Chanpions Trophy hockey: India lose 3-2 against Germany

True legend of the sport: ICC on Ponting

The International Cricket Council, ICC has described Ricky Ponting as 'one of the true legends of the sport'. The former Australia captain ended his test career yesterday after playing the third and final Test against South Africa. Ponting, 37, was the most successful Test captain ...

Champions Trophy Hockey: India to meet Olympic Champions Germany today in Melbourne

The Indian hockey team will meet reigning Olympic champions Germany in their third preliminary league match of the FIH Champions Trophy in Melbourne today. India are high on confidence, but they face a stiff challenge against the mighty German team. After two consecutive wins against England and New...

Tendulkar, Ganguly release book on cricketer Pankaj Roy

Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar and former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday released a book on former India opener Late Pankaj Roy in the presence of the entire Indian squad in Kolkata. The book named 'Pankaj, Bengal's Forgotten Hero' has been written by Bengali spor...

SA thrash Aus by 309 runs in Pearth Test; maintains No. 1 ranking

South Africa today retained the top spot in the ICC Test rankings after clinching the three-Test series against Australia One-Nil. The Proteas beat the Aussies by a mammoth 309 runs in the final Test at Perth on the fourth day on Monday. Chasing a target of 632 runs for a win, Australia were all out...

South Africa beat Australia by 309 runs in Perth Test

South Africa thrashed Australia by 309 runs in the third and final Cricket Test at Perth on Monday. On the fourth day, chasing victory target of 632 runs for a win, the hosts were all out for 322 in their second innings. The Proteas sealed the three-Test series by a One-Nil margin. The first two Tes...

Ravindra Jadeja creates history, hits 3rd triple ton in first class cricket

Ravindra Jadeja became the first Indian batsman and only the eighth in the first-class history to hit three triple-centuries. He scored his career-best unbeaten 320 which helped Saurashtra reach a mammoth 534 for six against Railways in a Ranji Trophy Group A match, in Rajkot yesterday. The left-han...

Magnus Carlsen defeats Luke McShane in first round of London Chess Classic tournament

World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway has cracked all-time high ratings, defeating Luke McShane of England in the first round of the London Chess Classic tournament. The rating for Carlsen stood at 2851.2 points in the unofficial live rating portals. It means the Norwegian has cracked the all-ti...

Anna Ushenina claims Women's World Chess Championship crown

Anna Ushenina of Ukraine has claimed the women's World Chess Championship crown. In the first set of tie-break games at Khanty Mansiysk in Russia, Ushenina defeated Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria. After a 2-2 deadlock in the normal games, the stage was set for an exciting finale and Usheni...

Luka Kipkemoi Chelimo declared winner of Pune International Marathon

Luka Kipkemoi Chelimo of Kenya has won the grueling 42.195 kilometres men's race in the 27th edition of Pune International Marathon. In the event, Luka set a new course record of 2 hours, 13 minutes, 03 seconds to win the race. His Kenyan compatriot Simon Kiprugut Kirui was second, and Dane...