New Delhi: Joining the chorus of fellow cricketers, former women’s team captain Anjum Chopra on Friday said that there is no need for limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to relinquish captaincy since defeats are part and parcel of the game. “Why should he quit?,” Chopra said when asked about theRead More

Kolkata: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team’s embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi is “not happy” in the manner the Indian ODI skipper was being targeted. Afridi termed this as “sub-continental trend” where the cricketing heroes are pilloriedRead More

Eastbourne: Top-seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis entered the semi-finals of the WTA Aegon International after coming from a set down to prevail over Hao-Ching Chan and Flavia Pennetta. The Indo-Swiss duo got the better of the unseeded combo of Taipei’s Chan and Pennetta from Italy 4-6 6-3 10-6 inRead More

Mirpur: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has created a flutter by blaming “doubtful decision-making” and lack of clarity for the debacle in Bangladesh, a statement which is being interpreted as an attack on beleaguered ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership. Kohli, who took over as Test captain from Dhoni afterRead More

Santiago: Hosts Chile sent nine-man Uruguay crashing out of the Copa America on Wednesday, winning a stormy quarter-final 1-0 to edge closer to their dream of a first South American crown. An 81st-minute strike from Juventus defender Mauricio Isla settled a pulsating encounter at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional as holders UruguayRead More

Melbourne: India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘Best Test player’ of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players sinceRead More

Nottingham: Indo-Spanish tennis combine of Leander Paes and Marcel Granollers lost their men’s doubles quarter-final of the 589,160-euro Nottingham Open, the last warm-up tournament before Wimbledon, here on Thursday. The top seeds were upset 4-6, 6-3, 7-10 by Australian-Brazilian pair of Chris Guccione and Andre Sa on the outdoor grassRead More

Milan: Andrea Pirlo’s move to Major League Soccer is imminent, according to reports in Italy that claim the Juventus and Italy star will sign an 18-month deal with New York City FC. Midfield legend Pirlo was a linchpin for the Turin giants on their way to a first league andRead More

Colombo: Pakistan are eager to celebrate senior batsman Younis Khan’s 100th Test appearance with a series-clinching victory against Sri Lanka in the match starting Thursday in Colombo. Misbah-ul Haq’s tourists are riding high after a 10-wicket triumph in the opening Test in Galle even though the first four sessions ofRead More

London: Tennis legend John McEnroe has tipped Andy Murray to finish his career with more Major titles after the recent upsurge in form that saw him win the Aegon Championships on Sunday, ahead of the Wimbledon Championships starting on June 29. The 56-year-old American has been sufficiently impressed with worldRead More