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

Johor: Bengaluru FC take on defending champions Johor Darul Ta’zim in what is an inconsequential Group H tie of the AFC Cup at the Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, in Johor Bahru, on Wednesday. The encounter would do well to make the most of some valuable game beforeRead More

New Delhi: Indian women’s team captain Ritu Rani and senior’s men’s team drag-flicker V R Raghunath were on Wednesday recommended by Hockey India for the Arjuna Award. “VR Raghunath, Dharamvir Singh and Ritu Rani have been recommended for the Arjuna Award while Sylvanus Dung Dung has been recommended for theRead More

Bengaluru: With two gutsy wins on the bounce which set up the groundwork for their top-four push, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to keep their momentum going when they take on Mumbai Indians in their 10th IPL-9 contest on Wednesday. Since having their backs the wall, the Virat Kohli-led sideRead More

Bengaluru: With the Champions Trophy beginning next month, the Indian hockey team’s drag flick specialist VR Raghunath believes the team is toiling hard to cement their spot in the national side. And Karnataka ace Raghunath feels that every member in the line-up should prove his worth while representing the nation.Read More

Mumbai: Struggling R Ashwin has not been given his full quota of overs by Rising Pune Supergiants captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a few IPL matches this season but former India pacer Ajit Agarkar does not view it as a sign of lack of faith in the off-spinner. Asked whetherRead More