Sydney: Australia captain Steven Smith scored his fourth century Wednesday in the ongoing Test series against india to match compatriot Donald Bradman and South African stalwart Jacques Kallis’ record of four hundreds in a series. Smith smashed 117 runs to help Australia post 572 for seven declared in their firstRead More

London: Juan Martin del Potro says he will play through the pain to return to action at the Australian Open warm-up event in Sydney next week after nearly a year out with a wrist injury. The former U.S. Open champion had hoped to feature this week in Brisbane but hisRead More

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in india (BCCI) will have to pay the service tax for recording the cricket match which is used for live telecast by the contracting sports channels as the Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the plea challenging the levying of the service tax onRead More

London: English third-tier club Oldham Athletic revealed on Wednesday that they hope to make an announcement about their interest in convicted rapist Ched Evans on Thursday. Oldham are in talks over a deal to sign the 26-year-old Welsh striker, who was released from jail last October after serving half ofRead More

Mumbai, No. Yuvraj Singh has not made it to the 15-member Team India that will defend its title in world Cup 2015 beginning mid-February. Though there was much talk on whether the all-rounder and last Cup’s star would make it to the team this time, selectors went for Ravinder Jadeja,Read More

Olympic bronze medallist on Tuesday said he had only spoken to Boxing India (BI) officials seeking information about the award criteria. Reports were rife in a section of the media during the day that Vijender had demanded that his name be nominated for the country’s third-highest civilian award — aRead More

Dubai: South Africa retained the iconic Reliance ICC Test Championship mace and with it won a cash award of USD 500,000 following its 2-0 series win over the West Indies in Cape Town on Tuesday. The series win means irrespective of how both the fourth Test between Australia and India,Read More

London: The captain of Europe`s 2016 Ryder Cup team will be decided by the middle of February, according to outgoing skipper Paul McGinley. The Irishman, a member of the five-man panel that will elect the next skipper, told Reuters in an interview at Wentworth Golf Club on the outskirts ofRead More

New Delhi: Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar on Tuesday said that dropping middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara for the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia was a “bit strange” and felt that he should have been given a longer run. India today dropped Pujara from the playing XI and broughtRead More

New Delhi: With Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s sudden retirement after the drawn third Test in Melbourne, Virat Kohli was elevated to the status of a full-time india captain in the longer format of the game. Kohli’s promotion has left the slot of India’s Test vice-captain vacant and the BCCI has notRead More