Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described football as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women...
Serena Williams tasted bitter defeat on her return to singles tennis at Wimbledon on Tuesday as Rafael Nadal overcame a huge scare to progress to the...
Malahide: Deepak Hooda produced a master-class knock, becoming only the fourth Indian to hit a T20 International century, as the visiting side posted a mammoth 227...
New Delhi: After Indian skipper Rohit Sharma tested positive for COVID-19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken note of the situation...
Kemar Roach reached the landmark of 250 test wickets as West Indies dominated the third day of the second test with Bangladesh fighting to avoid an...
England captain Ben Stokes has insisted there will be no let-up from his side when they face India just days after whitewashing Test world champions New...
Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame a dogged challenge from 81st-ranked Korean Kwon Soon-woo and his own grasscourt rustiness to reach the Wimbledon second round with a...
Leeds: Following his side’s Test clean sweep over New Zealand, England Test captain Ben Stokes has said that to walk away with a 3-0 win over...
The “baggy green” cap awarded to Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell on his Test debut has completely fallen apart after an extended spell in his closet, the all-rounder said...
Petra Kvitova warmed up for Wimbledon by winning the Eastbourne International singles title for the first time, with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Jelena Ostapenko on...
Bengaluru: Madhya Pradesh, not considered among cricketing elites during the past decade, on Sunday humbled domestic powerhouse Mumbai by six wickets in a one-sided Ranji Trophy...
Leeds: England took a flurry of late wickets on Saturday to give themselves hope of starting their new era with a series clean sweep against World...
Dambulla: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur contributed with both bat and ball to steer the Indian women’s cricket team to a series sealing five-wicket win over Sri Lanka...
Boxing’s corruption-tainted world governing body will once again be excluded from organising their own events at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed on...
Colombo: Wicketkeeper Alex Carey’s unbeaten 45 and an inspired bowling performance helped Australia to a four-wicket consolation win over Sri Lanka in the fifth and final...
Leicester: Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja bag three wickets each while Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj took two wickets each to help Indians make a comeback...
Leeds: England centurion Jonny Bairstow and debutant Jamie Overton blazed a thrilling unbeaten seventh wicket stand of 209 in 223 balls to guide their teetering side...
Serena Williams was Friday drawn to face France’s Harmony Tan in the first round of Wimbledon as she returns to singles action after a year away. Defending men’s champion Novak...
Leeds: Daryl Mitchell on Friday broke a 73-year-old record for the most runs by a New Zealand batter during a Test series against England while making...
Budapest: Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was dramatically rescued from the bottom of the pool by Team USA’s head coach after fainting in a distressing scene at...
Leeds: Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell again proved thorns in England’s side as they helped New Zealand recover from a freakish stroke of misfortune to end...
Bengaluru: Sarfaraz Khan completed his transformation from Mumbai cricket’s resident ‘enfant terrible’ to ‘Man Friday’ with a superb hundred that kept his side ahead against Madhya...
Dambulla: The Indian bowlers choked the Sri Lankan women’s team after Jemimah Rodrigues’s vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory in the first...
Bayern Munich on Wednesday completed the much-anticipated signing of Senegal forward Sadio Mane from Liverpool on a three-year contact, the German champions said. The 30-year-old attacker...
London: England head into the third Test at Headingley on Thursday with doubts over the health of captain Ben Stokes as they chase a 3-0 series...
Colombo: Australia opener David Warner said pitches offering “extreme” spin in Sri Lanka’s ODI series victory have helped the tourists prepare for the upcoming Tests. The...
Serena Williams admitted on Tuesday that she feared her storied career was over after a leg injury at last year’s Wimbledon forced her off tour for...
New Delhi: Talismanic striker and former skipper Rani Rampal, who is yet to regain full fitness, did not find a place in the Indian team for...
Andy Murray faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon next week, but believes he is in a better position than he was ahead...
Dinesh Karthik as an “enforcer” opens up a lot of options going into the T20 World Cup, says India head coach Rahul Dravid, who wants to...
Bengaluru: South Africa stand-in skipper Keshav Maharaj expressed disappointment after the fifth T20I against India got abandoned due to rain. The fifth and final T20I between...
Pathum Nissanka cracked a brilliant 137 while Kusal Mendis scored a half-century before getting injured as Sri Lanka beat Australia by six wickets in the third...
Rajkot: Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia feels that IPL should now be held in two separate halves with a significant increase in number of matches after...
Rajkot: Avesh Khan’s four-wicket haul along with big-hitting brilliance of Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya, whose 65 runs in 5.3 overs propelled India to 169 runs on...
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is hopeful of playing at least some part in the One-Day International series against Sri Lanka after having stitches removed from a...
England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said he will manage his workload to give himself the best possible chance of helping the side to a World Cup...
Rajkot: After a 48-run win against South Africa in the third T20I match of the five-match series at home, Men in Blue will be looking forward...
Monchengladbach: Germany recorded a first-ever competitive victory against Italy in considerable style to kick-start their UEFA Nations League campaign and leapfrog their opponents in Group A3...
Spain’s women will have the same pay for representing their country as men, the Spanish football federation announced on Tuesday. The agreement will be for the...
England’s Jonny Bairstow says playing T20 cricket in the Indian Premier League gave him the tools he needed to launch his astonishing demolition of New Zealand...
