New Delhi, India pacer Mohammed Shami’s knee injury turned out to be more serious than Delhi Daredevils made it out to be as he has been ruled out of the entire IPL cricket tournament. Shami, who took 18 wickets in the World Cup, had problems with a dodgy knee asRead More

Monte Carlo, Former world No. 1 Roger Federer was beaten 6-4 7-6(5) by local favourite Gael Monfils in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on a bad day for the Swiss which also saw Stanislas Wawrinka exit on Thursday. Defending champion Wawrinka put up only token resistance asRead More

Ahmedabad, Skipper Steve Smith struck his maiden IPL half-century as the young Australian led Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians here today. It was Royals’ third consecutive win while Mumbai suffered their third defeat in a row. Chasing a challenging 165 to win, Royals romped homeRead More

Hastings, After two consecutive defeats, the Indian women’s hockey team put up a much-improved show to hold world No. 2 Australia to a goalless draw in their third match of the Hawke’s Bay Cup here today. By virtue of this result, the Indian eves opened their account in the pointsRead More

London, Lewis Hamilton has suggested he is mentally tougher than Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg and questioned how hard the German really tried to beat him in last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. In comments that will do little to ease tensions between the pair ahead of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, theRead More

Monaco, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic eased into the European claycourt season with a comfortable win over Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Clad in an orange shirt roughly the same colour as the scenic Centre Court overlooking the Mediterranean, the 2013 champion got straight downRead More

Changwon (Korea), Former world No. 1 Heena Sidhu narrowly missed out on a berth in the finals of women’s 10m air pistol event on Day Four of competition at the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol). Heena was tied with five other shooters on a score of 385 out of a maximumRead More

Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on the individual brilliance of David Warner and Trent Boult to open their account with a convincing eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore here today. Opting to field, pace spearhead Boult picked up three wickets in one over to help Sunrisers bowl out the hosts forRead More

Ahmedabad: Skipper Steve Smith struck his maiden IPL half-century as the young Australian led Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL cricket match, here on Tuesday. It was Royals’ third consecutive win while Mumbai suffered their third defeat in a row. Chasing a challengingRead More

Novak Djokovic got away to a 6-1, 6-4 winning start to the clay season on Tuesday, with the locally based world number one pleased with a second-round defeat of Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Djokovic, who lives a few hundred metres from Court Central at the seaside Country Club, was happy to bringRead More