Indian e-commerce shopping website Paytm has bagged Board of Control for Cricket in India’s title sponsorship rights for all series played at home till 2019. Paytm will pay Rs 2.42 crore for every international match hosted by BCCI. Approximately eighty-four matches are scheduled in the calendar so far. The firstRead More

MS Dhoni paid rich tributes to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Thursday and said that the former President was a legend and an inspirational figure for the entire country. Dr Abdul Kalam was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram town where he wasRead More

New Delhi: The BCCI on Wednesday made it very clear that it was not having second thoughts on revoking the ban on former India pacer S Sreesanth, Mumbai spinner Ankeet Chavan, and Rajasthan off-spinner Ajit Chandila in the wake of a Delhi court dropping all charges against them in theRead More

Atlanta: Somdev Devvarman, the country’s top singles player, was knocked out of the ATP Atlanta Open following a three-set defeat against American qualifier Jared Donaldson, here. The 30-year-old Somdev, who also came into the main draw of the event through Qualifiers, lost 1-6, 6-3, 4-6 to Donaldson, 12 years youngerRead More

Copenhagen: Indians had a mixed day in individual recurve events with women archers Laxmirani Majhi and Deepika Kumari advancing to the last 16 and only Mangal Singh Champia replicating the same among the men at the World Championships here on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Rimil Buriuly (women’s), Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul BanerjeeRead More

Suresh Raina is upset that he will not be on the flight to Colombo as India and Sri Lanka get set for a three-Test series starting in Galle on August 12. A man who scored a century on debut in 2010, has had a sketchy Test career and Raina isRead More

Chennai: The spotlight will be on Test skipper Virat Kohli as India A go into the second and final unofficial Test against Australia A here onWednesday, looking to secure a win after drawing the first match last week. Looking to get some vital competitive match practice ahead of the toughRead More

Kochi: He contemplated “suicide” during his time at Tihar Jail but pacer S Sreesanth is now hoping to sing the redemption song and would approach the BCCI for lifting the life ban imposed on him from playing cricket by the Board. Sreesanth was last week exonerated in the 2013 spot-fixingRead More

Montreal: Canadian football club Montreal Impact who play in Major League Soccer (MLS) have announced the signing of Didier Drogba, in a trade with Chicago Fire. The Ivorian will officially join the team upon receiving his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and his Canadian work permit. As per MLS policy, theRead More

New Delhi: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand said Tuesday she was “super excited” about returning to athletics after a landmark ruling on the validity of so-called gender tests. Chand`s hyperandrogenism — a condition that produces high testosterone levels — meant she fell foul of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rulesRead More