New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is unlikely to come under the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) ambit anytime soon despite the constant push from the International Cricket Council, said Indian board’s acting president CK Khanna. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, who attended the ICC BoardRead More

Guwahati: Having impressed the team management with his skill set, left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed now wants seal his spot in the 2019 World Cup-bound Indian squad with some good performances in the upcoming series against the West Indies. Khaleel made his debut during India’s victorious Asia Cup campaign in DubaiRead More

  Muscat: Young striker Dilpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as India launched their title defence with a runaway 11-0 victory over hosts Oman in the Asian Champions Trophy here. After being denied in the first quarter, India opened the scoring through Lalit Upadhyay’s goal in open play in the 17thRead More

Bengaluru: Pawan Negi, batting at number nine, scored an unbeaten 39 under intense pressure, helping Delhi pull-off a thrilling two-wicket win over Jharkhand in the second semifinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Thursday. Chasing 200, Delhi were down and out at 149 for eight in the 38th overRead More

Odense: Kidambi Srikanth defeated the legendary Lin Dan for the second time in his career to set up an all-Indian quarterfinal against Sameer Verma at the Denmark Open here. World number six Srikanth bounced back to beat the world number 14 from China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the second roundRead More

London: Wimbledon will introduce tie-breaks in the final set of all events for the first time next year, but only once the score in the deciding set reaches 12-12, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced on Friday. “Our view was that the time had come to introduce a tie-breakRead More

Odense: Former world number one Saina Nehwal reached the third round of the ongoing Denmark Open after defeating Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the women’s singles event here on Thursday. The 28-year-old registered an easy 21-15 21-17 win over Yamaguchi to advance further in the tournament. Nehwal did not breakRead More

Singapore: World number one Simona Halep withdrew from the WTA Finals in Singapore with a back injury on Thursday, bringing her season to a premature end. The French Open champion pulled out of last month’s China Open after just 31 minutes, and withdrew from this week’s Kremlin Cup because ofRead More

London: Liverpool said on Wednesday that forward Sadio Mane had undergone successful surgery on a hand injury he sustained while on international duty with Senegal. Jurgen Klopp has a number of concerns ahead of his team’s return to Premier League action against Huddersfield on Saturday, with doubts over forward MohamedRead More

Madrid: Gerard Pique believes Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will both play in the reformed Davis Cup next year and has said the “door remains open” to Roger Federer. Pique was speaking on Wednesday in Madrid, where the tournament finals will be contested over a week in November 2019, asRead More