to probe the sexual harassment allegations against Sardar Singh has given a clean chit to the Indian hockey team skipper. In February, a British woman had filed a police complaint against Sardar alleging that she wasRead More

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday denied sending any list of Olympic probables, sans Sushil Kumar, to the Indian Olympic Association, insisting that the two-time medallist is not yet out of contention for the Rio Games. WFI clarified that it has been a regular practice forRead More

New Delhi: When her fellow runners were toiling at the national camp for the Rio Olympics at NIS Patiala, sprinter Dutee Chand chose to train alone in Hyderabad. It wasn’t difficult to understand why Chand preferred solitude since returning to competition following her win in a landmark “gender” case againstRead More