Bethpage (United States) Masters winner Tiger Woods, chasing a 16th major title, and defending champion Brooks Koepka lead a powerhouse field into Thursday’s opening round of the PGA Championship at rain-drenched Bethpage Black. Woods, who ended an 11-year major title drought last month at Augusta National, and Koepka, who heldRead More

New Delhi Ravi Shastri, anonymous during the IPL because his coaching role with the Indian team forbids him to do commentary, has emerged from the shadows and has spoken in his usual confident manner about India’s prospects at the World Cup, which begins in England and Wales on May 30.Read More

Barcelona Spanish champions Barcelona beat top-four chasing Getafe 2-0 in front of a subdued and near half-empty Nou Camp on Sunday in their first Liga game since a humbling defeat by Liverpool sent them crashing out of the Champions League semifinals. Sunday’s result meant little to Barca, who clinched anRead More

Perth A late goal by dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh helped the Indian men’s hockey team salvage a 1-1 draw against Australia A. India made two saves in the initial minutes of the first quarter while defending back-to-back penalty corners. The attempts somewhat made up for an average start by the visitorsRead More

Tendulkar calls Bumrah best bowler around Jasprit Bumrah’s death-overs mastery in the IPL final has convinced batting great Sachin Tendulkar that the 25-year-old with an unorthodox action is currently the best bowler in world cricket. “Let me go on record and say he is the best bowler in the worldRead More

New Delhi A dedication personified Shane Watson batted through a bleeding knee in the IPL final against Mumbai Indians, an act which earned him effusive praise from the fans. While his blood-stained lower was missed by the TV crew, his IPL teammate Harbhajan Singh revealed that the Australian required sixRead More

Madrid Usually, at this time of the year, Rafael Nadal is talking about how he’s getting into prime shape for the French Open, the greatest of the claycourt tournaments which he has won 11 times. For the previous 14 seasons beginning 2005, Nadal had won multiple claycourt titles before theRead More

Southport, May 12 Gaganjeet Bhullar once again played fairly solid golf for a 2-under 70 in the final round, ending tied-25th at the Betfred British Masters, his second best finish of the season. The Kapurthala golfer totalled a 7-under 281 as he sunk in four birdies and two bogeys fromRead More

Perth A late goal by dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh helped the Indian men’s hockey team salvage a 1-1 draw against Australia ‘A’ here on Monday. India made two good saves in the initial minutes of the first quarter while defending back-to-back penalty corners. The attempts somewhat made up for an averageRead More

Hyderabad Mumbai Indians became the most successful franchise in the history of the Indian Premier League after their bowlers snatched a thrilling one-run victory over three-time champions Chennai Super Kings in an edge-of-the-seat final. Having posted a modest 149/8, butter-fingered Mumbai found themselves on the brink of defeat but LasithRead More