Bengaluru, April 16 (IANS) Top seed Arya Ganapathy made short work of fourth seed Gandharv GK 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the boys’ title in the Sree Gokulam Floresta AITA U-14 CS tournament here on Friday. Second seed Snigdha Kanta created a minor upset, overcoming top seed Zynah Amber Salar 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to win the […]

Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond has termed leg-spinner Rahul Chahar as a wicket-taking bowler. The 21-year-old picked four wickets for 27 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders as he ran through their top-order, dismissing the first four batsmen including captain Eoin Morgan and opener Shubman Gill. Mumbai Indians, who have a […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) England and Rajasthan Royals (RR) all-rounder Ben Stokes will fly home on Friday from India and will be out of action for 12 weeks after sustaining a finger injury. CT scan and repeat X-ray conducted on Thursday showed that Stokes has fractured his left index finger. He will have a […]

Monza (Italy) April 16 (IANS) India’s Akhil Rabindra commences his 2021 European GT4 Series season with AGS Events Racing Team, from April 16-18. The 24-year-old Bengaluru racer — the only Indian in the European GT4 Championship this season — will drive an Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4 in the ‘silver category’. He will be […]

Panaji, April 16 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) side FC Goa will look to build on the success against Qatar’s Al Rayyan when they take on UAE’s Al Wahda in the second match of the AFC Champions League Group Stage on Saturday. FC Goa held fancied Al Rayyan to a goalless draw in a Group […]

Chennai, April 16 (IANS) After successive losses in their first two matches in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in their third game, desperately looking for a win. MI, meanwhile, have won one of the two matches they have played so far. All eyes will […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Arundhati Choudhary defeated Columbian boxer Deyaneira Casas to advance into the 69kg women’s quarterfinals on the third day of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Championships in Kielce, Poland. Arundhati, who was among the five Indian women to clinch gold at the recent Adriatic Pearl Tournament, was dominant […]

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje has joined the Delhi Capitals squad after “thrice” testing negative for Covid-19, the franchise said on Friday. “Our South Africa pace superstar is now out of quarantine. After a false positive result for COVID-19, Anrich Nortje tested negative thrice, and is now part of our […]

Kiev, April 16 (IANS) Ukraine started vaccinating national athletes of Olympic and Paralympic teams with CoronaVac vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech, the country’s health ministry said. “We want all athletes to attend the competitions without any restrictions, (and) we want to see the Ukrainian flag, hear the Ukrainian national anthem and be proud […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni should bat higher up the order instead of No.7, said former batsman Gautam Gambhir. Dhoni was out for a duck in CSK’s first match of the season and Gambhir said that the former India captain is no longer the kind of player who […]

London, April 16 (IANS) Edinson Cavani set Manchester United on course for a comfortable victory against Granada as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side reached the Europa League semi-finals for the second successive season. Marcus Rashford’s fine goal and a late Bruno Fernandes penalty in Spain last week put the Red Devils in control of the quarter-final […]

Berlin, April 16 (IANS) Hertha Berlin was forced into quarantine and three upcoming matches will have to be postponed after a total of four officials and players tested positive for the coronavirus, the Bundesliga club announced. Hertha Berlin coach Pal Dardai, assistant Admir Hamzagic, striker Dodi Lukebakio and left back Marvin Plattenhardt tested positive for […]

London, April 16 (IANS) Arsenal turned on the style to ease past Slavia Prague and set up a Europa League semi-final tie against former head coach Unai Emery’s Villarreal. With the tie finely-poised following a 1-1 home draw a week ago, the Gunners put in one of their best showings under Mikel Arteta to win […]

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France), April 16 (IANS) Novak Djokovic admitted he played an “awful” match against Dan Evans at the Monte Carlo Masters as Rafael Nadal advanced with ease to the quarter-finals. World number one Djokovic, playing in his first tournament since winning a ninth Australian Open in February, suffered his first defeat of 2021 on Thursday, […]

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Delhi Capitals (DC) coach Ricky Ponting said that not letting Ashwin to bowl his full quota of overs against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) was a mistake and something that he will talk to captain Rishabh Pant and the rest of the team about. “That’s certainly something that we will talk about […]

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson said he never believed his team would be able to beat Delhi Capitals (DC) after they were five down for 42 while facing a target of 148 to win. “To be very honest, I thought that it was tough from 40 (42) for 5. We […]

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) A few days after he was denied strike on the last ball of the match against Punjab Kings as his captain Sanju Samson thought he won’t be able to clear the boundary, Rajasthan Royals (RR) all-rounder Chris Morris proved he is no muck with the bat as he led RR to […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) South African flavour stood out in Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) batting line-up as Chris Morris 18-ball 36 and a 43-ball 62 by David Miller helped the Jaipur franchise script a thrilling three-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday. RR […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Sarita Mor stamped her authority in the Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty on Thursday by defending the women’s 59 kg title. Indian women also won two bronze medals through Seema and Pooja besides Sarita’s gold. The 25-year-old Haryana wrestler made a dramatic turnaround in the closing stages of the six-minute […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals (RR) left-arm pace bowler Jaydev Unadkat, who had a poor outing in the UAE during the Indian Premier League 2020 season, came back to form with a superb display of new-ball bowling (3/15) that shook the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Thursday night. The pace bowler had conceded runs at […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Left-arm pace bowler Jaydev Unadkat took three early wickets to rattle Delhi Capitals (DC) top-order as Rajasthan Royals (RR) restricted the Delhi franchise to 147/8 in 20 overs in an Indian Premier League match here at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Unadkat removed Prithvi Shaw (2), Shikhar Dhawan (9) and Ajinkya […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India on Thursday adjourned the case pertaining to the BCCI and will hear it after two weeks leaving the Indian cricket board’s top office-bearers Sourav Ganguly, Jay Shah and Jayesh George with more time to stay in charge of affairs. The tenures of all three, the […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has included three players — skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah — in the top bracket of its annual player contracts for the period of October, 2020 to September, 2021. The trio, in ‘A+’ category, will earn Rs 7 crore for the year. […]

Nottingham, April 15 (IANS) India Test batsman Hanuma Vihari took a diving catch at mid-wicket to mark his debut in the County Championship for Warwickshire. Vihari, who was ignored at the IPL mini-auction this year, then signed a contract to play for Warwickshire. On Thursday, during the first day’s play against Nottinghamshgire, Vihari plucked a […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) India tennis star Ankita Raina said that she is fine with playing three matches in the team’s upcoming Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-off tie against Latvia. Ankita plays two singles matches and a doubles match on April 16 and 17, thus taking part in all of India’s matches. […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) star batsman AB de Villiers said that he felt ready for the Indian Premier League (IPL) a few weeks before the start of the tournament. De Villiers, 37, had not played any competitive cricket since the 2020 IPL in which RCB were knocked out in the […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Mumbai left-arm spinner Shams Mulani has joined Delhi Capitals as a short-term replacement for Axar Patel in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Left-arm spinner Axar had tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the season and is under isolation and treatment. “Delhi Capitals have brought in Shams Mulani as a short-term COVID-19 […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) India face an uphill battle in their Billie Jean King Cup tennis tournament World Group Play-offs against the much higher-ranked Latvia but their chances have been given a slight boost due to the absence of crowd and the fact that the tie will be played on hard courts, said captain […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday. For Delhi Capitals, Kagiso Rabada replaced Shimron Hetmyer while Lalit Yadav came in for Amit Mishra. Yadav will make his debut. For Rajasthan Royals, David Miller […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India on Thursday adjourned the case pertaining to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) and will hear it after two weeks leaving the India cricket board (BCCI)’s top office-bearers Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah with more time to stay in charge of affirs. The tenures of both, […]

Chennai, April 15 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain David Warner seemed to be miffed by the umpires allowing Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler Harshal Patel to continue bowling despite him bowling two waist-high full tosses. However, SRH coach Trevor Bayliss reckoned that the umpires were right in making the decisions and Warner’s frustration came […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Vikas (52kg) pulled off a stunning upset win against the reigning European Youth Champion Yasen Radev as five Indian boxers registered remarkable victories on the second day of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Championships, in Kielce, Poland. Vikas started the bout cautiously but soon took the charge of […]

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have their work cut out as they take on buoyant Punjab Kings in their second match of the IPL 2021 on Friday night. The MS Dhoni-led side put in a horrible performance on the field in their first match against Delhi Capitals, dropping catches and bowling too […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Teenage swimmer Srihari Nataraj clocked 54.10 seconds in the men’s 100 metres backstroke preliminary round of the Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championships in Tashkent on Thursday to inch closer to Olympic ‘A’ qualification time of 53.85 seconds. The 19-year-old Nataraj, who hails from Bengaluru, has a personal best of 54.69 […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) India men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh urged the team to focus on transferring their good form to the upcoming Pro League matches in Europe and later at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. India ended their tour of Argentina with a 4-2 win over the Olympic champions. “No doubt winning against a […]

Imola (Italy), April 15 (IANS) Imola is the venue for the second instalment of this year’s Formula One battle between titleholders Mercedes and contenders Red Bull, with a lack of overtaking opportunities at the Italian venue likely to be decisive on Sunday. Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes prevailed in Bahrain first time out but only […]

Tokyo, April 15 (IANS) Secretary-General of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Toshihiro Nikai said Thursday that cancelling this year’s Tokyo Olympics could be an option if the Covid-19 situation continues to worsen. Nikai, the No. 2 leader of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ruling party, said in a TV show yet to be aired that […]

Margao (Goa), April 15 (IANS) FC Goa put on a sensational defensive display to hold Al Rayyan to a 0-0 draw in their AFC Champions League opener at the Fatorda Stadium. Juan Ferrando gave Ishan Pandita his first start in FC Goa colours as James Donachie and Ivan Gonzalez started as the favoured pair at […]

Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli has been reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during RCB’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday night. A statement from IPL said, “Mr Kohli admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.2 of the […]

London, April 15 (IANS) Top seed Novak Djokovic felt at home as he coasted past teenager Jannik Sinner in straight sets to book his place in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday. World No. 1 Djokovic, making a first appearance since his Australian Open success two months ago, needed just over an […]

Chennai, April 15 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner hit out at his team’s batsmen for playing cross-batted shots against left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed and not building partnerships after SRH lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday. “A very big, bitter pill to swallow. We […]

Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Glenn Maxwell, who scored his first IPL half-century on Wednesday after three barren seasons, is relishing new-found form and confidence with his new franchise, Royal Challangers Bangalore that has pushed him into a role he plays for Australia. Maxwell, who aggregated just 108 in 13 matches at an average of just […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli paid compliments to Glenn Maxwell saying that his team’s No. 4 batsman was the difference in Wednesday’s victory over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). Maxwell’s 59 off 41 balls helped RCB make 149 for eight which proved six runs too many for SRH. It was the […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) picked up three wickets in one over to help his team script a sensational six-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday. Chasing a modest target of 149 set by […]

Bambolim (Goa), April 14 (IANS) The Sunil Chhetri-led Bengaluru FC scored a resounding 5-0 win over Nepal’s Tribhuvan Army FC in their AFC Cup Preliminary Round 2 clash to progress to the play-off round, at the GMC Stadium here on Wednesday. All the goals came in the second half with Brazilian recruit Cleiton Silva and […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Even the dropping of Sandeep Sharma from the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad, who has dismissed him seven times in the IPL, did not help Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli as he failed to get a big score despite a getting off to a good start in Wednesday’s IPL encounter between […]

Centurion, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan skipper Babar Azam smashed a 59-ball 122, while wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan remained unbeaten on 73 as the visitors inflicted a crushing nine-wicket defeat on host South Africa in the third T20 International at the Centurion on Wednesday. Pakistan have taken a 2-1 lead in the four-match series with the final […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) When it rains, it pours. The adage holds true for Glenn Maxwell who is on a run-making spree in this edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after less than average performances with the bat over the last few years. The Aussie scored his first IPL half-century on Wednesday after three […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Indian swimmers continued to dominate Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championships in Tashkent but the Tokyo Olympics ‘A’ qualification mark remained elusive, on Wednesday. The competition in Tashkent is an Olympic qualifying event but wasn’t competitive as Indians won gold and silver medals with average performances in some of the events. […]

Buenos Aires, April 14 (IANS) Two goals in the first quarter and two in the last helped India end their tour of Argentina on a memorable note, winning the fourth and final practice game 4-2 in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Goals from Rupinder Pal Singh (3rd minute), Jaskaran Singh (12th), Shilanand Lakra (50th) and Surender […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan attributed his successful spell on Wednesday night to his accuracy and the slow nature of the MA Chidambaram pitch. Rashid took two wickets for 18 runs including the prized wicket of AB de Villiers, whose 48 off 27 balls on a tough wicket in […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowlers, led by Jason Holder (3/30) and Rashid Khan (2/18), restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to 149/8 in their 20 overs here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium after it had looked at one point that RCB would cruise to a big score with the start they got. At […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pace bowler Deepak Chahar said on Wednesday that he is not the one who would want to make too much fuss about clothes and would prefer wearing something that looks good on him, rather than going for expensive outfits. Chahar “cherry-picked the answers” thrown at him in […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday left out pace bowler Sandeep Sharma from their playing eleven in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) despite the fast bowler having a good record against RCB skipper, having dismissed him seven times in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sandeep’s previous expensive outing in IPL […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and opted to bowl in their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. Devdutt Padikkal is back for RCB after recovering from Covid-19 and replaced Rajat Patidar while for SRH, Jason Holder and Shahbaz Nadeem replaced Mohammed Nabi […]

Vienna, April 14 (IANS) Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma will resume his European Tour campaign at the Austrian Golf Open in Atzenbrugg near Vienna on Thursday after a two-week break back home in Himachal Pradesh. Though the two-time European Tour winner is not at his best in recent months, he has shown some spark early in […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) On a day when the Sports Ministry, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) marked 100 days to the Tokyo Olympics with special functions and online webinars, attended by the sports minister Kiren Rijiju, top athletes among others, the message was clear that India wanted […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) With 100 days left for the Tokyo Olympics to begin, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday said it is confident the Indian contingent will return with a double-figure medal haul. India had a below-par haul in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, winning just two medals — silver through ace […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has the knack for picking up the right wit for the right moment. On Wednesday, the ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ compared Mumbai Indians’ (MI) return from a hopeless situation to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 10 runs in the IPL to the World Wrestling Entertainment […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) India began their campaign at the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships in the Polish city of Kielce on a promising note with Asian Youth champion Vinka (60kg) and Poonam (57kg) winning their preliminary bouts. Vinka had to dig deep to score an exciting 3-2 win over Russia’s […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) India’s top badminton player Saina Nehwal on Wednesday singled out India cricketer Washington Sundar’s batting for special praise, tweeting, “People don’t know this, but along with badminton, I’m a huge fan of cricket too. Especially when India is playing. I saw the brilliant performances by @sundarwashi5 in the recent series, […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowling coach and Zimbabwe fast bowling great Heath Streak has been banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for eight years after accepting five charges of breaching its anti-corruption code. Streak, who was Zimbabwe’s head coach from 2016 to 2018, has been charged of disclosing […]

By Khurram HabibNew Delhi, April 14 (IANS) India’s World Cup winning former captain Kapil Dev is back playing golf after recovering from a cardiac surgery that he underwent in October 2020. The 1983 World Cup-winner, who had held the world record for most Test wickets at one point in time, has been watching cricket only […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan captain Babar Azam has climbed to the No.1 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings for ODI batsmen, thus ending his India counterpart Virat Kohli’s nearly three and a half year reign at the top of the rankings. Babar’s player of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fell to a stunning 10-run defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) despite being in a dominant position for much of the match and their owner, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, ended up apologising to fans for the performance. “Disappointing performance. to say the least @KKRiders apologies to all […]

Beijing, April 14 (IANS) The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said that new dates from November 23 to 29 were decided for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and the tournament will be staged in Houston, United States as originally planned. “After positive weeks of discussions with the Harris County Sports Authority, USATT and USOPC, […]

Berlin, April 14 (IANS) The Italian government approved the presence of fans at Euro 2020 matches in Rome, with Germany hoping for a similar decision by their authorities for the Munich venue. Italy’s federation FIGC said the government has agreed that the Olympic Stadium in Rome can be filled to 25 per cent of its […]

Tokyo, April 14 (IANS) Tokyo marked 100 days to go until the postponed Olympics on Wednesday amid lingering uncertainty over whether the Games can be staged safely amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Olympic host city has been under a month-long semi-state of emergency over the pandemic since Monday amid a growing number of new infections. […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) All-rounder Glenn Maxwell said that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli had first floated the idea of him joining the franchise during the limited overs leg of India’s tour of Australia last year. “We had been texting a fair bit. We obviously caught up. We chatted after the ODI and […]

London, April 14 (IANS) Rafael Nadal and other leading players at the Monte-Carlo Masters face a nervous wait on Tuesday after world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev tested positive for Covid-19. The announcement came ahead of the third day of play at one of the ATP’s biggest events, with Medvedev replaced in the draw by Argentinian […]

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Rohit Sharma praised Suryakumar Yadav for his fearless batting even though the Mumbai Indians skipper considered the pitch at the MA Chidambaram tough for batsmen to play strokes from the word go. “I think Yadav is carrying that form that he had when he played for India. He is very fearless […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Despite winning the toss and opting to chase in Tuesday’s match against Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Eoin Morgan said the MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch is a tough one to chase. KKR fell short against by 10 runs. Out of the three matches played here, teams batting second […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Mumbai Indians (MI) rallied to pull off a 10-run win as profligate Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsmen threw away their wickets to make a mess of a modest 152-run target in an Indian Premier League match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday. After Andre Russell’s five-wicket haul in just […]

Buenos Aires, April 13 (IANS) After a superb show in the FIH Hockey Pro League where India defeated Olympic champions Argentina in both the matches, the hosts finally tasted victory handing visiting Indians their first loss of the tour in the third practice match on Tuesday. Lucas Toscani scored the all-important goal. On a day […]

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) following injury to his finger during a practice session, his franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) confirmed on Tuesday night. Stokes, however, won’t be returning home and would stay with the team to assist them with inputs off […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals (RR) may have shelled out an IPL record Rs 16.25 crore to get Chris Morris this season, but they still don’t trust him with the big hits at crunch moments or so it seems. On Monday night, with RR needing five runs off two balls, captain Sanju Samson declined […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) India’s Gurpreet Singh and Sandeep lost their bronze medal Greco-Roman bouts on the opening day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty on Tuesday. In the 77kg semi-final bout, Singh lost 5-0 to Kairatbek Tugolbaev of Kazakhstan, while Sandeep went down fighting to Nurmukhammet Abdullaev of Kyrgyzstan 5-11 in the […]

Johannesburg, April 13 (IANS) Cricket South Africa (CSA) heaved a sigh of relief after all the 22 members of the South African Women’s Emerging team returned negative tests for Covid-19 and were allowed to board the flight back to their home country from Bangladesh. CSA officials panicked after five players returned positive tests on Monday, […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) For 13 seasons before this one in the Indian Premier League (IPL), no bowler had taken a five-wicket haul against Mumbai Indians (MI). In their first two games of the ongoing 14th season, IPL 2021, there have already been two five-wicket hauls against them. The best bowling spell against the five-time […]

Monaco, April 13 (IANS) World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev has pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters following a positive Covid-19 test, men’s tennis’ ruling body ATP said on Tuesday. “Following the return of a positive Covid-19 test result on April 12, 2021, Medvedev has been withdrawn from the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters,” ATP said in […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Andre Russell’s five-wicket haul in just two overs (5/15) helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) restrict Mumbai Indians’ (MI) power-packed batting to 152 (all out) in their 20 overs during an Indian Premier League 2021 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday night. Things looked promising for the Mumbai franchise […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) India’s leading swimmer Sajan Prakash won gold medal in the men’s 200 metres butterfly event in Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championships in Tashkent on Tuesday but missed the Olympics ‘A’ qualification time. The 27-year-old Prakash’s gold-medal winning time of 1 minute 57.85 seconds was his season’s best but slower than […]

Dortmund, April 13 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels and captain Marco Reus are doubtful for their Champions League quarter-finals second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday, while winger Jadon Sancho is out. “We’ll have to wait and see who can make it,” Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said on Tuesday, referring to the training sessions […]

Auckland, April 13 (IANS) New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the fourth time in six years, while Devon Conway and Amelia Kerr claimed double honours, at the New Zealand Cricket Awards for the 2020-21 season. Williamson’s home Test summer helped him claim the supreme award, along with the […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Ahead of the Indian Premier League, Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav had said that his team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has probably the best possible spin attack in the tournament. In Tuesday’s game against Mumbai Indians (MI), KKR skipper Eoin Morgan flaunted the depth in his spin bowling attack by pressing into […]

Tokyo, April 13 (IANS) Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee returns to play in Japan after nearly five months as he is set to tee it up at this week’s Token Homemate Cup in Nagoya, which begins on Thursday. Gangjee, who won the Panasonic Open Championship on the Japan Tour in April 2018, has been plying his […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and elected to bowl in their match against Mumbai Indians (MI) here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday. KKR had won their first match against SunRisers Hyderabad while MI has lost their opener to Royal challangers Bangalore. MI have brought Quinton de Kock […]

Hilton Head, (South Carolina), April 13 (IANS) Golfer Anirban Lahiri will be high on confidence when he tees off at the RBC Heritage this week after a top-five finish at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio recently. The Indian will not have to look far for inspiration as one of his best friends on […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) A day after Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson played the magical 119-run innings but fell just short of guiding his team past the target set by Punjab Kings, opinion was divided on whether he took the right decision to not go for a run off the penultimate ball of the innings. […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Olympic-bound athlete Priyanka Goswami was isolated on Tuesday at the Sports Authority of India training centre in Bengaluru after she tested positive for Covid-19. The 24-year-old national record holder from Uttar Pradesh had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 20 km race walk event in February during the […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Balbir Singh Junior, who was part of the Indian hockey team that won silver at the 1958 Asian Games, has passed away at the age of 88. The hockey great played alongside the likes of Balbir Singh Donsanjh, popularly known as Balbir Singh Senior, as well as Leslie Claudius, Prithipal […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) How Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) star batsmen AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell deal with SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) spinner Rashid Khan could be decisive in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between the two teams on Wednesday at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. RCB pacer Harshal Patel’s contest with SRH’s middle and […]

Panaji (Goa), April 13 (IANS) Ahead of FC Goa’s big-ticket AFC Champions League (Group E) clash against Qatar club Al Rayyan on Wednesday, the Indian Super League (ISL) club’s head coach, Spaniard Juan Ferrando, said he had to take some very “tough selection decisions” to put the best players on the field. “It has been […]

Madrid, April 13 (IANS) Florentino Perez will continue as President of Real Madrid until 2025, it was confirmed on Tuesday. Perez will remain in the post he has occupied since 2000, (with a three-year break in the middle between 2006-2009) after nobody presented a candidacy to oppose him after he called elections. It is the […]

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pace bowler Harshal Patel, who took five for 27 in the season-opener against Mumbai Indians, said on Tuesday that he is happy to see captains of Indian Premier League (IPL) teams giving responsibility to uncapped Indian players to bowl key overs. Patel has been earmarked as the […]

Panaji (Goa), April 13 (IANS) Bengaluru FC will have to shrug off the disappointment of finishing seventh in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2020/21 season when they take on a committed Nepal club, Tribhuvan Army FC, in the AFC Cup Preliminary Round 2 match in Bambolim, Goa on Wednesday. Tribhuvan Army FC are coming into […]

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) spinner Yuzvendra Chahal pointed out the similarities between the Punjab Kings’ jersey with that of RCB’s by playfully welcoming captain KL Rahul and Chris Gayle to the franchise. “Welcome to @RCBTweets boys @henrygayle @klrahul11,” said Chahal in his tweet with a video of Gayle and Rahul having […]

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) Riyan Parag raised eyebrows when he used an unusually low-armed release in the 10th over during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Punjab Kings. Parag bowled just one over in the explosive Punjab Kings innings and had his arm almost perpendicular to his body when he bowled […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Neuberg Diagnostics Private Limited, India’s fourth largest pathology player, is conducting Covid-19 RT-PCR test for all the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. As per the guidelines, all the players, management team, broadcasting crew, state and central cricket committee member, groundskeepers, hotel staff, and the event management team are being tested. […]

Sinsheim (Germany), April 13 (IANS) Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen played to a 0-0 draw in a result that helped neither side. Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann saved from Charles Aranguiz, Nadiem Amiri and Leon Bailey while the hosts had no major scoring opportunity on Monday, DPA reports. Leverkusen are sixth in the last Europa League slot […]

Tokyo, April 13 (IANS) Shigeko Kagawa, a 109-year-old woman, has become the oldest Olympic torch bearer after she took part in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Nara Prefecture on Monday. Kagawa, who was born in 1911, took the record from Aida Mendes of Brazil who walked with the Rio Olympic torch in Macapa, Brazil […]

Berlin, April 12 (IANS) Austria’s Innsbruck and the Italian city of Turin have been chosen to host the Davis Cup 2021 finals alongside Madrid, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and organisers Kosmos said on Monday. Each city will host two of the six groups. Madrid will stage two quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final, while […]

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) A relieved Punjab Kings skipper K.L. Rahul called on his batsmen to bat fearlessly just like Deepak Hooda after his team managed to see off a resilient Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson. Rahul, who himself made 91 off 50 deliveries, breathed a sigh of relief after Samson’s 119 failed to […]

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Sanju Samson wanted to keep the coin from the toss as a souvenir since Monday’s match against Punjab Kings was his captaincy debut. However, the match referee did not allow him to do so. All that the new Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper would be able to carry are memories of seven […]

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Towering West Indian fast bowler Jason Holder can finally breathe easy. Wearing a black T-shirt, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) player emerged from his hotel room heaving a sigh of relief and chanting ‘freedom’ several times after his mandatory seven-day quarantine ended on Monday. Holder had arrived in Chennai on April 5 […]

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Sanju Samson (119 off 63 balls) scored a hundred on his Indian Premier League (IPL) captaincy debut but couldn’t take Rajasthan Royals (RR) past the finish line, getting dismissed off the last of the match as his team lost to Punjab Kings (PK) by four runs at the Wankhede Stadium on […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Punjab Kings skipper K.L. Rahul was close to scoring the first century of this Indian Premier League season. His hopes, however, were dashed as Rajasthan Royals spinner Rahul Tewatia pulled off a stunning catch at deep mid-wicket boundary. The Punjab franchise skipper, who got the Orange cap last season for most […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Deepak Hooda may have been suspended by the Baroda Cricket Association for the Indian domestic cricket season 2020-21, but there is no stopping the big-hitting talent as he took the IPL platform on Monday to show what his state team missed. The 25-year-old was suspended for the season by Baroda cricket […]

Johannesburg, April 12 (IANS) South African all-rounder George Linde picked three wickets as the hosts clawed back from the loss in the opening T20 International to defeat Pakistan by six wickets in the second match at Johannesburg on Monday. Linde’s (3/23) left-arm spin restricted the visitors to 140 for 9 in the allotted 20 overs […]

Munich, April 12 (IANS) The city of Munich cannot give any guarantee that spectators will be at least partially allowed back into the Allianz Arena during the Euro 2020 tournament, mayor Dieter Reiter said on Monday. The European football governing body UEFA wants fans in the stadiums for the June 11-July 11 tournament set to […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Mumbai Indians’ all-rounder Hardik Pandya reiterated on Monday that his team-mates were constantly motivating themselves by thinking about a hat-trick of Indian Premier League (IPL) titles after their title triumphs in 2019 and 2020. “I think the team that we are a good enough team to win in all the conditions. […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) A 105-run partnership for the third wicket in just 46 balls between skipper K.L. Rahul and Deepak Hooda helped Punjab Kings post 221/6 in their 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals here at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Punjab Kings, who lost opener Mayank Agarwal early, saw Rahul and Chris Gayle add […]

Colombo, April 12 (IANS) A 21-member Bangladesh squad, with three new faces in Test reckoning, arrived in Colombo on Monday to play a two-match Test series in Kandy from April 21. The touring side, which will remain in a bio-bubble, will play a two-day warm-up game in Katunayake before heading to Kandy where both the […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) It was a disappointment no less for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to lose their Indian Premier League (IPL) opening game to Delhi Capitals (DC) by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium. But Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and the rest of the team ensured there was no doom-and-gloom […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) When Punjab Kings batsman Chris Gayle hoisted Rajasthan Royals’ Ben Stokes for a six in his first over, he became the first batsman in Indian Premier League history to hit 350 sixes. Interestingly, no other batsman has even got 250 sixes with AB de Villiers coming a distant second with 237. […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) India’s top women’s tennis player Ankita Raina continues to lead her compatriots in both the WTA singles and doubles rankings released on Monday. Raina is 174th in singles and 96th in doubles, up two places, as per the latest rankings released on Monday ahead of the Billie Jean King Cup […]

Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) side Hyderabad FC on Monday extended the contract of their 31-year-old Australian striker Joel Chianese till the end of the 2021-22 season. Chianese, who made his senior debut for Sydney FC in the 2011 Asian Champions League against top-flight Japanese professional club Kashima Antlers and played his […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) India’s ace table-tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is excited after maintaining an unbeaten record in the Polish Superliga, saying it will boost his confidence ahead of the Tokyo Olympics that start on July 23 in Japan. Representing Jaroslaw in the Polish table tennis league, the 28-year-old Gnanasekaran had a brilliant run […]

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League here at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. This is the first match for both the teams in the IPL 2021 season. This is also Punjab franchise’s first match after they were renamed as Punjab […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The start to this year’s Indian Premier League has been dominated again by young Indian players who are looking to catch the eye of national selectors through their performances. RCB pace bowler Harshal Patel, who became the first bowler to take a five-wicket haul against MI, KKR batsman Nitish Rana, […]

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) All-rounder Hardik Pandya’s shoulder niggle and workload management are creating a headache for Mumbai Indians as they struggle to find a bowling option who can play the role of a back-up with one of the frontline bowlers going for runs. MI’s director of cricket operations Zaheer Khan admitted that Hardik’s workload […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Polish city of Kielce is facing lockdown because of a new wave of Covid-19 in Europe but it is also gearing up to host the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships starting on Tuesday. Boxers from more than 50 countries are participating in the 10-day long tournament. […]

Berlin, April 12 (IANS) Midfielder Joshua Kimmich insists that every Bayern Munich player “must become a leader” if the defending champions want to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday at Paris Saint-Germain. Bayern lost the home leg 3-2 last week, and there have been only been five previous occasions in the elite event that […]

Goa, April 12 (IANS) Sunil Chhetri and his boys will look to forget the disappointments of the last season and make a fresh start when the Indian Super League (ISL) club Bengaluru FC takes on Nepalese side Tribhuvan Army FC in the AFC Cup Preliminary Round 2 clash in Bambolim, Goa on Wednesday. Bengaluru FC, […]

By Navneet SinghNew Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Dutee Chand, national record holder in women’s 100 metres, will stay in quarantine for a week as well as train in isolation as she shifts her training base to Patiala’s National Institute of Sports from Bhubaneswar to prepare for next month’s World Relays. The 25-year-old Odisha sprinter is […]

Tokyo, April 12 (IANS) Japanese fans and officials were elated at the news that golfer Hideki Matsuyama has won the 85th Masters at Augusta National in the US. The 29-year-old Matsuyama became the first Japanese to win a major championship, a decade after he finished as the leading amateur at the Masters. Many Japanese got […]

Augusta (the US), April 12 (IANS) Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to claim a major title on Monday when he held off the field to win the 2021 Augusta Masters golf tournament by one stroke. Matsuyama, 29, shot a one-over 73 to win on 10 under par despite some nervy moments on Sunday. […]

Buenos Aires (Argentina), April 12 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team completed their second win in as many days in the FIH Pro League as Harmanpreet Singh (11th minute), Lalit Upadhyay (25th min) and Mandeep Singh’s (58th min) goals helped the visitors outclass the Olympic Champions 3-0 here in Buenos Aires on Monday. Argentina got off […]

Madrid, April 12 (IANS) Atletico Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga was reduced to just one point after a dramatic 30th round of matches. Atletico were held to a 1-1 draw away to Betis in a game where Yannick Carrasco put them ahead after just five minutes only for Cristian Tello to equalise […]

Rome, April 12 (IANS) Inter Milan moved closer to the Serie A championship after a 1-0 hard-win over Cagliari while Juventus claimed the second consecutive victory by dispatching Genoa 3-1 at Allianz Stadium. It took a while for Inter Milan to break Cagliari, as Alexis Sanchez’s goal was ruled out for offside, Stefan de Vrij’s […]

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain David Warner said that the team failed to execute their plans while bowling and ended up conceding too many runs towards the end of the Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH) innings on Sunday. SRH lost to KKR by 10 runs in their first Indian Premier League (IPL) match […]

Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Eoin Morgan was all praise for his top order batsmen after their 10-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their first game of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL). “Today was quite magnificent the way the guys at the top of the order batted. Nitish (Rana) […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Sonam Malik has pulled out of the Asian Wrestling Championships to be held in Almaty later this month. Haryana’s 19-year-old wrestler Sonam who had won an Olympic quota earlier injured her knee during her semi-final win in the 62kg group in the Asian Olympic qualifiers in Almaty. Later, she withdrew […]

Madrid, April 11 (IANS) Real Madrid have paid a price for their 2-1 win over FC Barcelona with the news that winger Lucas Vazquez will probably miss the rest of the season with a knee injury he picked up in the game. Vazquez, who has spent most of the season playing as a makeshift right-back, […]

Lillehammer, April 11 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has given fresh dates for its key event, the World Para Snow Sports Championships, which will be held in Lillehammer, Norway from January 8 to 23. The championships will take place eight weeks before the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Winter Games. The competition was initially scheduled from […]

Berlin, April 11 (IANS) The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) expects that its top athletes, who have qualified for this year’s Tokyo Olympics, will be vaccinated soon. “With the beginning of the second quarter of the year, the time has come when we expect, provided that the promised vaccine doses are available, that the athletes […]

Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh will make his debut for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as they were put to bat first by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. KKR is the third team that 40-year-old Harbhajan is playing […]

Chennai, April 11 (IANS) SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and chose to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. SunRisers Hyderabad: David Warner (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, […]

Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star Andre Russell has dyed his hair blonde again and the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise posted a photo of the flamboyant all-rounder sporting the new hairdo. KKR also reminded fans of what had happened the last time Russell faced SunRisers Hyderabad with blonde hair. “New Hair. […]

Sylhet (Bangladesh), April 11 (IANS) An unbeaten century by skipper Nigar Sultana (101 not out) and useful contributions from Murshida Khatun (41) and Shobhana Mostary (45) helped Bangladesh Women Emerging notch up a 110-run win over South Africa Emerging players in the fourth one-dayer on Sunday. Bangladesh Women Emerging have won all the four one-dayers […]

Lahore, April 11 (IANS) The postponed Pakistan Super League (PSL) will resume on June 1, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Sunday. The PCB said that it will be hiring “a globally-recognised safety management company” to ensure safety of its Covid-19 bio-bubble for the remainder of the tournament. All the matches will be held at […]

Sydney, April 11 (IANS) The organisers of the 2021 World Athletics Relay Championships in Silesia, Poland suffered a setback as Athletics Australia (AA) confirmed on Sunday it is withdrawing its team for the May 1-2 event due to Covid-19 challenges. A statement issued on AA’s website stated: “The decision was made in light of the […]

Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Indian Premier League’s (IPL) most expensive player of all time Chris Morris will be on display and facing a huge challenge when Rajasthan Royals (RR) take on Punjab Kings in their opening encounter of this season on Monday. With Jofra Archer missing from at least the first part of the IPL […]

Hangzhou (China), April 11 (IANS) In an indication that esports will certainly be a medal event during the Hangzhou Asian Games, the recognition given to the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is being seen as a “very positive step” ahead of the quadrennial games in September 2022. The […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Former India batsman Virender Sehwag said that he had seen former captain Rahul Dravid anger when a young MS Dhoni was dismissed due to a loose shot against Pakistan. “I have seen Rahul Dravid got angry. When we were in Pakistan and MS Dhoni had been a newcomer, he played […]

Goa, April 11 (IANS) Former senior national football team captain Bruno Coutinho has said that India hosting the AFC Champions League in Goa from April 14 is not just a big honour for the nation but the experience will help the country’s players “mature faster”. Bruno, who represented India in 44 matches, and has also […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Two Indian fencers have tested positive for Covid-19 while participating in the World Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Cairo, confirmed a senior official of the Fencing Association of India (FAI). “The players will undergo 15 days of quarantine if their second Covid-19 RT PCR test returns positive on Sunday,” […]

Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Delhi Capitals (DC) openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw, indulged in a bit of a friendly banter after the team’s seven-wicket win over the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK), even doing a “duggy dance” at the Wankhede Stadium much after sealing the emphatic victory. Shaw (72 off 38 balls) and […]

Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) The Pakistan Under-19 cricket team will not travel to Dhaka after a surge in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh. Both countries will now look for a new window to organise the series once the situation improves. The teams were scheduled to play a four-day tie and five one-dayers, and the tour would […]

London, April 11 (IANS) Liverpool left it late to secure a first Premier League win at home this year, with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s superb stoppage-time strike downing Aston Villa 2-1 at Anfield. Kai Havertz scored his first Premier League goal since October as Chelsea got their top-four push back on track with a comfortable 4-1 win […]

Barcelona, April 11 (IANS) Real Madrid held on to earn a narrow 2-1 El Clasico win over Barcelona on Sunday and go top of the La Liga charts on Saturday. Karim Benzema broke the deadlock in the 13th minute with his ninth goal in seven league games, finishing Lucas Vazquez’s cross with a back heel […]

Buenos Aires, April 11 (IANS) Harmanpreet Singh and goalkeeping stalwart PR Sreejesh emerged India’s heroes as the visitors defeated Olympic champions Argentina 3-2 in a thrilling shoot-out after the teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time, in the FIH Pro League match on Sunday. A penalty corner earned by skipper Manpreet Singh […]

Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was on Sunday fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate in the match against Delhi Capital (DC), which the three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions lost by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. A media advisory issued by the IPL […]

Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Rishabh Pant led his team Delhi Capitals to a resounding seven-wicket win over his role model MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings but the youngster paid tribute to the former India captain. “It was very special walking out for the toss with MS [Dhoni]. He has been my go-to man. I have […]

Johannesburg, April 11 (IANS) An unbeaten 74 from ‘Man of the Match’ Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan score a thrilling four-wicket victory over South Africa with just one ball to spare in the opening tie of the four-match T20I series, here on Saturday. Rizwan stood rock-solid as wickets kept falling at the other end as the […]

Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni said that a 7.30 pm start in IPL 2021 will mean that teams batting first will have to score at least 200 runs to put the side batting second under pressure. Dhoni’s comments came after his team lost to Delhi Capitals (DC) by seven […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Delhi Capitals opening batsman Prithvi Shaw said he had worked on his back-and-across movement after returning from Australia which has helped him score an avalanche of runs lately. Shaw got over 827 runs in eight matches of the Vijay Hazare one-dayers recently and followed it up with a 38-ball 72 against […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Delhi Capitals (DC) made Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pay dearly for their lapses in field and poor bowling, as the duel between the master and the apprentice turned out to be a damp squib with apprentice Rishabh Pant’s DC thrashing master M.S. Dhoni’s CSK by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s return to competitive cricket after over five months turned out to be a failure with the bat as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper fell to a second ball duck off the bowling of young pacer Avesh Khan of Delhi Capitals in the second match of IPL 2021 […]

Monaco, April 10 (IANS) India’s Sumit Nagal had to bite the dust in the opening qualifying round of the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters, going down to Italy’s Stefano Travaglia 3-6, 0-6. Travaglia, seeded second in qualifying, dropped just three points on first serve to crush the 23-year-old Indian in 58 minutes on Saturday. The Italian […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Sam Curran hammered 34 off 15 balls at the back-end of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) innings, including thrashing his older brother Tom for 16 runs in three balls in the 19th over, to help the men in yellow reach 188/7 in their 20 overs against Delhi Capitals (DC) here at the […]

Buenos Aires, April 10 (IANS) Buoyed by favourable results against Olympic champions Argentina in two practice games, India will hope to continue their impressive run when the teams meet in back-to-back FIH Pro League matches over the next two days. India had defeated the hosts 4-3 in the first practice outing and came close to […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Sam Curran hammered 34 off 15 balls at the back-end of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) innings, including thrashing his older brother Tom for 16 runs in three balls in the 19th over, to help the men in yellow reach 188/6 in their 20 overs against Delhi Capitals (DC) here at the […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Anushka Samuel scored the all-important goal as Hans Women FC defeated HOPS FC to clinch the Football Delhi Women’s League 2020-21 title at the Ambedkar Stadium on Saturday. By winning the league, Hans Women FC have qualified for the Indian Women’s League (IWL) from Delhi. Hans FC were awarded the […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) India pace bowler Ishant Sharma, who had recently recovered from the injury he suffered in last year’s IPL to return to India team and play his 100th Test over a month back, suffered an injury again to miss Delhi Capitals (DC)’s first match of the IPL 2021 season. News coming out […]

By Navneet SinghNew Delhi, April 10 (IANS) India’s Anshu Malik had to settle for silver after she went down fighting to Mongolia’s Khongorzul Baldsaikahan 7-4 in women’s 57kg while injured Sonam Malik gave a walkover to China’s Lia Long in the 62kg final on the second day of the Asian Wrestling Olympic qualifiers in Almaty […]

Riga (Latvia), April 10 (IANS) Three members of the Indian women’s tennis team along with their coach Vishal Uppal arrived in the Latvian capital of Riga on Saturday to play in the Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup on April 16 and 17. “Our team has arrived in Riga and were welcomed by Mr Praveen, Ms […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to field in their IPL 2021 opening match against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. Opposition skipper MS Dhoni also wanted to field, saying, “We were also looking to bowl. It is slightly difficult to defend on […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The tournament director of the Local Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup India 2022 and the AFC Womens Asian Cup India 2022, Roma Khanna, stepped down on Saturday citing personal reasons. Khanna, who spearheaded the U-17 Women’s World Cup bid and was later appointed its tournament director, […]

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Saturday night’s match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capitals (DC), termed as the clash between master and apprentice, has got even the India coach Ravi Shastri going. The former India all-rounder has called on his followers to follow the stump mic. It will be interesting to see what Pant […]

Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) club Hyderabad FC on Saturday agreed to the transfer of their young forward Liston Colaco to ATK Mohun Bagan for an undisclosed fee, the club announced. The 22-year-old Goa-born player, who made 23 appearances, scoring four goals and three assists for Hyderabad FC, will officially join ATK […]

Mount Maunganui (New Zealand), April 10 (IANS) Australia women’s cricket team opener Alyssa Healy slammed a 39-ball 46 while Meghan Schutt took two crucial wickets as the visitors made a clean sweep of the three-match ODI series, defeating New Zealand women by 21 runs in a rail-curtailed D/N match in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. The […]

Chennai: Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma made a strong pitch for the conservation of the ‘Great One-Horned Rhinoceros’ during the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which the defending champions lost by two wickets in a last-ball thriller. The opening batsman came out to bat at the […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the Khelo India Centre of Excellence in Rowing in Srinagar on Saturday. The training centre, situated in Dal Lake, that comes under the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council was upgraded with modern facilities and equipment including 16 new boats — four each in single […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) India’s top javelin thrower and Tokyo Olympic Games medal hopeful, Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday gave the credit for his string of good performances recently to the support given by the Sports Ministry’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). The Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist said that without the support […]

Goa, April 10 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Goa players feel Indian football has climbed several notches and that the team’s qualification for the AFC Champions League (ACL) Group Stage is an offshoot of that success. The Goan club will take on Qatar’s Al Rayyan in the opening match on April 14 in […]

Goa, April 10 (IANS) Attacking midfielder Brandon Fernandes, who is also a vital member of the Indian national football team, will continue to be a part of the FC Goa setup for another three years after he decided to extend his contract with the Indian Super League (ISL) club till June 2024. The 26-year-old Fernandes […]

Chennai, April 10 (IANS) With pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar back in their ranks, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday night. The Hyderabad franchise, though more powerful and well-rounded and having qualified for play-offs […]

Almaty, April 10 (IANS) Wrestlers Anshu Malik (women’s 57kg) and Sonam Malik (women’s 62kg) guaranteed their places in the Indian contingent for Tokyo Olympics after entering the final of their respective categories in the Asian Olympic qualifiers here on Saturday. The top two in each weight category are eligible for the Olympic quota place. In […]

Almaty, April 10 (IANS) Wrestler Anshu Malik guaranteed a Tokyo Olympics quota place after entering the final of women’s 57kg freestyle category in the Asian Olympic qualifiers here on Saturday. The top two in each weight category are eligible for the quota place. In the final, she will face Mongolia’s Khongorzul Boldsaikhan.

Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli lavished praise on his ace batsman AB de Villiers after the South African hit a 27-ball 48 to help his team beat defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in the thrilling tournament-opener on Friday. Kohli said de Villiers is a batsman who can bat on […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) With seven more top boxers testing positive for Covid-19 at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports (NIS), the number of positive cases in boxing has gone up to 17. A fortnight ago, 10 boxers, including men’s chief coach CA Kuttappa, contacted the virus and were isolated. “The 10 boxers are recovering […]

London, April 10 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) matches could soon be played in London in the coming years, if London mayor Sadiq Khan’s wishes come true and his talks with authorities and franchises materialise. Khan expressed interest in having IPL games in London in near future and said that he is in talks […]

Almaty, April 10 (IANS) In a huge setback to the organisers of Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty, the Japanese women’s team, which has the likes of Olympic champions Risako Kawai and Sara Dosho, suddenly withdrew from the tournament because of suspected contact with Covid-19. Allaying fears that any member of the contingent had tested Covid-positive, […]

Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Opener Chris Lynn, who got an opportunity to play the opening match for Mumbai Indians in place of Quinton de Kock, is hoping that his first match doesn’t turn out to be his last after the right-handed batsman was involved in a run-out of his skipper Rohit Sharma in Friday’s match […]

Sydney, April 10 (IANS) Right-arm fast bowler, Darcie Brown, who is fast emerging as one of the most exciting talents in Australian cricket received her one-day international (ODI) cap from Aussie legend and fellow South Australian, Shelley Nitschke, ahead of the third match, a day-night contest, against New Zealand Women in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. […]

Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Seamer Harshal Patel’s five-wicket haul (5/27) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by two wickets in a last ball thriller in the opening match of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Friday. Patel ran through MI’s middle and lower order […]

Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting sounded confident ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, saying, “We expect to play better as a group and achieve some better results. We need to approach it with the right attitude and play […]

Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting sounded confident ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, saying, “We expect to play better as a group and achieve some better results. We need to approach it with the right attitude and play […]

Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Delhi Capitals skipper Ricky Ponting sounded confident ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, saying, “We expect to play better as a group and achieve some better results. We need to approach it with the right attitude and play […]

Chennai, April 9 (IANS) A change in Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise seems to have worked wonders for Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, at least going by his show for his new team Royal Challengers Bangalore in the tournament opener against Mumbai Indians here on Friday. The hard-hitting right-handed batsman, who had failed to impress […]

Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Despite losing IPL 2021’s first match to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma praised his team’s effort for fighting till the end but said that they made some mistakes while batting and were 20 runs short. RCB beat MI by two wickets off the last ball of […]

Monaco, April 10 (IANS) India’s Sumit Nagal will be up against a tough player when he takes on Italy’s Stefano Travaglia in the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Qualifiers (Round 1) match on Saturday. The tournament, headlined by the likes of Spain’s Rafael Nadal — who will open his 2021 clay-court campaign in Monte Carlo — […]

Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli praised Harshal Patel saying that clarity in the fast bowler’s thinking is what got the franchise interested in him. “We brought Harshal in a trade from Delhi. He is relishing the responsibility and is clear with his plans. He was the difference today. He […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) India’s star Greco-Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh had an impressive start in the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Almaty on Friday but a poor finish in the semi-finals of the 77kg category spoiled his chances of winning the Tokyo Olympic berth. The 25-year-old from Punjab began his quest to win the […]

Goa, April 9 (IANS) FC Goa head coach Juan Ferrando conceded on Friday that his side will head into the AFC Champions League (Group E) match against Qatari outfit Al Rayyan SC with a lot at stake. Ferrando’s team — which earned the right to play in the tournament by topping the league stage of […]

Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) used as many as seven bowlers against Mumbai Indians (MI) to restrict them to 159/9 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season opener on Friday. Skipper Virat Kohli brought into play as many as six bowlers in the first 10 overs and even as they weren’t successful […]