London: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has dismissed Spanish media reports that he tried to sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona last year in a world record deal. The El Mundo newspaper had reported the Argentine forward was offered a five-year 250 million euro net ($285.55 million) deal, with City alsoRead More

Dubai: Pakistan lived up to their billing as the world’s best Twenty20 team with a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in Dubai on Friday to clinch the three-match series 2-0. Mohammad Hafeez (34 not out) and Shoaib Malik (ten) added 34 quickfire runs to help Pakistan overhaul the 154-run targetRead More

New Delhi: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) in all likelihood will be holding a workshop especially for the North-Eastern states to help them become fully “Lodha Compliant” with their respective constitutions. According to the 10th Status Report submitted by the CoA to the Supreme Court, there are 17 state unitsRead More

Mumbai: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has suggested the Supreme Court to take stern action against those named in Justice Mudgal panel dossier, currently in a sealed envelope with the apex court. The CoA, comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, also sought to bring all the matches played under theRead More

Bhubaneswar: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif on Saturday said that the ‘Yo-Yo’ fitness test cannot be the “sole criteria” for picking players, calling for a more balanced approach in team selection. The Indian team has set 16.1 as the Yo-Yo test benchmark for the past couple of years and anyRead More

New Delhi: Yogeshwar Dutt says it was not a difficult decision to quit the mat since he did it for his favourite student Bajrang Punia, who he thinks can go on to become India’s first wrestler to win an Olympic gold. Yogeshwar is only the third Indian wrestler to winRead More

Mumbai: In the wake of sexual harassment allegations against its CEO Rahul Johri, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday submitted the relevant documents to the Independent Inquiry Committee, which was formed to probe the matter. The Committee, who was requested to submit their final reportRead More

Patna: Patna Pirates pipped Bengal Warriors 29-27 to end their losing streak at home in the in the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League here on Thursday. This was a low scoring match that saw both teams struggling to score raid points. Jaideep fetched 5 crucial tackle points on Bengal’s raiders. RanRead More

Karachi: Pakistani batsman Ahmed Shehzad’s hopes of making a comeback soon have been dashed after PCB added six weeks to his four-month ban for failing a dope test. The four-month ban under the anti-doping clauses was to end on November 10, which would have allowed Shehzad to resume his cricketRead More

New Delhi: Former IPS officer BB Misra, who was a member of the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel that probed the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Thursday said that he couldn’t complete investigations into the alleged player-bookie nexus due to “lack of evidence”. During his tenure as member of the MudgalRead More