Melbourne: The Australian cricket team was once held in such high esteem that former Prime Minister John Howard joked he held only the second most important leadership role in the land, after the national Test captain. But the sandpaper-gate scandal has changed perceptions of the men in the famous baggyRead More

Madrid: The Davis Cup can succeed even without the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as the reformed tournament will target a new generation of tennis stars, the International Tennis Federation’s chief operating officer has said. Gerard Pique, the Barcelona defender and president of Kosmos, who are promoting an updatedRead More

Port of Spain: A big-hitter on the field and a hit DJ off it, West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Wednesday retired from international cricket to prolong his career as a professional player available for Twenty20 franchise events all over the world. The 35-year-old Bravo, who is not a part ofRead More

Coimbatore: The season opening I-League encounter between Chennai City FC and the Indian Arrows at the Nehru Stadium turned out to be a happy outing for the boisterous home fans. Riding on Uruguaya-born Pedro Manzi’s hat-trick, Chennai City FC outplayed a young Indian Arrows side 4-1, logging full three points toRead More

New Delhi: Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rehman overcame a shaky start to fire six-under 66 to share the lead with overnight leader Suradit Yongcharoenchai from Thailand, who returned with a bogey-free 67, on 11-under 133 total on Day Two of the Panasonic Open India golf tournament on Friday. Chandigarh boy Ajeetesh Sandhu cardedRead More

Visakhapatnam: Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest to score 10,000 runs in ODIs, rewriting, fittingly enough, the iconic Sachin Tendulkar’s record and compounding the cricket community’s conundrum to find the right superlatives for his phenomenal batting. ‘King’ Kohli comfortably bettered the record set by the man who was toRead More

Bengaluru: India managed a goalless draw in an international friendly against a well ranked Chinese side during the recent International break and at the heart of the game was goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who made some crucial saves to keep a clean sheet and earn a hard fought historic draw.Read More

Chonburi (Thailand): India mauled Pakistan 18-0 with striker Renu scoring five goals in the opening match of the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Qualifiers. Second half substitute Renu pumped in five goals (52nd, 54th, 75th, 89th and 90th minute) after India led 9-0 at the breather in a completely one-sided matchRead More

Muscat: Defending Champions India were held to a goalless draw by Malaysia but managed to maintain their pole position in the points table in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. Both India and the Asian Games Silver medallists Malaysia now have 10 points each from four outings in the preliminaryRead More

Mumbai: Ankita Raina has received a direct entry into main round of the second edition of WTA Mumbai Open $125k Series. She had received a wild card last year and made her way into quarterfinals. Her under 200 WTA ranking (195) made her last entrant into the main draw. TheRead More