St. George’s,  Inspired by James Anderson’s fiery burst with the second new ball and his brilliance in the field, England defeated the West Indies by nine wickets on the last day of the second cricket Test. Anderson’s three wickets for 16 in eight overs, allied to his two catches andRead More

london,  Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge got the better of compatriot and defending champion Wilson Kipsang in a fierce battle over the closing miles to win the London Marathon by five seconds on Sunday with world record holder Dennis Kimetto third. Labelled the “clash of the champions” by organisers, Sunday’s race pittedRead More

New Delhi: In the BCCI’s working committee meet on Sunday at Kolkata, the board recommended batsman Rohit Sharma for the prestigious Arjuna Award for the year 2015. Last year on 13th November, the Mumbai lad created history by becoming the first man ever to smash two double-centuries in One DayRead More

Chennai, Chennai Super Kings thrashed Kings XI Punjab by a huge margin of 97 runs, extracting sweet revenge for a string of three losses to them in the last season of the Indian Premier League. Brendon McCullum (66 off 44 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41* off 27) propelled Super KingsRead More

New Delhi, After a scary ordeal that lasted more than a day in quake-hit Nepal, the 23-member Indian Under-14 football team returned to the country safely on board an Indian Air Force aircraft here today.Eighteen players and five support staff members, who had gone to Nepal to take part in anRead More

Karachi: The Zimbabwe cricket union has managed to convince its players to tour Pakistan for the one-off limited overs series in May but have asked the Pakistan Cricket Board for special financial incentives for their players as well. According to sources in the PCB the ZCU after holding talks withRead More

Grenada, Joe Root struck an unbeaten 182 as England were bowled out 464 against West Indies in the second Test in Grenada before strengthening their position with a wicket before lunch on the fourth day. West Indies had six overs to negotiate and James Anderson removed Devon Smith for twoRead More

Ahmedabad, Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their IPL encounter here today. Bangalore didn’t put a foot wrong today as they first dished out a disciplined bowlingRead More

Stuttgart: Caroline Wozniacki reached her third final of 2015 when she saw off Simona Halep after a marathon match over nearly three-hours in Saturday`s semi-final clash at Stuttgart`s WTA tournament. The former world number one, who ran the 2014 New York marathon for charity, needed two hours, 58 minutes toRead More

Dhaka: Pakistan`s problem-filled tour of Bangladesh was hit by another injury as frontline paceman Rahat Ali was Saturday ruled out of the Test series, the fifth injury case related to the tour. The 26-year-old left-arm paceman played the first two of the three one-day matches before suffering a hamstring injuryRead More