Tokyo: The Olympics like no other opened here on Friday sans the customary razzmatazz, the toned-down ceremony showcasing Japan’s grandeur, rich culture and heritage while reflecting...
Tokyo: Two hours before the start of the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, India’s flag-bearer MC Mary Kom on Friday said that she is proud to...
Tokyo: The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese capital, which is the host city, there is clear...
New Delhi: India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has joined the team bio-bubble after recovering from COVID-19 ahead of the marquee Test series against England. Pant, who had tested...
Tokyo: Tokyo’s Olympic Village was hit by a fourth coronavirus case on Monday and major sponsor Toyota said it would not run any Games-related TV ads...
New Delhi: After having his contract as the men’s football coach extended till September 2022, Igor Stimac on Tuesday said that Covid-19 dented the plans of the...
Colombo: India spinner Kuldeep Yadav begs to differ from sceptics who were ready to write his cricketing epitaph after a few bad performances but feels self-doubt does...
New York: American tennis player Coco Gauff has tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result, she has withdrawn herself from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. “I am...
Tokyo: Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organisers...
New Delhi: Indian shooting and boxing contingent at the Olympics would not be required to undergo a quarantine period as they have landed in Tokyo from...
Tokyo: With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see...
Colombo: Newly-appointed Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka on Saturday said it will be an even contest between his struggling side and overwhelming favourite India as the visiting...
Nyon: UEFA compensated Dublin and Bilbao on Friday for dropping them as European Championship hosts by awarding each city a future Europa League final. Dublin will...
Dubai: India and Pakistan have been drawn together in Super 12, or the second stage, of the men’s T20 World Cup as the International Cricket Council...
London: Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Thursday raised concerns over the upcoming five-Test series between India and England, saying a change to COVID-19 related isolation...
New Delhi: Warwickshire captain Willfred Rhodes will lead a 14-member Select County XI in a three-day warm-up game against India at the Riverside Side ground here...
New Delhi: Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for COVID-19 in the ongoing tour of England and will not travel with the team to Durham as it...
London: Indian Test squad in England has been affected by Covid-19 after one of the players tested positive for the virus. The player affected has been...
Beleaguered Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday admitted that the 0-3 thrashing at the hands of a back-up England team in the ODIs has unsettled the team and left him...
New Delhi: England completed a 3-0 sweep of Pakistan in their one-day international series after James Vince’s century led the hosts to a three-wicket victory on Tuesday....
New Delhi: Out of favour, Australia batsman Peter Handscomb was forced to miss his county match against Leicestershire in England after testing positive for Covid-19. The...
New Delhi: Saurashtra’s Jaydeh Shah, who is part of BCCI’s newly-formed working group for domestic cricket, feels all age-group cricketers should be compensated for loss of...
New Delhi: Striving to master “closing out” narrow games, Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth is entering his maiden Olympics “a bit worried” about returning false positive for COVID-19 in...
London: England’s makeshift team turned in another A-list performance against Pakistan and sealed the one-day international series at Lord’s in front of English cricket’s biggest crowd...
Colombo: A Sri Lankan player in one of the two bio-bubbles has tested positive for COVID-19 as the virus outbreak continued to rock the home team ahead...
Colombo: India’s tour of Sri Lanka has hit a roadblock after emergence of two COVID-19 positive cases in the home team’s camp has delayed the start...
Cardiff: Less than 24 hours after training together for the first time, an emergency England side made light of chaotic circumstances to thrash Pakistan in the first one-day...
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, 48 hours after the squad’s arrival from England and less than a week before the home...
Buenos Aires: The most improvised Copa America will have the final most of the fans dreamed of. Brazil and Argentina play for the South American title on...
Mumbai: Dilip Kumar, India’s enduring film legend through the decades, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after prolonged illness, his family and doctors treating him...
London: Italy reached the Euro 2020 final after edging Spain 4-2 on penalties following a compelling 1-1 draw after extra time on Tuesday, completing a remarkable...
London: England selected an entirely new squad for their limited-overs series against Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s cricket...
New Delhi: Former India left-arm pacer Sudip Tyagi and wicketkeeper-batsman Manvinder Bisla, who has played first-class cricket as well as Indian Premier League (IPL), are among...
Wimbledon: A sudden downpour is rarely a welcome sight at Wimbledon. Hence spare a thought for Italian Lorenzo Sonego who on his Centre Court debut found...
New Delhi: Owing to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, participating countries will be allowed to have ‘stand-by’ or ‘alternate’ players as part of certain team squads during...
Melbourne: Star Australian batsman Steve Smith is looking forward to a “physical, mental and emotional” battle when his team tours the sub-continent for eight Tests, including four against...
Melbourne: Recuperating from an elbow injury, star Australia batsman Steve Smith says Test cricket remains his top priority and he is ready to skip the T20...
Gros Islet (St Lucia): The Australian cricket team is in a lockdown of a different kind on their white-ball tour of the West Indies, and they...
London: England will see a return of full capacity crowd in an international game for the first time since September 2019 on July 10 when the...
Sydney: Australia, who had surprisingly lost their home Test series to India 1-2 this year, have hired two assistant coaches to help them out with batting that...
