Nagpur: Trailing the four-match Test series 0-1 after two games against India, South-African all-rounder Jean-Paul Duminy on Sunday said the ongoing cricket tour is proving to be one of the toughest and challenging series for the team. The visitors won the T20 and the ODI rubber against India, but lostRead More

London: Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has expressed his desire to bring back their former star Cristiano Ronaldo to the club, saying that he is ‘hopeful’ for the latter’s return. Van Gaal stressed that although his side wants to bring Ronaldo, his Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale also remainsRead More

Dubai: Jos Buttler hit the fastest one-day hundred by an Englishman to guide England to an 84-run win over Pakistan in the fourth and final day-night international in Dubai today for a 3-1 series triumph. Buttler’s 52-ball 116 not out — his hundred coming off just 46 deliveries — coupledRead More

Chandigarh: Spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday exuded confidence that he will make a comeback to the Indian Test squad in near future. “Last ODIs I have done well. Whatever is there I am confident that I will get to play in Test matches again,” he said here. Talking about beingRead More

Guwahati: Northeast United FC brightened their semifinal prospects with a 2-0 win over strugglers Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) here, helping the Highlanders move to fourth position in the pecking order. Bruno Aires put the hosts ahead when he converted a penalty in the 41st minute,Read More

Paris: FIFA vice president Michel Platini on Friday submitted an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge the world football governing body’s decision to ban him for a provisional period of 90 days. Legal representatives of the Frenchman, who is also European football’s governing body (UEFA)Read More

Guwahati: Assam cricket team continued its magnificent run in the 2015/16 Ranji Trophy season as they handed Delhi their first defeat of the season by registering a five-wicket win at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday. It was a tense, low-scoring match between the two teams. After GautamRead More

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India’s actions are “malicious and motivated by greed”, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday. It asked authorities here to “resist this dishonest blackmail by the Indian board”. An editorial “Malice from the BCCI” in The Nation said that India’s refusal to play aRead More

Adelaide: Australia have recalled top-order batman Shaun Marsh and bowler James Pattinson in the squad for the third Test of the three-match series against New Zealand. Marsh will replace injured Usman Khawaja while Pattinson has come in place of retired pacer Mitchell Johnson. The chairman of selectors, Rod Marsh, saidRead More

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has revealed that Test skipper Misbah-ul Haq and veteran batsman Younis Khan has been added in the board’s cricket committee. As per the Dawn, it is for the first time that active players have been included in the committee. Reflecting on theRead More