Singapore Superseries: Sindhu enter second round; Prannoy, Srikanth, Jayaram ousted

In the Singapore Superseries Badminton Tournament, India's P V Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Women's Singles event while it was curtains for Indian men in the singles section.In the opening round match, Sindhu defeated Thailand's Busanan Ongbumrungphan, 9-21, ...

Drought-hit Maharashtra will not host IPL matches after April 30: Bombay HC

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India lose to New Zealand 1-2

India lost 1-2 to defending champions New Zealand in their penultimate round robin match of the 25th Azlan Shah hockey tournament at Ipoh, Malaysia today. In the match, New Zealand took the early lead as Ken Russell in 28th minute found the net. Indians, made a comeback by a goal from Mandeep Singh ...

Shift all IPL matches after April 30 out of Maharashtra: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has directed the BCCI to shift all IPL matches out of Maharashtra after April 30. The Court was today hearing a petition seeking the cancellation matches due to the severe water crisis in the state. In its last bid to save the IPL games in Maharashtra, the BCCI said, the Pune a...

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India lose to New Zealand 1-2

India lost 1-2 to defending champions New Zealand in their penultimate round robin match of the 25th Azlan Shah hockey tournament at Ipoh, Malaysia today. In the match, New Zealand took the early lead as Ken Russell in 28th minute found the net. Indians, made a comeback by a goal from Mandeep Singh ...

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India lose to New Zealand 1-2

In Men's Hockey, India today lost to New Zealand 1-2 in its fifth round-robin match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh in Malaysia. Now India will have to beat Malaysia in its last group match on Friday to reach the final. Yesterday, India thrashed Pakistan, 5-1. In today's other fix...

India playing its 5th round-robin match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup against New Zealand

In Men's Hockey, India is currently playing its fifth round-robin match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup against New Zealand at Ipoh in Malaysia. The first half is underway. Yesterday, India thrashed Pakistan, 5-1 to climb to the second spot in the points table. In its four matches played so far, I...

Sri Lanka Cricket set to reappoint Sanath Jayasuriya as Chief Selector

Sri Lanka Cricket is set to reappoint former captain Sanath Jayasuriya as Chief Selector a year after he stepped down from the position. Sri Lanka Cricket chief Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday that Jayasuriya has agreed to take up the role but his appointment needs to be approved by the Sports M...

IOC officials conduct final checks for 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games

Inspectors from the International Olympic Committee are conducting final checks for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Their 3-day inspection began from Tuesday . Inspectors visited the main venue, the Barra Olympic Park. Inspectors are expected to report back to the IOC on several issues that...

HC asks BCCI if IPL matches could be shifted out of drought-hit Maharashtra

The Bombay High Court asked the BCCI if it was willing to shift out some of the IPL?matches scheduled to be held in drought affected Maharashtra. A total of 20 matches, including 9 in Pune; 8 in Mumbai and 3 in Nagpur are scheduled to be held in the state. While Mumbai has already hosted the opener;...