Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Mumbai school cricketer Pranav Dhanawade became the first batsman to score 1,000-plus runs in an innings in when he reached 1,009 not out in an H.T. Bhandari Cup Under-16 inter-school cricket…
Hobart (Australia), Jan 5 (IANS) Ace West Indies batsman Chris Gayle was on Tuesday fined 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,190) for asking a female TV presenter out on live television during a Big Bash League (BBL)…
Hobart, Jan 4 (IANS) Swashbuckling West Indian batsman Chris Gayle was heavily criticised after he asked a television journalist on a date during a Big Bash League (BBL) live pitch-side interview. Gayle, 36, was responding…
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Former Indian batting great V.V.S. Laxman’s epic knock of 281 against Australia at Eden Gardens here in 2001 has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years….
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) West Indies captain Jason Holder believes parity in earnings will motivate players to focus more on international cricket instead of solely on the lucrative Twenty20 format. Holder was responding to claims…
New Delhi: BJP MP Kirti Azad addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Dec 28, 2015.(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A court here on Monday took cognizance of a…
Buenos Aires, Jan 4 (IANS) The first stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally has been cancelled due to extreme weather on the course, after the prologue had to be abandoned when a car hit the…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Justice R.M. Lodha Committee on Monday proposed separate governing bodies for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a bid…
Hyderabad, Jan 3 (PTI) The city police today claimed to have busted a cricket betting racket with the arrest of six persons. The bets were being placed on the Big Bash League in Australia….
Madrid, Jan 3 (IANS) Portuguese star striker Cristiano Ronaldo says he has no regrets and “goes to bed every night with a clear conscience”. Speaking to the “El Mundo” newspaper in an interview published on…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Actor Anupam Kher treated his fans to an image of himself with tennis ace Leander Paes over social media. The veteran actor shared an image featuring him and Paes on the…
San Diego (US), Jan 3 (AP) Larry Gordon, who revolutionised surfing when he created foam boards at his California company, has died. He was 76. Gordon’s wife, Gayle Gordon, told The Associated Press yesterday he…
Los Angeles, Jan 2 (IANS) Lamar Odom Jr., son of Lamar Odom, has shared the first selfie of the basketball star online since his hospitalisation. Lamar Odom Jr. took to Instagram on Thursday to share…
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) Six feet and eight inches tall, South African tennis player Kevin Anderson believes that his height is both a boon and a curse. “Height is a funny thing in tennis because…
Madrid, Jan 2 (IANS) Real Madrid attacking midfielder James Rodriguez has been found reaching speeds of more than 200 kmph as he made his way to the club’s Valdebebas training facility with a police car…
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) A rule that makes Bangladesh Bank’s permission mandatory to pay foreigners in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) teams in foreign currency seems to have been often violated. A Bangladesh Bank official said…
Miami, Jan 1 (AP) Olympic champion boxer Howard Davis Jr, who won the 1976 gold medal and was named over US teammate Sugar Ray Leonard as the most outstanding fighter in the Montreal Games, has…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the actual salaries of retained Indian Premier League (IPL) players on Friday ahead of the ninth season of the lucrative…
Madrid, Jan 1 (IANS) Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo seemed proud of himself and stressed at the same time that he “was born to be the best”, adding that “not even God managed to…
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 1 (IANS) The arrival of the year of 2016 Rio Olympics was marked here with special fireworks show at the famous Copacabana Beach on Thursday-Friday night. The fireworks show is a…