Mumbai, January 4 Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman’s masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years. The honour was accorded to the Hyderabad stylist’s fabulous series-turning knock after India trailedRead More

Cape Town, A wicket on the stroke of tea restored the balance for South Africa after England made a solid start on the first day of the second Test at Newlands on Saturday. England were 167 for three at tea after winning the toss and making first use of a pitchRead More

Chennai,Somdev Devvarman and Saketh Myneni registered easy wins to move to the second round of the ATP Chennai Open qualifying event. Sixth seed Devvarman defeated Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-2 6-3, avenging his Pune Challenger defeat against the local lad. Fifth seed Myneni saw off the challenge of Sanam Singh 6-2Read More

Thiruvananthapuram, Hosts India are expected to face a tough task when they lock horns with a rampaging Afghanistan in a high-voltage SAFF Cup final here on Sunday. Both teams won all of their matches convincingly on their way to the final. The visitors have been on a scoring spree, which includesRead More

Patiala, On a day when three new meet records were created, Punjabi University (Patiala) occupied the first position at the 76th All India Inter University Athletics Championship. After the end of the third day, Punjabi University have 120 points in their kitty, while MGU Kottayam are second with 91 points andRead More

New Delhi, January 1 India Test skipper Virat Kohli was among the few cricketers who received a higher actual salary according to the salary details of the retained IPL players listed by BCCI today. Kohli’s actual salary in Royal Challengers Bangalore was listed as Rs 15 crore while the purseRead More

Thiruvananthapuram, Striker Jeje Lalpekhlua scored a brilliant brace as the Indian football team stormed into the SAFF Cup final with a 3-2 win over Maldives here today. Skipper Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring for the hosts in the 25th minute followed by Lalpekhlua’s (34th, 66th) brace which helped the six-time SAFFRead More

Karachi, January 1 Tainted pacer Muhammad Aamir today returned to the Pakistan cricket squad for the limited-overs away series against New Zealand, completing a cycle of redemption following his spectacular fall from grace in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. Aamir, who served a five-year ban and jail time for indulging inRead More

Madrid, Lionel Messi scored on his 500th Barcelona appearance as the European champions moved back to the top of the table with a 4-0 win over Real Betis as La Liga returned from a curtailed winter break. Atletico Madrid remain level on points with Barca thanks to two goals in theRead More

DURBAN, Moeen Ali took three wickets on Wednesday as England made quick work of securing victory in the first Test by bundling out South Africa for 174 before lunch and ensure a 241-run win on the last day at Kingsmead. It was only the second triumph in the opening Test ofRead More