Dubai: Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar struck twice today to propel Pakistan close to victory on the fifth and final day of the first Test against Australia. At lunch, Australia set a mammoth 438 to win, were in deep trouble on 117-7 with Steven Smith unbeaten on 31 and MitchellRead More

  New Delhi, Delhi Dynamos fired three stunning goals and scored another one from the penalty spot to outplay Chennaiyin FC 4-1 to record their first win in the Hero Indian Super League here today. Wim Raymaekers and Mads JUnker scored in the second and 21st minutes before Bruno AriasRead More

Kolkata: The new-found professionalism, thanks to the Indian Super League can really take the Indian football forward, Kerala Blasters FC assistant coach Trevor Morgan said on Saturday. “There has been good playing surfaces. Organisation has been fantastic, the whole thing has just become more professional. It needs that injection asRead More

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian badminton officials expressed “shock” on Sunday in their first response to doping allegations following reports that world number one Lee Chong Wei failed a test. The officials refused to identify the player, pending a second test, but local media has reported that the top shutter tested positiveRead More

Paris, Ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the French Open Super Series after going down to World No. 2 Shixian Wang of China in a hard-fought women’s singles quarterfinal contest here. Seeded fifth, Saina posed a quite a challenge to her Chinese rival but in the end itRead More

New Delhi, Provisionally suspended she might be but Indian boxer L Sarita Devi has not given up hopes of participating in next month’s World Championships, saying that she has written to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) presenting her case. Sarita, who was suspended for refusing to accept her Asian GamesRead More

Rafael Nadal suffered a 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) loss in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors to teenager Borna Coric on Friday and then shut down his season to undergo appendix surgery. The nine-time French Open champion and 14-time Grand Slam title winner confirmed he will have his appendix removed onRead More

Melbourne, A highly eventful round with six each of birdies, pars and bogeys saw 18-year-old Mangalore-born but US-based Rigel Fernandes emerge as the top Indian at the end of the third round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships. In a tournament that gives the winner a start at the famous AugustaRead More

Singapore: Sania Mirza and Cara Black showed nerves of steel as they saved three match points in the Super Tie Break against Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik to cruise into the summit clash of the WTA year-end finals, here on Saturday. The third-seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair was trailing 6-9 but showedRead More

Caroline Wozniacki set her sights on winning her first Grand Slam title on Saturday as she expressed pride at emerging strongly from a difficult year including her break-up with golfer Rory McIlroy. Wozniacki’s narrow loss to Serena Williams in the WTA Finals semis did not stop her reflecting with pleasureRead More