Asia Cup 2014: India take on Sri Lanka in first warm-up game tomorrow

After disastrous tours of South Africa and New Zealand besides the failed Asia Cup campaign, India would look to make a fresh start when they take on an upbeat Sri Lanka in their first warm-up game of the ICC World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Monday. The match begins at 7 p.m. IST. While the tournament pro...

World T20: Bangladesh win 1st Group A qualifying match against Afghanistan by 9 wickets

Hosts Bangladesh won the first qualifying Group A match of the World Twenty20 against Afghanistan by 9 wickets at Mirpur. Chasing a paltry victory target of 73 set by Afghanistan, Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque put up 45 before Tamim fell lbw for 21. Bangladesh scored 78 for 1 in 12...

Bangladesh win first qualifying Group A match of World T20 against Afghanistan by 9 wickets

Hosts Bangladesh won the first qualifying Group A match of the World Twenty20 against Afghanistan by 9 wickets at Mirpur. Chasing a paltry victory target of 73 set by Afghanistan, Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque put up 45 before Tamim fell lbw for 21. Bangladesh scored 78 for 1 in 12...

ICC World T20: Bangladesh bowl out Afghanistan for 72

After having been put into bat Afghanistan were 72 all out in 17.1 overs against hosts Bangladesh in the ICC World T20 Qualifying Group A match in at Mirpur. Bangladsh's Shakib Al Hasan claimed 3 wickets for 8 runs while Abdur Razzak took 2 wickets conceding 20 runs. Bowling: Mashrafe Morta...

BJP releases its 1st list of candidates for Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections

BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has released its first list of candidates for the April 9 Assembly elections in the state, which includes former Chief Minister Gegong Apang.The names of 36 candidates were finalised by the central leadership in New Delhi on Saturday, party spokesman Techi Necha said in Itan...

On a high after two big wins, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will take on former challenger and in-form Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round of the Candidates chess tournament in Russia.Starting with a fine victory over Levon Aronian of Armenia, an easy draw against Veselin Top...

The ICC World T20 competition begins in Bangladesh today with Qualifier matches. Afghanistan will meet host Bangladesh in the first match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Sunday afternoon.The morale of Afghan cricketers is quite high after defeating Bangladesh in recently held...

The ICC World T20 competition begins in Bangladesh today with Qualifier matches. Afghanistan will meet host Bangladesh in the first match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Sunday afternoon.The morale of Afghan cricketers is quite high after defeating Bangladesh in recently held...

Swiss Grand Prix: Indian shuttlers Sindhu, Kashyap suffer defeats in semi-finals

Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap suffered heart breaking defeats in the semifinals of the Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament.World championship bronze medallist, Sindhu, who had stunned All England Champion Shixian Wang in the quarterfinals, got drubbing from the Chinese shutt...

Sindhu, Kashyap enter semi-finals of Swiss Grand Prix Gold tournament

India's P.V. Sindhu will clash with Sun Yu of China in the Women's Singles semi-final of the Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament later tonight. In the quarter-final at Basel, Sindhu stunned the recently-crowned All England champion Shixian Wang in straight games 21-17, 21-15...