Guam beat India 2-1 in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

India suffered 1-2 defeat to tiny Western Pacific Island nation Guam, ranked 33 places below them in the FIFA rankings, in their 2018 football World Cup qualifying group match in the capital city Hagatna. Sunil Chhetri managed a consolation goal in the last minute of the game through a header after ...

Nobel centre severs ties with scandal-hit FIFA

The Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo has announced that it will end its partnership with football's world governing body FIFA, which has been engulfed by an unprecedented corruption scandal. Nobel centre and FIFA have been partners in the Handshake for Peace" initiative between team capt...

World Cup 2018 qualifier: 174 ranked Gaum beat India 2-1

In the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Hagatna, the capital of the Westerb Pacific island nation, Guam beat India 2-1 for a historic victory. The 174-ranked country now tops the table in Group D with two wins from two games. India have lost both their matches. For India, Chhetri scored the only go...

Chhetri back as captain as India aim for full points

Prolific striker Sunil Chhetri has been named the captain of the India team which will take on hosts Guam in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Hagatna, the capital of the Westerb Pacific island nation tomorrow. While India went down 1-2 after a spirited fight to higher-ranked Oman in their previ...

Dhawan, Vijay rise, Kohli slips in ICC Test rankings

Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay achieved career-best positions but skipper Virat Kohli dropped out of the ICC rankings' top-10 after the drawn one-off cricket Test against Bangladesh in Fatullah. Vijay has moved up three places to 20th, while Dhawan has vaulted 15 places to 4...

Bopanna-Mergea win Stuttgart Open title

Moises Henriques breaks jaw in nasty collision with Surrey teammate Rory Burns

Australia's Moises Henriques and his Surrey team-mate Rory Burns were hospitalised during a English county Twenty-20 match yesterday after they collided while attempting to take a catch against Sussex at Arundel on England's south coast. While Henriques suffered a broken jaw in thr...

India drop to 4th place in Test rankings after draw against Bangladesh

India have dropped a place to be at fourth in the latest ICC Test team rankings after a draw against Bangladesh in Fatullah yesterday. The Virat Kohli-led side went into the one-off Test against Bangladesh level with New Zealand on 99 points. With match being marred by heavy rains, it did not let In...

Harbhajan Singh becomes 9th highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket

India's comeback off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has reached a landmark climbing to ninth in the all-time highest Test wicket-takers. In the process he surpassed Pakistani legend Wasim Akram. Harbhajan today dismissed Imrul Kayes for 72 to reach 415 Test victims, one more than Akram with 414. H...

Rafael Nadal clinches Stuttgart grass-clay title

Spaniard Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to win titles at the event on both clay and grass surface as he was crowned champion after defeating Serbian Viktor Troicki in the Single's final of the Stuttgart Open.The Spanish top seed defeated the Serb in straight sets of 7-6, 6-3. Nadal had ...