Dhoni-led India reach Australia for limited-overs series

The Indian cricket team has reached Australia for the limited-overs series starting next Tuesday. The MS Dhoni-led side will play 5 ODIs and three T-20s against the Aussies team which will be captained by Steve Smith.Dhoni's deputy Virat Kohli, who received BCCI's Cricketer of the ...

Leander Paes-Marcel Granollers to play in Chennai Open quarter-finals

Leander Paes and his Spanish team-mate Marcel Granollers will play in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament today. The second seeded pair will take on the American-French team of Austin Krajicek and Benoit Paire.Mahesh Bhupathi, with his Luxemberg team-mate Gilles Muller, had ...

Hashim Amla quits as South Africa Test captain

Hashim Amla resigned as South Africa captain yesterday after the Proteas drew the second Test of the 4-match series against England at Cape Town. They had lost the first Test by 241 runs.ODI Skipper AB de Villiers will take over as Captain for the remaining two Tests. Amla was criticised for his lea...

Apurvi Chandela set world record in 10m air rifle at Swedish Cup Grand Prix

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela has clinched the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix setting a new world record. In the event held yesterday, Chandela shot 211.2 which surpassed the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the re...

Shooting: Apurvi Chandela wins gold in Sweden with world record effort

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela has clinched the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix setting a new world record. In the event held yesterday, Chandela shot 211.2 which surpassed the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the re...

Shooting: Apurvi Chandel wins gold in Sweden with world record effort

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela has clinched the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix setting a new world record. In the event held yesterday, Chandela shot 211.2 which surpassed the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the re...

Former Cricketer Syed Kirmani gets lifetime achievement award

Chennai Open: Ramkumar knocks out Daniel, Somdev crashes out

Making a stupendous start to his 2016 season, wild card entrant Ramkumar beat his Spanish rival Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round of ATP Chennai Open. This was the second biggest win of Ramkumar's career.However, Somdev Devvarman was knocked out of the Chennai Open yesterda...

Chennai Open: Ramkumar knocks out Daniel, Somdev crashes out

Making a stupendous start to his 2016 season, wild card entrant Ramkumar beat his Spanish rival Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round of ATP Chennai Open. This was the second biggest win of Ramkumar's career. However, Somdev Devvarman was knocked out of the Chennai Open yesterd...

BCCI defers its decision on Ajit Chandila, Hiken Shah

Board of Control for Cricket in India has deferred its decision on possible sanctions against Off-Spinner Ajit Chandila and Batsman Hiken Shah until January 18. At a Disciplinary Committee meeting in Mumbai yesterday, the board also decided to give Pakistan Umpire Asad Rauf more time to submit his w...