Kuwait City: India’s Heena Sidhu made a grand return to form by winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 13th Asian ShootingChampionship here. Heena, who won a gold at the Asian Air Gun Championship at home recently, shot an excellent 198.2 in the finalsRead More

Mohali: South Africa may have bundled out India for 201 on the opening day of the first cricket Test, but wrecker-in-chief Dean Elgar on Thursday criticised the turf and said it is a bad cricketing wicket even if it is result-oriented. Elgar, who took four wickets to stop the hostsRead More

Mohali: India might have wasted the advantage of winning the toss after being bundled out for a paltry 201 against South Africa today but batting coach Sanjay Bangar feels the hosts’ first innings total is “much bigger” than it looks on a slow and low pitch. Bangar insisted that theRead More

New Delhi: India’s slide in the global football rankings continued as they dropped five places to be 172nd in the latest FIFA charts released on Thursday, while Belgium created history by grabbing the top spot for the first time. India were 167th last month. The dip follows poor performances inRead More

Dublin: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is aiming to thrill the Irish fans’ this Saturday night at the National Stadium in Dublin with another knockout performance. Vijender arrived Dublin this morning with his Indian promoter Neerav Tomar and trainer Lee Beard. The middleweight ace takes on Nottingham’s Dean Gillen inRead More

Mohali: Calling off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin the team’s go-to man ahead of the four-match Test series against South Africa, skipper Virat Kohli said bowlers have always been more crucial than batsmen in cricket’s longer format. Having lost the T20 and the ODI series, India are looking to turn it around inRead More

Kolkata: Responding to Sourav Ganguly’s statement that he will fly back to Kolkata if not allowed to open the innings in the Cricket All Stars league, Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday quipped that the former India captain’s “application is being processed”. “Dada your application for the opener’s position is being processed!HopeRead More

London: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns pocketed more than a quarter of a million dollars in return for fixing matches, a London court heard on Wednesday. The all-rounder moved to Dubai in 2008 with his partner to work for a family in the rough diamond industry, a moveRead More

Paris: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic kicked off his title defense at the Paris Masters by beating Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. In Tuesday’s match, the Serbian took almost an hour to wrap up the opening set, breaking in the 12th game, before pickingRead More

Sharjah: James Taylor hit a maiden half-century in his comeback match to bolster England to 222-4 at stumps on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan here on Monday. The 25-year-old, playing his first Test since 2012, kept Pakistan at bay with an unbeaten 74 and found anRead More