Chennai: Opener Brendon McCullum blazed his way to the season’s first century as Chennai Super Kings registered a convincing 45-run victory over SunRisers Hyderabad in the eighth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday. Electing to bat at the M A Chidambaram stadium, McCullum reached his century inRead More

London: Everton were denied a fourth successive Premier League victory as Jonjo Shelvey`s 69th-minute penalty earned Swansea City a 1-1 draw at a sunny Liberty Stadium on Saturday. Aaron Lennon gave Everton the lead four minutes before half-time, but Swansea, who lost striker Bafetimbi Gomis to injury, equalised when ShelveyRead More

Sydney, Former Australia captain Richie Benaud, the celebrated ‘voice of cricket’ in the commentary box, has died at the age of 84 after battling skin cancer. A giant figure in the game both on and off the field, Benaud died peacefully in his sleep in a Sydney hospice late onRead More

Chennai, Pacer Ashish Nehra snapped up three wickets to lead a disciplined bowling attack as two-time champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Daredevils by one run in a last-over thriller of the IPL-8 here today. Needing 19 runs off the last over, Albie Morkel blasted two fours and a sixRead More

New Delhi, Parupalli Kashyap advanced to the quarterfinals of Singapore Open but it was HS Prannoy, who hogged the limelight today with his straight-game demolition of world No. 2 Jan O Jorgensen in the men’s singles competition. Kashyap staved off the challenge of fourth seed Son Wan Ho of KoreaRead More

Kolkata, India’s Test captain Virat Kohli today lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team’s exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they “should be ashamed of themselves” as “no one has won more matches” than him in the last five years. Kohli, openedRead More

Ipoh (Malaysia), Already out of the summit clash, a misfiring India had to toil hard to get the better of a lowly Canada 5-3 and register their first win in the ongoing 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament. Rupinder Pal Singh (13th minute) and VR Raghunath (32nd) scored throughRead More

Kolkata, India’s Test captain Virat Kohli today lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team’s exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they “should be ashamed of themselves” as “no one has won more matches” than him in the last five years. Kohli, openedRead More

Singapore: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and young H S Prannoy registered contrasting wins in the men’s singles to enter the second round of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament, here on Wednesday. Kashyap, who won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January this year, brushed aside Korea’sRead More

Prague: Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has come back from a month-long break to lead holders the Czech Republic against France in the Fed Cup semi-finals in Ostrava on April 18-19. Alongside the world number four, Czech captain Petr Pala on Wednesday called up 12th-ranked Karolina Pliskova, 13th-ranked Lucie SafarovaRead More