Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli will be honoured with the Polly Umrigar Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for being the country’s top international cricketer during…
New Delhi: Cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin arrives to attend the wedding reception of cricketer Harbhajan Singh and actress Geeta Basra in New Delhi, on Nov 1, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Dubai, Dec 31 (IANS) Off-spinner Ravichandran…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Legendary opener Virender Sehwag today admitted that he was “hurt” after being dropped in the middle of the 2013 Test series against Australia without any “communication from team management or…
Melbourne, Dec 30 (IANS) Umpire Gerard Abood became the first Australian on-field official to wear a helmet while umpiring in a Big Bash League (BBL) cricket game where the Melbourne Renegades met the Perth Scorchers…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former India cricketer and ex-Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Shukla donned the Indian colours in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in…
New Delhi: BJP MP Kirti Azad addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Dec 28, 2015.(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) vice-president Chetan Chouhan…
Saint Petersburg, Dec 30 (IANS) European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen has said that Russia is unlikely to feature in the Olympics athletics at Rio next year. Russia was suspended on November 13 by the…
New Delhi: BJP MP Kirti Azad addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Dec 28, 2015.(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad today targetted more politicians,…
Lahore, Dec 29 (IANS) Pakistan One-Day International (ODI) skipper Azhar Ali, who resigned over tainted paceman Mohammed Amir being included in the national training camp, on Tuesday finally agreed to continue leading the side after…
London, Dec 29 (PTI) Singer Jessica Taylor and husband Kevin Pietersen have become parents for a second time as they welcome their first daughter into the world. The retired England cricketer and his Liberty X…
Cape Town, Dec 28 (IANS) South Africas talismanic wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers is set to cut down on his workload in all the three formats but reports of his retirement have been dismissed. The cricket…
Sharjah, Dec 28 (IANS) The Afghanistan cricket team cruised into the top 10 in the International Cricket Council One-Day International (ODI) rankings for the first time after a thumping 49-run win in their first match…
Dubai, Dec 28 (IANS) Star football player Lionel Messi won the best player of the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards here on Sunday, and FC Barcelona took home the best club prize. “It…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The three-member inquiry panel set up by the city government to probe the affairs of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) has recommended that DDCA be immediately suspended by…
Dubai, Dec 27 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced that Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended after being charged with violating rules under the sport’s anti-doping code. According to the…
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) Very little could have gone right for 15-year-old Baksho Devi, poor and fatherless, and with a stone in her gall bladder. And very little has, actually, but for her courage and…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (PTI) International referee from India, Ashok Kumar has been selected for officiating in the Rio Olympics next year. This is the first time in the in the Indian wrestling history that…
FC Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi, during a team’s training session at Joan Gamper Sports City in Sant Joan Despi, Catalonia, northeastern Spain, 16 August 2015. FC Barcelona will face Athletic Bilbao in a Supercopa…
Yekaterinburg (Russia), Dec 26 (IANS) World champion weightlifter Alexey Lovchev had a permit to use a banned medication, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said. “This is a huge disappointment,” Mutko said on Friday, reports…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Sania Mirza personified Indian tennis in 2015 with a stupendous rise that catapulted her to the tip of the women’s doubles rankings and also become the maiden countrywoman to win…