New Delhi: Legendary Rafael Nadal was at his energetic best in his two wins as rampaging Indian Aces continued their sparkling run in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) with a 30-12 rout of the Philippines Mavervicks, on the opening day of the Indian leg of the event. Nadal, theRead More

Dubai: Saina Nehwal scripted a remarkable victory over reigning World Champion Carolina Marin to turn around her campaign at the BWF Super Series Finals even as Srikanth faced exit after suffering his second straight loss in the men’s singles here on Thursday. Facing early exit after her capitulation against Japan’sRead More

New Delhi: Former Indian pacer Javagal Srinath on Tuesday showed his appreciation to the effort put in by the South African batsmen on the last two days of the Feroz Shah Kotla Test. Srinath went as far as to say that the visitors deserved a draw for their dogged determinationRead More

New Delhi: Spanish legend Rafael Nadal, who made his debut in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Monday, said that his rivalry with Swiss maestro Roger Federer is a special one. According to a report in The Times of India, Rafa, who hasn’t been in the best form inRead More

Dubai: Disappointed by South Africa’s meek surrender in the just-concluded Test series against India, retired former captain Graeme Smith said after seeing his ex-teammates struggle so much, he might consider returning to international cricket. South Africa lost the four-match rubber 0-3, two of those defeats coming inside three days. Smith,Read More

Hobart: The much-maligned West Indies are battling to regain respect against Australia in the first of three Tests starting in Hobart on Thursday, but the odds are heavily stacked against the once-mighty Caribbeans. They have won just four of their last 20 Tests and were humbled by 10 wickets inRead More

Sydney: Cricket chiefs hope to stage a Twenty20 World Cup in the United States within a decade as the game ramps up efforts to crack the huge American sports market, a report said Tuesday. The International Cricket Council`s head of global development Tim Anderson said the world governing body hadRead More

New Delhi: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli was at his jovial best as he took a dig at the media stating that his team always “had answers” when it came to winning matches irrespective of the playing conditions. Kohli has had to answer the maximum questions on spin-friendly tracks providedRead More

New Delhi: Top stars Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei were the costliest buys, fetching a whopping USD 100,000, while Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were bought for USD 95,000 and USD 80,000 respectively at the rechristened Premier badminton League (PBL) players’ auction here on Monday. WorldRead More

London: Russia and Qatar should still host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, according to David Beckham, despite being tainted by FIFA`s corruption scandals he branded as “disgusting”. FIFA has been in crisis since May when 14 executives were indicted as part an FBI investigation into corruption and last weekRead More