Colombo: Ishant Sharma took 5-23 in a sensational spell of fast bowling to rout the Sri Lankan Board President’s XI batting line-up as Indians bowled them out for a paltry 121 in their first innings on day two of the three- day warm-up cricket match here today. The visitors thenRead More

Chennai: Captain Usman Khawaja and his opening partner Joe Burns smashed scintillating centuries as Australia A thrashed a hapless India A by a massive 119 runs in the second tri-series cricket match here on Friday. Khawaja and Burns continued their top form as they sent the Indian bowlers to aRead More

Hyderabad: National football team captain Sunil Chhetri says the popularity of the game is on an upswing with the advent of Indian Super League (ISL) and the task now is to build on the momentum through quality matches and enhanced media coverage. “It’s quite good, especially with the ISL comingRead More

Karachi: Police have started investigation into the firing on former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram’s car, a media report said. Police recorded statements of witnesses, got custody of CCTV footage and sent casings of spent bullets to forensic laboratory on Thursday, Dawn on Friday quoted officials as saying. A gunmanRead More

Colombo: Centurion Ajinkya Rahane on Thursday said that his gameplan of playing a long innings before the start of the three-match Test series worked well for him in the solitary tour game here. Indians rode on Rahane’s unbeaten 109 to manage 314 for six at the end of the openingRead More

Nottingham: Australian great Shane Warne and former captain Ricky Ponting lamented technical failings and mental approach as their countrymen were shot out for a humiliating 60 by England on the first morning of the fourth Ashes test on Thursday. Warne believes some of the problems stem from the increased amountRead More

Chennai: Outplayed in the four-day games, a new-look India A will have to play out of their skins to stop a rampaging Australia A when they clash in a tri-series One-day cricket match, here on Friday. Australia A have been dominant on this tour so far as they humbled theRead More

New Delhi: Stuart Broad created havoc on the first Day of the 4th Ashes Test by running through the Australian batting line up. England bundled the visitors out for mere 60 in their first innings, with the help of Broad’s 8-wicket haul. Here are five interesting facts you should knowRead More

Kazan: Ryan Lochte of the United States made history by winning his fourth straight 200m individual medley gold at the world swimming championships on Thursday. Lochte clocked 1min 55.81sec with Brazil`s Thiago Pereira taking silver at 0.84sec and China`s Wang Shun picked up bronze at 1.00 dead. The 31-year-old LochteRead More

Karachi: A gunman opened fire on former Pakistani cricket captain Wasim Akram’s car in the city of Karachi on Wednesday an apparent incident of road-rage in a metropolis beset by violence. Akram, considered one of the greatest one-day international cricketers of all time, told reporters that no one was hurtRead More