New Delhi: Virender Shewag, who has recently called time on his glorious international cricket career, says the sadness of being “deprived of a farewell game shall always remain” in his mind. “Had the selectors told me that they were going to drop me, I could have requested them to allowRead More

Singapore: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis powered past Chinese Taipei’s Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan 6-4, 6-2 to reach their 10th final of the year together at the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) Finals here on Saturday. Sania-Martina improved their winning streak to 21 matches with the win. Their last lossRead More

New Delhi: With two new teams set to replace the suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is expected to a follow different auction procedure as compared to previous years. According to a report in the Times of India, a system of ‘reverse bidding’ willRead More

Mumbai: South Africa head coach Russell Domingo on Saturday said star batsman Hashim Amla being out of touch lately has been a concern for the team ahead of the four-match Test cricket series against India starting in Mohali on November 5. The 32-year-old batsman managed just one run before beingRead More

Singapore: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued their rampaging form as they sealed a women’s doubles semifinal berth in the year-ending WTA Finals here at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair topped the Red Group with an unbeaten 3-0 runRead More

Margao: League leaders FC Pune City maintained their top spot after playing out a 1-1 draw with hosts FC Goa in an Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Friday. Pune improved to 13 points from seven matches, one more than second-placed Delhi Dynamos whoRead More

New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, girl students playing cricket had resulted in a University of Karachi (KU) campus clash between Islami Jamiat Talaba (ITJ) activists and Punjabi Student Association (PSA) members yesterday. According to reports in Pakistani media, IJT activists allegedly attacked girls who were playing cricket to passRead More

New Delhi: The 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) contributed Rs.11.5 billion ($182 million) to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Friday. The BCCI appointed KPMG Sports Advisory Group to undertake a survey on the economic impact generated by the IPLRead More

Mumbai: With not many runs under his belt lately, India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Thursday made it clear that he is open to bat at any position in the four-match Test cricket series against South Africa starting in Mohali on November 5. The Saurashtra right-hander managed only 64 runs inRead More

Mumbai: Legendary fast bowler Brett Lee said on Thursday that the presence of players like Virat Kohli and Dale Steyn on the cricket field makes the game more exciting but pointed out that players should control their aggression and should know where to draw the line. Recently, Indian fast bowlerRead More