Khulna (Bangladesh), Jan 19 (IANS) Zimbabwe batting consultant Marvan Atapattu believes that Bangladesh is at the top of their game at the moment. Over the span of both his playing and coaching careers, Atapattu has…
Valencia (Spain), Jan 19 (IANS) Spanish football league’s (LFP) president Javier Tebas has spoken of his conviction that the Levante vs Real Zaragoza match in the final round of the 2010-11 La Liga season was…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Fernando Verdasco stunned World No.5 Rafael Nadal 7-6(6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open here on Tuesday. Nadal took a 2-0 lead in the fifth…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Eighth seed Venus Williams has provided Australian Open fans with the shock of the tournament so far after she was bundled out by World No.47 Johanna Konta of Britain here on…
New Delhi: Cricketer Chris Gayle during a promotional programme in New Delhi, on Nov 2, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Kingston (Jamaica), Jan 19 (IANS) Leading regional academic Sir Hilary Beckles has thrown his support behind…
AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT Paris, Jan 19 (IANS) Retired French tennis player Arnaud Clement has admitted that he was approached with a large sum of money to forfeit one of his matches. Clement told…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova said on Monday she hoped match-fixing does not exist in the sport of tennis, which to her personally always “meant a lot more than money.” The…
New Delhi: Cricketer Chris Gayle during a promotional programme in New Delhi, on Nov 2, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) West Indian Chris Gayle has smashed the joint-fastest 50 in the history…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday slapped a life ban on Ajit Chandila while Hiken Shah has been banned for five years on charges of spot-fixing and…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is contemplating appointing a full-time national side’s head coach after hosting the World Twenty20 tournament, secretary Anurag Thakur said here on…
Mumbai: India`s limited over skipper MS Dhoni addresses a press conference ahead of India`s tour of Australia, in Mumbai on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The Pune franchise of the Indian…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) The Twenty20 International between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on January 31 will turn pink to support the McGrath Foundation after rain washed out a large part…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) An exhaustive investigation into tennis match-fixing by two prominent media organisations has revealed evidence that 16 professional players have been caught up in the scandal. The findings of the investigation, by…
Dubai, Jan 17 (IANS) England fast bowler Stuart Broad replaced India’s Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday as the top ranked bowler in Tests following his superb performance against South Africa. Broad produced a Man of the…
Rosario (Argentina), Jan 17 (IANS) Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel won his 12th Dakar Rally after avoiding trouble in the final stage in Argentina. The 50-year-old gave Peugeot their first triumph in the offroad race since 1990…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) After setting a new men’s course record at the Mumbai Marathon, Kenyan pacemaker Gideon Kipketer on Sunday said he would like to build a house and buy more farmland with the…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Basketball player Kobe Bryant said he is not going to play in the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the media reported. “I’ve had my moment,” Xinhua quoted Kobe as saying on…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 16 (PTI) Cricket buffs of the city will be able to watch India playing Sri Lanka in a T20 match here on February 14. The city will also host an ODI and a…
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) More than 15 years after she reigned supreme at the top of the women’s doubles rankings, Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis has reclaimed the world no.1 rank. The 35-year-old has joined…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta said here on Saturday that the countrys shuttlers will bring home not one but at least two medals from the Rio…