Granada, Lucknow boy Jitu Rai on Tuesday became the first Indian shooter to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics after bagging a quota place with an impressive silver medal-finish at the 51st Shooting World Championships, here. Rai bagged the white metal in men’s 50-metre pistol event at the at theRead More

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher left a Swiss hospital to continue his recovery at home, his manager said on Tuesday. Sabine Kehm, Michael Schumacher’s long-time manager, issued a statementc where she said, “Considering the severe injuries he suffered, progress has been made in the past weeks and months. There isRead More

Dubai, Riding stupendous batting form that helped him earn the player of the series award against England, Indian batsman Suresh Raina on Sunday jumped eight places to enter the top-20 ICC ODI batting rankings on 19th position. Left-hand batsman Raina made his presence felt with a match-winning 75-ball 100 inRead More

New Delhi, Caught in a dilemma over whether to compete in the Asian Games or the WTA tournaments which clash with the event, Sania Mirza on Monday left it on the All India Tennis Association to take a call on her participation in the continental extravaganza in Incheon, Korea. SaniaRead More

Dubai,He has always been an epitome of commitment but even in his retirement, Sachin Tendulkar can’t imagine taking an exhibition cricket match lightly. Come July 5, as Tendulkar will lead the MCC side against Shane Warne’s Rest of the World side in the Lord’s bicentenary game but the 41-year-old isRead More

New york, Serena Williams isn’t sure if she’s willing or able to reach 22 Grand Slam titles. Still, she knows her next goal is 19 after she won her 18th on Sunday at the U.S. Open to match Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. And should she get to 19, sheRead More

Granada, Spain: Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra belied expectations after failing to qualify for the finals of men’s 10 air rifle event in the 51st ISSF World Championships, his hopes of earning an Olympic quota in this tournament going up in smoke here today. The 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist missedRead More

Karachi,The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) have included former Pakistan all-rounder Manzoor Elahi’s son, Ali Manzoor in the Lahore Lions side, which reportedly hasn’t gone down too well with captain Mohammad Hafeez. A well informed source told PTI that the board had without consulting orRead More

Bangalore, Serbia’s Illija Bozoljac today said that their team has the ability to perform well despite world No 1 Novak Djokovic’s absence in the upcoming Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India to be played from September 12 to 14 at KSLTA stadium here. “We were without Novak even in BelgradeRead More

Birmingham, India ended the England tour with a three-run loss in the one-off T20 International at Edgbaston here on Sunday. Virat Kohli scored 66 off 40 balls and MS Dhoni 27 off 18 in India’s 177 for five. England had made 180 for seven. Brief scores: England (Alex Hales 40,Read More