London: Shane Warne believes England should seriously consider replacing Joe Root with Jos Buttler as Test captain to allow Root to focus on becoming the world’s best batsman. Australia spin great Warne says the Yorkshire star could dominate the global game with the bat and feels Buttler would make aRead More

Milan: AC Milan have beaten Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain in the race to sign Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta, according to press reports in Italy on Thursday. The Serie A giants have agreed a 35 million euro ($40.4 million) deal with Flamengo – the club Paqueta joined as a ten-year-old –Read More

Madrid: World number one Rafael Nadal is helping the flood victims of his native place Majorca by opening the gates of his tennis academy to those who are affected. Taking to Twitter, the Spaniard expressed condolences to the relatives of the deceased and injured by severe floods in the regionRead More

Mumbai: India’s limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma will be playing for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal, an official from the cricket body said Tuesday. Mumbai who have topped Group A have made it to the quarters of the National One Day tournament. The Vinayak Samant coached team remainedRead More

London: Three tennis umpires from Thailand have been handed life bans for match-fixing and betting offences, including manipulating the official scoring system during matches, the sport’s anti-corruption body said. Anucha Tongplew, Apisit Promchai and Chitchai Srililai “have been banned for life from officiating at or attending any professional tennis events”,Read More

Shanghai: Roger Federer warned temperamental Australian Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday that he would never fulfil his potential without the work ethic to go with his talent. The 23-year-old Kyrgios made another contentious exit from the Shanghai Masters on Monday after a running argument with the chair umpire who suggested hisRead More

Buenos Aires: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga scripted history as he won India’s first ever gold medal in the Men’s 62kg Group A weightlifting event at the ongoing Youth Olympic Games here. Lalrinnunga lifted a total of 274kg (snatch of 124kg and clean and jerk of 150kg) to finish on top inRead More

Mumbai: The BCCI is confident that the Mumbai Cricket Association will host India’s fourth ODI against the West Indies on October 29 despite the roadblocks cited by the state body’s officials. The MCA officials Tuesday met a senior BCCI official to apprise him of the prevailing difficulties, including their inabilityRead More

St John’s: Maverick batsman Chris Gayle on Monday opted out of the ODI and T20 series against India citing personal reasons as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) named three fresh faces for the assignment. “We will be without our stalwart, Chris Gayle for this Indian tour and the nextRead More

Mumbai: Saina Nehwal has finally broken silence on her marriage with Parupalli Kashyap for the first time as the Indian badminton ace confirmed she will be tying the knot with her partner on December 16 later this year. “I will get busy with the Premier Badminton League from December 20Read More