Patiala Hours before the Cricket World Cup face-off between Pakistan and India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan referred to his country’s players as “raillu kattas” in a piece of advice he tweeted for skipper Sarfaraz. The term left Twitterati as puzzled as people offline. Part of a series of comments,Read More

Manchester Adding yet another feather to his already decorated cap, India skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday became the fastest cricketer to reach 11,000 runs in one-day internationals, breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s 17-year-old record. The Indian skipper needed 57 runs to reach the milestone before the start of India’s high-profile World CupRead More

Hiroshima Gurjit scored a brace to lead the Indian women’s hockey team to a dominant 5-0 victory over Poland at the FIH Women’s Series Finals Hiroshima 2019 here on Sunday. Right from the outset, India were on the attack, their left side causing problems for Poland’s defence with regularity. PolandRead More

Chandigarh A certain West Indies cricketer appears to be just as excited as fans to watch the much-anticipated World Cup clash between India and Pakistan in Manchester on Sunday. So excited is Gayle that he has had himself made combining the colours of India and Pakistan to mark the occasion. GayleRead More

Manchester Parts of the press box today rang with sounds of Punjabi —from the other side of the border. A large number of the Pakistani journalists here speak Punjabi as their first language, though they often prefer to use the calmer accents of Urdu. Among the Indian journalists, it’s mostlyRead More

Bhubaneswar India lived up to their billing and thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the summit clash to win the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament here today. Coming into the tournament as overwhelming favourites, world no. 5 India played like champions and remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. Dragflickers Varun Kumar (2ndRead More

Manchester A cricketing rivalry that transcends beyond the realms of 22 yards will be reignited when India and Pakistan square off in a World Cup encounter that could have fascinating sub-plots with rain gods threatening an anti-climactic twist. The escalating cross-border tensions between the two neighbouring nations add to theRead More

London Leading from the front, skipper Aaron Finch stroked his way to a majestic 153, propelling Australia to a challenging 334 for seven against Sri Lanka in their World Cup fixture, here on Saturday. Finch forged two crucial partnerships — 80 with his opening partner David Warner (26) and 173Read More

SOUTHAMPTON Joe Root’s classy unbeaten century led England to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over West Indies in a one-sided match. Chasing a modest 213 for victory, Root and Jonny Bairstow shared an opening partnership of 95. After Bairstow fell for 45, Root and Chris Woakes added 104 for the secondRead More

Stavanger (Norway): Viswanathan Anand defeated Alexander Grischuk, while Magnus Carlsen sealed the title at the Altibox Norway chess tournament with a round to spare. Carlsen sealed his sixth tournament win of the year after defeating Yu Yangyi of China. Pebble beach (USA) Lahiri struggles to 74; Rose blooms with 65 inRead More