Skipper Steven Smith led the way with a half-century as Australia posted 194/4 in their first innings at tea on the opening day of their third cricket Test against India at the JSCA International Stadium here on Thursday. Smith was batting on 80 runs with Glenn Maxwell on 19 at the other end when the […]
Six-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams progressed to the second round of the Australian Open 2017 with a straight-set win over Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic on Tuesday. The American, 35, won 6-4 6-3 in one hour and 19 minutes against the 19-year-old in Melbourne, BBC Sport reported. The world number two, who is chasing a […]
The disciplinary committee of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) that probed Sanju Samson for his objectionable conduct in a Ranji Trophy match last month, on Thursday let off the 22-year-old player with a strong warning to behave himself. Along with the warning, the KCA has asked Samson’s father, a former constable with the Delhi Police, […]
Chennai Smashers bounced back from their opening match defeat with a thumping 5-0 victory over Bengaluru Blasters in the Vodafone Premier Badminton League (PBL) campaign here on Tuesday. Parupalli Kashyap, who is coming after an injury lay-off, displayed his top game against Bengaluru’s Sourabh Verma to emerge winner 11-8, 11-5 to give Chennai the 1-0 […]
England rode on excellent batting by Moeen Ali and Joe Root to post 284/4 in their first innings on the opening day of the fifth and final cricket Test here on Friday. Ali was unbeaten on 120 at the close with Ben Stokes batting on five at the other end. Root was unlucky to miss […]
England skipper Alastair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fifth and final Test match here on Friday. Liam Dawson and Stuart Broad were named while James Anderson and Chris Woakes were left out in the team by England. India made a change, replacing pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar with Ishant […]
By Nivedita Christchurch Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming says too much of cricket can sometimes diminish the entertainment value of the game which, he feels, is like soap opera that people can get bored of if watched every day. At a time multiple T20 cricket leagues have cropped up, Flemingsaid: “Players are motivated by […]
Parthiv Patel struck a whirlwind half-century to enable India thrash England by eight wickets in the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium here on Tuesday. Patel stormed to 67 runs off 54 balls as India overhauled the 103-run target a short while after the tea break on the fourth day of […]
India produced a superb comeback to defeat Pakistan 3-2 in their third round robin match at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Sunday. For India, Pardeep Mor (22nd minute), Rupinder Pal Singh (43rd minute) and Ramandeep Singh (44th minute) found the targets while Muhammad Rizwan Senior and Muhammad Irfan Junior scored for Pakistan, […]
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi Having created waves on the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) circuit in the US, Dalip Singh Rana, better known as “The Great Khali”, is now focused on helping other WWE aspirants from India realise their dreams. The star wrestler has established an academy in Jalandhar to prepare Indian WWE aspirants for […]