London: An emotional Wayne Rooney became England’s all-time leading goal-scorer after netting his 50th international goal in a historic 2-0 victory over Switzerland at Wembley in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Tuesday. With England having already qualified for next year’s tournament, the stage was set for their captain to surpassRead More

Karachi: In a startling revelation, Pakistan’s former captain Javed Miandad has claimed that he decided to step down as the national coach in 1999 as some players were openly indulging in corruption and unethical practices. “I told the than Chairman of the cricket board, Khalid Mehmood to take action orRead More

Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina will get to test their fitness and form ahead of the South Africa series as the selectors on Wednesday named them in India’ A squads for the upcoming home series against Bangladesh A. Left-handed opener Dhawan, who suffered a hand injury during the first TestRead More

Glasgow: A double by Thomas Mueller ensured world champions Germany kept hold of top spot in Group D and moved to the verge of Euro 2016 qualification with a 3-2 defeat of a spirited Scotland side at Hampden on Monday. Mueller, who grabbed a double in the corresponding fixture inRead More

New York: Serena and Venus Williams will meet for a place in the US Open 2015 semi-finals on Tuesday. Here’s a look at five of the most memorable clashes between the American sisters: 1998 Australian Open 2nd round Nowhere near a classic — it was a described as ‘sub-par’ byRead More

New Delhi: Ace golfer Anirban Lahiri added another feather to his cap by becoming the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious President’s Cup. Lahiri, World No.40, came through as one of the automatic qualifications for the International Team, which will take on United States in the biennial President’s CupRead More

New York: Andy Murray crashed out in the fourth round of the US Open on Monday, making his earliest Grand Slam exit since 2010 to end his run of 18 consecutive major quarter-finals. South African 15th seed Kevin Anderson stunned the British third seed 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6Read More

Milan: A first-half penalty from Daniele De Rossi pushed Italy closer to the Euro 2016 finals on Sunday after a 1-0 in Palermo sent them top of qualifying Group H ahead of Norway. Three days after a patchy 1-0 win over Malta thanks to Graziano Pelle’s winner — which cameRead More

New York: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis stormed into the US Open quarter-finals with a straight-set triumph in their third-round match here. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair eased past 13th seeded Dutch-Czech combination of Michaella Krajicek and Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-0 in a contest whichRead More

ISLAMABAD:Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to stop running after the BCCI to resume bilateral ties. Miandad said the inflammatory statements given by Indian leaders and ministers were most unfortunate and would not help Indo-Pak cricket relations. “I don’t think these inflammatory statementsRead More