Vancouver: Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women’s World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, the striker scoring the tournament’s fastest ever hat-trick, including a spectacular long-range goal. The American captain struck three times inside 16Read More

London: French Open runner-up Lucie Safarova was sent tumbling out of Wimbledon in the fourth round on Monday by unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe. Vandeweghe, the world number 47, edged out the Czech sixth seed 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/4) on Court 3 to reach the quarter-finals of a major for theRead More

Indian leg-spinner Karn Sharma has been ruled out of the upcoming Zimbabwe tour due a finger injury. The 27-year-old, who has represented the national side in a Test and two ODIs, fractured his left middle finger, according to a BCCI media release. “The BCCI medical team confirms that leg-spinner KarnRead More

The The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis beat the Spanish duo of Anabel Medina Garrigues-Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2015. The top-seeded duo took one hour, six minutes to storm into the fourth round. Sania and Hingis had defeated Zarina DiyasRead More

London: Tennis titans Serena and Venus Williams clash in the Wimbledon last 16 on Monday, while Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki will fancy their title chances as two of the four top 10 players still standing. The 26th clash between the Williams sisters, who have won the Wimbledon title fiveRead More

London: Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has said here matches should stop when it is too dark to have a Hawkeye. Federer, 17-time Major champion, on Saturday denied reports that he does not support the technology. “What I struggle with is I don’t think it’s 100 percent accurate. Let’s sayRead More

Santiago: Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was elated to have achieved his dream of winning 2015 Copa America 2015 at home. Chile met Argentina in the final at the Estadio Nacional stadium on Saturday, but 120 minutes of football failed to produce a goal so the game went to penalties. JorgeRead More

Several members of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi’s family were reportedly heckled by Chilean fans during the Copa America title clash on Saturday. In Santiago for the final between Argentina and hosts Chile, family members of Messi – including brother Rodrigo – were targeted by a section of Chilean fans. InRead More

London: Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has predicted a 2-1 victory for Alastair Cook’s side over Australia in this summer’s Ashes series beginning on Wednesday. The 37-year-old’s opinion is based on England’s performances during the recent drawn rubber with New Zealand, when they adopted a new attacking style of cricketRead More

New Delhi: He has always admired Virat Kohli’s batting qualities and Sir Vivian Richards feels that one should not be too critical of the Indian Test captain’s on-field aggression as he possesses the “quality” to match his attitude. “I see nothing wrong in Virat’s attitude. He is very different fromRead More