New Delhi, January 7 India’s Apurvi Chandela shot her way to a second successive gold medal and emerged as the ‘Shooter of the Tournament’ in the Swedish Cup Grand Prix in Savsjo, Sweden. The 23-year-old Chandela shot 208.9 in the final to clinch the top prize in women’s 10-metre tri-seriesRead More

CAPE TOWN, January 6 Hashim Amla said on Wednesday he was stepping aside as South Africa’s cricket Test captain with immediate effect, a day after a double century rescued his country from possible defeat in the second Test against England. The 32-year-old made the surprise announcement just minutes after theRead More

Chennai, Ramkumar Ramanathan’s good run at the Chennai Open continued today as he combined with compatriot N Sriram Balaji to knock out the fourth-seeded Kiwi pair of Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniel to storm into the doubles quarterfinals today. The wild card Indian pair came from behind to shock the seasonedRead More

New Delhi, It was the summer of June 2006 when a six-year-old kid stepped into the Modern Cricket Club Academy in Kalyan, Mumbai, to spend his vacation picking up the finer nuances of the game. Ten years later, Pranav Dhanawade smashed an unbeaten 1009 off 327 deliveries in HT Bhandari CupRead More

Cape Town, January 6 Hashim Amla said on Wednesday he was stepping aside as South Africa’s cricket test captain with immediate effect, a day after a double century rescued his country from possible defeat in the second test against England. The 32-year-old made the surprise announcement just minutes after theRead More

cape town, january 5 England openers came through the last half-an-hour unscathed after South Africa declared on 627/7 and the second Test was heading for a draw on Tuesday. South Africa captain Hashim Amla made a double century and Temba Bavuma struck his maiden Test hundred on the fourth dayRead More

Mumbai, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is glad India will play three Twenty20 matches in Australia and hopes it will help the team identify the right combination before the World Twenty20 at home in March. A lone T20 match is mostly the norm for an Indian team in a bilateral series butRead More

Mumbai, January 5 Former stumper Syed Kirmani was bestowed with the prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian cricket, while Test captain Virat Kohli bagged the Polly Umrigar Trophy for Cricketer of the Year in the BCCI awards night here today. The 66-year-old former IndiaRead More

Sydney, January 5 The Melbourne Renegades fined star opener Chris Gayle $ 7,000 today after an attempt to flirt with a female presenter on live TV which cricket authorities condemned as “completely out of line”. Ten Network reporter Mel McLaughlin found herself being asked out for a drink during anRead More

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 4 The Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Committee might leave some of the key BCCI administrators “jobless” if its recommendations on office-bearers’ age and tenure are implemented in the coming days. The panel, largely taking a cue from the provisions defined in the revised draft of theRead More