Monza: Sebastian Vettel bids this weekend to become only the second driver to win the Italian Grand Prix with three different teams as Ferrari seek to add some lustre to an inconsistent season in the last European round of this year’s world championship. Two weeks after a dramatic tyre failureRead More

Third-seeded Briton Andy Murray put on a composed display to overcome the mercurial Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights to reach the second round of the US Open on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Kyrgios showed off his powerful serve and groundstrokes but the 37th-ranked AustralianRead More

India’s boxing administration might be in shambles but International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Dr Ching Kuo Wu says the country still counts among the best in Asia and efforts would be made to bring it back into the semi-professional World Series of Boxing (WSB). “We have got strong and traditionalRead More

Paris: Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed that Italian giants AC Milan were eager to sign him but there was no offer from English Premier League (EPL) club Arsenal. Rumours had suggested that the French champions were willing to sell Ibrahimovic this summer, with Arsenal, AC Milan, Manchester UnitedRead More

Monza: New father Nico Rosberg has plenty to be happy about right now but Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton intends to be smiling just as much after this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Sunday’s race, at a super-fast track that faces an uncertain future despite its historic status as a templeRead More

NEW DELHI;Virat Kohli, young, aggressive and brash, achieved what his more illustrious and composed predecessors like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not – lead India to a Test series win in Sri Lanka. Not since 1993 had an Indian team tasted such success inRead More

Bangkok: Defending champion Shiva Thapa, second seed Vikas Krishan and the fast-rising L Devendro Singh booked medals and World Championship berths by advancing to the semifinals on a mixed day for India at the Asian Championships here on Tuesday. Devendro (49kg), a silver-medallist from the previous edition of the event,Read More

Madrid: Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea’s proposed transfer to Real Madrid appeared to be scuppered on Monday night as the move was not listed in the transfers registered by the Spanish Professional League. Madrid seemed set to conclude the long-running transfer saga with a deal that would see theRead More

New York: Lucie Safarova joined the US Open seeds casualty list on Tuesday when the Czech left-hander became the fourth top-10 player to lose in the first round. Meanwhile Simona Halep made it into the next round comfortably. Sixth-seeded Safarova slipped to a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko,Read More

Tokyo: India’s top two badminton stars — Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu — are on a collision course at the $275,000 Japan Open Superseries to be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium from September 8 to 13. The two are likely to meet in the second round of women’s singlesRead More