Melbourne, March 14 Rafael Nadal has threatened to take legal action against former French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot after she accused the Spanish tennis maestro of faking a knee injury four years ago to cover up a positive drug test. Bachelot claimed that the 14-time Grand Slam champion’s six-month absenceRead More

Indian Wells, USA, March 14 Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Spanish tennis maestro Rafael Nadal produced contrasting performances as they progressed through to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters after their respective wins in the men’s singles event here on Monday. Top seed Djokovic overcame a shaky startRead More

Mumbai, High-flying India will take on South Africa in their final warm-up match of World T20 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. India outclassed West Indies by 45 runs in the first practice game on Thursday in Kolkata, thanks to an impressive unbeaten 98 by opener Rohit Sharma. IndiaRead More

Nagpur, March 12 Afghanistan romped into the main round of the ICC World T20 after crushing Zimbabwe by a whopping 59 runs in their final Group B qualifying contest, here today. In a do-or-die match, the Afghans outplayed Zimbabwe in all departments by first scoring a challenging 186/6 in 20Read More

Dharamsala, March 12 It’s the dirge of the poorer cousin. It’s heard often enough, and it’s not given any attention. It was heard again tonight as the Netherlands exited the qualifying stage of the T20 World Cup. Their match against Oman was washed out due to rain; they’d lost theirRead More

Dharamsala, The Netherlands crashed out of the World Twenty20 on Friday after their match against Oman was washed out without a ball being bowled in Dharamsala. Expressing his disappointment, Dutch skipper Peter Borren said his side was gutted after the match was abandoned due to bad weather and also afterRead More

Nagpur, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan kept their hopes alive of advancing past the World T20 group stages on Thursday with contrasting victories in Nagpur on the third day of the tournament. Left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza picked up 4/28 to help Zimbabwe to an 11-run win over Group B rivals Scotland who becameRead More

Kolkata, Rohit Sharma smashed a scintillating 98 not out at his favourite Eden Gardens as India registered a comprehensive 45-run win over the West Indies in their World T20 warm-up match here today. Continuing with his love-affair at a venue where he had scored an ODI world record 264, Sharma plunderedRead More

Birmingham, Unheralded Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth scripted one of the biggest wins of his career, stunning two-time Olympics silver medallist and former world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei in the opening round of the prestigious All England Championship here. In a match that lasted 50 minutes, Praneeth eked out aRead More

London, Liverpool produced a dominating performance as they outclassed disjointed Manchester United to take a deserving 2-0 first leg lead in the last-16 of the Europa League at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s side remained in possession throughout the match with Liverpool getting their first goal in the 20th minute. Forward Daniel SturridgeRead More