Australian Open: Top seeded players to play their opening round matches today

In the Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, top Tennis players like Andy Murray, Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza, Rafael Nadal, Stanislas Wawrinka and Venus Williams will play their opening round matches today. While world number two Murray will take on Germany's Alexander ...

Alleged Match-fixing case: SLC suspends service of national fast bowling coach Anusha

Australian Open: Top seeds Djokovic, Serena advance to 2nd round

In Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, defending champions and top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams advanced to the second round today. World number three Roger Federer of Switzerland, Maria Sharapova of Russia and Jo Wilfred Tsonga of France also advanced to the second ro...

AIBA Nations Cup: Indian Women boxers clinch 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals

Indian women boxers notched up a rich haul of 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals at the recently held 5th Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) Nations Cup in Ruma, Serbia. The tournament featured simultaneous competitions in the senior, youth and junior categories and Indians made an im...

IPL spot-fixing scandal: BCCI imposes life ban on off-spinner Chandila

BCCI today imposed a life ban on Haryana off-spinner Ajit Chandila for his involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, while Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah was handed a five-year suspension for making a corrupt approach to a fellow player. The decision to this effect was taken at the BCCI disciplina...

BCCI imposes life ban on Chandila; Hiken banned for 5 years

BCCI today imposed a life ban on Haryana off-spinner Ajit Chandila for his involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, while Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah was handed a five-year suspension for making a corrupt approach to a fellow player. The decision to this effect was taken at the BCCI disciplina...

Tennis match-fixing rock Australian Open

A report alleging widespread match-fixing in tennis rocked the Australian Open as the season's first Grand Slam tournament began under a cloud today. The BBC and BuzzFeed claimed 16 top-50 players in the past decade, including Grand Slam champions, had been repeatedly suspected of fixing ma...

Novak Djokovic & Serena Williams advance to 2nd round of Australian Open

In Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, defending champions and top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams advanced to the second round today. While Djokovic defeated Korea's Hyeon Chung, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, Serena beat Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-4, 7-5.Kei Nishikori, P...

England pacer Stuart Broad replaces R Ashwin as top bowler in ICC Test rankings

Indian off-spinner R Ashwin lost his top position in the ICC Test rankings. England pacer Stuart Broad unseated Ashwin after producing a Man of the Match performance in the Johannesburg Test. Ajinkya Rahane remained the country's top-ranked batsman at joint 10th in the latest list. Ashwin, ...

Gopi T & Kheta Ram qualify for Rio Olympics Marathon race

India's Gopi T and Kheta Ram have qualified for the Rio Olympics by finishing second and third respectively, among the Indian runners in the Mumbai Marathon. Gopi who ended at 11th position overall, took 2 hours:16 minutes and :15 seconds, while Ram finishing 15th ended in 2 hours 17minutes...