India's PV Sindhu on Thursday advanced to the women's singles quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open 2021 by beating Yvonne Li of Germany in straight games in the top-tier BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. ...
Former captain Ricky Ponting had called Tim Paine, who stepped down as Australia skipper a few days back due to an off the field sexting scandal, as a distracting for the team during the Ashes. But Australia's top spinner, Nathon Lyon on Thursday came out in support of Paine calling him the world's best wicketkeeper and said he w...
Pakistan on Thursday named 12 players for the first Test against Bangladesh to be played at the Ch. Zahoor Ahmed Cricket Stadium, Chittagong from Friday, including former captain Azhar Ali and Imam-ul-Haq in the shortlist. ...
A hat-trick by Facundo Zarate and a brace of goals each by Lautaro Domene, and Bautista Capurro helped former champions Argentina hand Egypt a 14-0 thrashing in their opening match of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup here on Thursday. ...
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has expressed his disappointment on being dropped from the BBC's Ashes coverage for allegedly making racist comments to an Asian-origin player a few years back. ...
Ahead of the start of India's first Test against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium, there was a moment to cherish for Shreyas Iyer. Iyer, the middle-order batter, became the 303rd Test cricketer for India. Though his debut was confirmed on Wednesday by captain Ajinkya Rahane, Iyer was handed his maiden Test cap by legendar...
Tennis Australia announced its "Summer of Tennis" on Thursday, which would include a host of events across several states in the lead-up to the Australian Open 2022....
English champions Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain of France, Real Madrid of Spain, Inter Milan of Italy, and Sporting Lisbon of Portugal qualified for the last-16 stage of the UEFA Champions League with a round to spare. ...
India captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first against New Zealand in the first match of the two-Test series at Green Park Stadium here on Thursday. Both India and New Zealand have debutants in batter Shreyas Iyer and left-arm spin all-rounder Rachin Ravindra respectively. ...
FC Barcelona are facing elimination from the Champions League after they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Benfica in a rain-swept Camp Nou stadium here....