Galle: Dinesh Chandimal smashed an unbeaten 162 off 169 balls to lead a brilliant revival by Sri Lanka on the third day of the first Test against India at Galle on Friday. The hosts, who trailed India by 192 runs in the first innings, were reduced to 95-5 in theirRead More

Paris: FC Barcelona’s Uruguay forward Luis Suarez was on Wednesday named on a three-man shortlist for UEFA’s Best Player in Europe award for 2014/15. The 28-year-old joins perennial top player nominees Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Suarez’s Barca teammate Messi won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award inRead More

Bengaluru: Captain Anup Kumar led U Mumba to a 36-29 win over hosts Bengaluru Bulls in Pro Kabaddi season two here on Wednesday. At the Kanteerava Stadium, it was the Mumbai defence which played a major role in their creditable win with Anup prodding his hit men. The first halfRead More

Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels the absence of accountability and a proper system coupled with gambling have destroyed cricket as well as other sports in the country. “In our days there was no match fixing and neither did I ever gamble or else I wouldn’t have got theRead More

Jakarta:PV Sindhu scored one of the biggest wins of her career when she stunned London Olympics champion Li Xuerui of China to enter the quarterfinal of the world badminton championships in Jakarta on Thursday. The 11th seeded Sindhu upset third seed Li 21-17, 14-21, 21-17 in a pulsating contest lastingRead More

Galle: Centuries by opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli earned India a handy first innings lead before their spinners dismissed both the Sri Lankan openers to put the tourists on top of the first test at Galle on Thursday. Resuming the second day on 128-2, India were all outRead More

New Delhi:India have drawn level with Spain in the three-match series. Riding goals from Ramandeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh, India won 2-0 at Sant Cugat del Valles on Wednesday. India had lost their first match 4-1. Both the teams attacked from the first minute. SV Sunil and Akashdeep made someRead More

Tbilisi: Barcelona added the UEFA Super Cup to their treble win of trophies last season despite blowing a 4-1 lead with a stunning 5-4 win over Sevilla thanks to Pedro Rodriguez’s extra time winner. Two magnificent free-kicks from Lionel Messi plus goals from Rafinha and Luis Suarez looked to haveRead More

Jakarta: Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal sailed into the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles with a comfortable straight-game win but it was heartbreak for Parupalli Kashyap in the men’s competition at the World badminton Championship here on Wednesday. Meanwhile, other Indians in the men’s singles fray –Kidambi Srikanth and HS PrannoyRead More

Chennai: South Africa pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe on Wednesday said he did not know the reason for food poisoning that led to 10 players of his team being hospitalised here. “I think if I was a doctor I would told you the exactly what happened and the cause. But we hadRead More