New Delhi, July 20 Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will be part of BCCI’s four-member working group studying Justice RM Lodha Commission’s verdict on IPL betting scandal. The group, which will be chaired by IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla and also comprise BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur and Treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary, willRead More

Harare, July 20 India’s quest to maintain a clean slate on their Zimbabwe tour went up in smoke as they suffered a 10-run loss in the second and final T20I here today. Chasing 146 for a win, India were looking down the barrel at 69 for five after nine overs.Read More

Christchurch, July 19 A fired-up Yuki Bhambri recorded his first ever victory in a live fifth rubber after Somdev Devvarman levelled the score as India advanced to the World Group Play-offs following a 3-2 win over New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie here today. Bhambri wasRead More

ZURICH, July 20 The election to select a new president of world soccer’s governing body FIFA will be held on February 26 in Zurich, the organisation said on its Twitter feed on Monday. An “extraordinary elective congress” with all 209 member associations invited will decide on the next president ofRead More

New Delhi, July 20 Indian men’s hockey team chief coach Paul van Ass claimed on Monday that he has been fired by Hockey India following his alleged public altercation with federation president Narinder Batra. “As far I know I was fired one week after the Hockey World League Semi-finals inRead More

Mumbai: The Governing Council (GC) of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Sunday decided to abide by the Lodha Committee verdict and will constitute a panel to study the order suspending two franchises and banning two team officials. The Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee on July 14 suspended Chennai SuperRead More

London: England were left needing to rewrite cricket’s record books after being set a mammoth 509 to win by Australia on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Sunday. At lunch, England were seven without loss, Adam Lyth two not out and captain Alastair Cook fiveRead More

Josep Maria Bartomeu was re-elected as president of European and Spanish champions Barcelona after seeing off rival Joan Laporta. Bartomeu, 52, polled 25,823 votes (54.63%) with Laporta, a former president, winning 15,615 votes (33.03%). Other contenders were businessman Agusti Benedito 3,386 votes (7.16%) and lawyer Toni Freixa with 1,750 (3.70%).Read More

Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty in US court Saturday in connection with a massive international corruption scandal, with his release set at a $10 million bond. He is the first former official from soccer’s governing body to appear in a New York federal court in connectionRead More

A fired up Yuki Bhambri recorded his first-ever victory in a live fifth rubber after Somdev Devvarman levelled the scores as India advanced to World Group Playoffs following a 3-2 win over New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie, in Christchurch on Sunday. Yuki was authoritative inRead More