The 31-year-old Indian took just three rounds to conquer the current African champion in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight division to extend his unbeaten streak to eight bouts since turning professional....
England lost their remaining two wickets in no time just after the tea break to close their first innings at 477 in the fifth and final Test against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. Liam Dawson (66 not out) and leg-spinner Adil Rashid (60) helped the visitors cross the 400-run mark with a 108-run partnership before ...
Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) head coach Jose Molina will look to emulate former coach Antonio Habas in winning the Indian Super League (ISL) title in the first attempt, while Steve Coppell will try and satiate Kerala Blasters' ambitions of exacting revenge and clinching the first crown in the summit clash here on Sunday. Whil...
England rode on a partnership by Joe Root and Moeen Ali to post 182/3 in their first innings at tea on the opening day of the fifth and final cricket Test here on Friday. Ali (63) and Jonny Bairstow (10), who came in following Root's dismissal, were in the middle at the break. England were in trouble early on the Indian bowlers struck early blows to dismiss...
World No.8 Dominic Thiem will be the third top-10 tennis player to be present in the 2017 edition of the Barcelona Open, to be held from April 22 to 30. Thiem joins two other top ten players: Japan's fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori and Spain's ninth-ranked Rafael Nadal, who are also the last two champions of the tournament, it was announced o...
Argentine forward Paulo Dybala has said the first time he played with his compatriot star forward Lionel Messi for their national football team was an unforgettable experience. In an interview published on Thursday by Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, the Juventus player said that Messi was his idol and he dreamed of pl...
Britain's Carl Hester won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League with Nip Tuck on an emotional night when the retirement of his stable-star Valegro was announced at the London Olympia. Hester, 49, and his 12-year-old gelding were also winners last year, captured the title with a score of 84.669 per cent. Hans Peter Mi...
Indian bowlers struck early blows as England posted 68/2 at lunch on the first day of the fifth and final cricket Test here on Friday. Joe Root (44) and Moeen ALi (7) were at the crease at the break. Pacer Ishant Sharma struck the first blow for the hosts by sending back the in-form Keaton Jennings. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja continued his excel...
Football superstar Lionel Messi and long time girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo have decided to get married, according to Spanish media reports. The couple will take the leap at a time convenient to Messi's footballing career, which can either be the summer or winter of 2017, according to Spanish daily Marca on Wednesday. The report adds that they have...
Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government for its decision to give compensation to slain terrorist Burhan Wani's family for the death of his brother Khalid in a shootout. Khalid was allegedly killed by the security forces while attempting to visit his brother in the forests of Tral area of the Kashmir Valley o...
