London: England great Geoffrey Boycott believes an international recall for Kevin Pietersen won`t happen because captain Alastair Cook “can`t handle” him. Following England`s 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia, February saw the England and Wales Cricket Board effectively end the 34-year-old Pietersen`s international career — even though he is England`s all-timeRead More

Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling coach Wasim Akram today said that captain Gautam Gambhir’s leadership and the team bonding is responsible for its success in the IPL and the ongoing Oppo Champions League T20. “The credit for the success of any team goes to the captain first, the way he hasRead More

Inchceon, Abhinav Bindra ended his shooting career with his first Asian Games individual medal, a bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Tuesday. The 2008 Olympic champion Bindra, who Monday tweeted that Tuesday will be his lastRead More

Despite drag-flick specialist VR Raghunath missing as many as eight penalty corners and Rupinderpal Singh sustaining a serious thigh injury, India managed a 7-0 victory over minnows Oman in the men’s hockey event at the Asian Games on Tuesday. For India, Rupinderpal (18th, 19th min) successfully converted two penalty cornersRead More

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar’s tryst with Australia and ‘The Don’ continues as the legendary batsman will be inducted as a Bradman honouree along with former Test captain Steve Waugh at a gala dinner in Sydney on October 29. Tendulkar, who had the honour of meeting Bradman on his 90th birthdayRead More

Incheon, Indian squash contingent added one more medal to country’s tally of medals when Saurav Ghosal won silver in the men’s squash event at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea today. The Indian won the first game 12-10 against Kuwait’s Abdullah Al Muzayen in the final of theRead More

Manoj Tiwary will lead the India A team against West Indies in the two limited overs warm-up ties to be played in Mumbai ahead of the five-match ODI series, which begings in Kochi on October 8. Tiwary had earlier led India A in the two first-class matches against Australia A,Read More

Incheon, Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal scripted history on the squash court, while shooters also continued to deliver medals as India bagged two more bronze to boost their tally to six on the third day of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Monday. Pallikal settled for a bronze medalRead More

Indian men cagers picked up the pieces quickly after their loss in the second qualifier to outplay Kazakhstan 80-61 to top Group B at the Asian Games basketball competition here today. The Indians, who lost a hard fought match against Saudi Aradia 67-73 yesterday, won their second of the threeRead More

Incheon, Shooters continued to deliver medals for India at the 17th Asian Games with the trio of Heena Siddhu, Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed cliching a bronze in the women’s 25m pistol event in Incheon on Monday. Heena (572), Anisa (577) and Rahi (580) combined for a score of 1729Read More