Chandigarh, Ravindra Jadeja — age 27, India cricketer for seven years — seems to have a problem. It seems that he’s unable to chat freely with his teammates when batting in the middle because, apparently, he’s not “somebody who really speaks a lot”. Now, it’s completely unfair to blame one playerRead More

Bhubaneswar, Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai 4-2 to register their first victory in the Hockey India League (HIL) here today. German striker Florian Fuchs’ field goal handed Mumbai a 2-0 advantage but two field strikes from Kalinga’s Adam Dixon and Glenn Turner sealed the deal for the hosts. To begin with,Read More

Melbourne, Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt slammed match-fixing allegations as an “absolute farce” on Thursday as his emotional retirement at the Australian Open was tainted by the corruption claims which have rocked tennis. Hewitt, after going down fighting to David Ferrer at his farewell tournament, rounded on an anonymous onlineRead More

Canberra, January 20 India capitulated shamelessly losing the last 9 wickets for 46 runs to give Australia a 25-run victory in the fourth ODI, here today after outstanding centuries by Shikhar Dhawan (126) and Virat Kohli (106). Chasing a substantial 349 for their first win in the series, the visitorsRead More

Melbourne, January 20 Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams stormed into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday as tennis authorities came under fire over their efforts to fight match-fixing. Djokovic had a third-set tussle with French teenager Quentin Halys before winning their night match 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3),Read More

Canberra, January 20 A dejected Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the blame for the team’s astonishing 25-run defeat against Australia today but surprisingly tried to pick “positives” from the debacle in which the last 9 wickets fell for a mere 46 runs. “It was my wicket (the turning pointRead More

Melbourne, Rafael Nadal, the 14-time Grand Slam champion, just three behind all-time leader Roger Federer, bombed out in the opening round of the Australian Open to fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. In only his second first-round loss at a Major tournament, Nadal, 29, fought for four hours, 41 minutes before theRead More

Melbourne, January 19 Fernando Verdasco sent shockwaves through the Australian Open on Tuesday by defeating Rafael Nadal 7-6(6) 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to send the former world number one crashing out in the opening round. The first-round exit was the 2009 champion’s first at Melbourne Park and only his secondRead More

Melbourne, An exhaustive investigation into tennis match fixing by two prominent media organisations has revealed evidence that 16 professional players have been caught up in the scandal. The findings of the investigation, by BuzzFeed News and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), were revealed on the same day the 2016’s first Major,Read More

Melbourne, January 18 As world tennis was rocked by allegations that the game’s authorities have failed to deal with widespread match-fixing just as the Australian Open kicked off on Monday, world number 1 Novak Djokovic said a member of his staff was approached about fixing a match early in hisRead More