Karachi: Pakistan’s suspended off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal on Wednesday for the first time bowled with his revamped action under the supervision of Saqlain Mushtaq. Ajmal bowled a number of overs to experienced all-rounder, Muhammad Hafeez who has also resumed batting in the nets after having to return home from theRead More

  Moscow: Sixth-seed local favourite Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova secured her second round Kremlin Cup ticket on Tuesday with a straight-set victory over Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Pavlyuchenkova, seeking her seventh career title at the joint WTA and ATP event, outclassed Konjuh 6-3, 6-4 in their first everRead More

Ivo Karlovic of Croatia reached his sixth quarterfinal of the season after beating two-time former champion Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 7-6 (1) at the Erste Bank Open here yesterday. The sixth-seeded Karlovic, who served 21 aces, broke Melzer at 2-2 in the opening set, shortly after the Austrian was treated forRead More

Odense (Denmark): Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu reached the second round of the women’s singles event of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Wednesday. While 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Saina was made to work hard for her 12-21, 21-10, 21-12 win over Germany’s Karin Schnaase, two-timeRead More

After inserting East Zone in, West Zone bowled the side out for 278 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals here. In reply, West ended the day at 10 without loss. In fact, East did well to reach its final total. Half the side had been dismissed whenRead More

Former captain Sourav Ganguly believes that the Indian cricket team has a good chance of defending the World Cup title in 2015 to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. “India have got a good chance of defending the World Cup. They are a very good One-Day International (ODI)Read More

Last year’s runner-up Robin Haase of the Netherlands defeated Dominic Thiem 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in front of the Austrian’s home crowd at the Erste Bank Open yesterday. The 72nd-ranked Haase, who has won both his career titles in Austria, lost serve in the opening game but had two breaks toRead More

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board moved to end a controversy surrounding the captaincy of the national team and issued a statement by Shahid Afridi in which the allrounder threw his weight behind struggling Misbah-ul- Haq as skipper for next year’s World Cup. The board said in a late night releaseRead More

  The Hudhud Cyclone that lashed coastal Andhra Pradesh provided Delhi an excellent opportunity to become only the second venue in India – after Gwalior in 1993 – to host successive One-Day Internationals. The BCCI, for which pleasing its constituent units seems to be a priority, woke up too late,Read More

For a long time, Ajay Jayaram was known for losing out on an Olympic berth to Parupalli Kashyap during the 2012 India Open. It seemed as if Jayaram had all but sealed the spot with some good performances round the year, but Kashyap pipped him courtesy a lucky break asRead More