Colombo : Left-arm Sri Lanka batsman Upul Tharanga will lead the side in the upcoming five-match ODI series against India. Tharanga will be leading the ODI side for the first time since

Johannesburg : Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will be playing her first Grand Slam after coming back from the 15-month doping back after receiving wildcard for the US Open which begins

Sinsheim : Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a magnificent goal on his European debut as Liverpool defeated Hoffenheim 2-1 which put them on the brink of Champions League group stage place at the

Cincinnati : Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Alexander Zverev were knocked out of the 2017 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati after going down in the opening

Cincinnati : Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan bounced back from a set down against Christopher Eubanks of the United States to advance into the second round of the 2017 Western

Lagos : India's Sarthak Gandhi registered his best-ever performance as he grabbed runner-up position in the men's singles event at the 2017 International Table TennisFederation (ITTF)

Kandy : After completing a 3-0 Test series whitewash against Sri Lanka, the Indian men's cricket team celebrated the occasion of 71st Independence Day by hoisting the national flag in

Cincinnati : Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has been forced to withdraw from next week's WTA tournament in Cincinnati with a left forearm injury. The same injury had also forced her

London : British sprinter Mo Farah has accused sections of media of trying to "destroy" his track achievements over his relationship with his coach Alberto Salazar. After ending his major

Melbourne : Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has revealed that he has been hitting the training track pretty hard in order to prepare himself fully for the two-match Test series

Melbourne : All-rounder Marcus Stoinis will turn out for home state of Western Australia in first class cricket after spending the last four years at Victoria, Western Warriors said while

London :  Davinder Singh Kang failed to make his historic final-round appearance count, finishing a disappointing 12th in the men's javelin throw competition, as India continued their

Pallekele, Aug 13 (PTI) India were 487 all out in their first innings after lunch on day two of the third Test against Sri Lanka here today. Brief scores: India 487 all out in 122.3 overs

New York : "Oh no" echoed across the globe as Usain Bolt's final race at the world championships ended in him getting injured and hobbling on the track, whimpering in agony. The 4x100m relay

Montreal : Roger Federer set a course to bag his third Rogers Cup title, after he beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) to reach the final. Through this victory, which was peppered with

Johannesburg : Luke Robinson, a 13-year-old English schoolboycricketer, produced a perfect over as he bagged six wickets in six balls, all of which were clean bowled. Robinson achieved the

Pallekele : India have won the toss and elected to bat first in the dead-rubber third and final Test of the three-match series against Sri Lanka here at the Pallekele International Cricket

Montreal : 19-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer remained on course to lift his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, as he booked his place in the semi-finals of theRogers

Astana : Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan clinched a bronze medal in the women's skeet event of the Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, last evening. The 21-year-old shot 40 in

New Delhi : The Indian football team will face Mauritius in their first game of the Tri-nation Football Series on August 19 at the Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai. India will then clash with

Boom : Indian men's hockey team midfielder Chinglensana Singh Kangujamcompleted the milestone of playing 150 international matches during his country's 1-3 defeat against Belgium in the

Kandy : With India already having won the Test series against Sri Lanka, skipper Virat Kohli wants his boys not to get complacent and rather focus on their job during the third and final Test of

London : Ending the brouhaha around Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool has issued a statement confirming that the Brazilian mid-fielder will not be sold this summer and will remain a Liverpool player

New Delhi : Abhinav Mukund, who is currently touring with the Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka, has clarified that his recent strongly-worded statement against racism was not directed at his

Toronto : Fifteen-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal's bid to regain top spot started off on a winning note as he eased past Borna Coric of Croatia in straight sets in the opening round of

Johannesburg : Former world number one Kim Clijsters believes American tennis star Serena Williams will face a difficult path ahead when she attempts to make a return to tennis court after

Dubai : The recently concluded ICC Women's World Cup in England saw a record coverage with over more than 180 million people being estimated to have watched the prestigious quadrennial

New Delhi : Ravindra Jadeja, who recently achieved the number one spot in the ICC Test Rankings for all-rounders for the first time in his career, has expressed his gratitude towards former

New Delhi : The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs. 15 lakh each for the selectors of both men's and women's cricket team for the good

Johannesburg : Former French Open finalist Sara Errani, who has been handed a two-month doping ban, has insisted that she is not a cheat. The 30-year-old Italian tested positive for

Karachi : Pakistan middle-order batsman Babar Azam has played down his comparison with Indian skipper Virat Kohli, saying there is no similarity between the two. When quizzed by a fan on

Toronto : Seven-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams kicked off her campaign at the Rogers Cup on a winning note as she swept aside Romanian qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu in three-set

Pallekele : Sri Lanka suffered a major blow as veteran spinner Rangana Herath has been rested for the third and the final Test against India in Pallekele due to a back pain. The

Dubai  : Cheteshwar Pujara, India's batting mainstay in Test cricket, has surged to a career-high third position in the ICC Rankings after scoring back to back centuries against Sri Lanka in

London : Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who had to settle for bronze in the 100m on Saturday night at the World Championships after being defeated by Justin Gatlin, has hailed the American as

New Delhi : Ten days of on-ground action at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai, culminated in seventy minutes of non-stop attack and defense in the final match between Oil and Natural

New Delhi  : After clinching a comprehensive victory against Sri Lanka in theColombo Test which helped India attain unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, Team Indiaskipper Virat

Karachi : Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop feels that the current pace attack of the Indian cricket team, which is very competent, will help the team to be more successful in foreign

London : Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who has won eight Olympic golds, will bring his incredible career to an end in London on Saturday night at the World Athletics Championships

New Delhi : Boxer Vijender Singh, who on Saturday defeated China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali in the unified WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight title, has dedicated the victory towards

Washington D.C. : Alexander Zverev of Germany came out with a spirited performance as he upstaged second seed Kei Nishikori to enter the Citi Open final, his fifth final of the ATP Tour

Colombo : A five-wicket haul from Ravindra Jadeja helped India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 53-runs in the Colombo Test on Sunday, thus taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match

Washington D.C : Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri was knocked out of the Citi Open by South Africa's Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event here on

Mumbai : WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion Vijender Singh will square off with WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion and Chinese number 1 boxer Zulpikar Maimaitiali for a double

Colombo  : Ravichandran Ashwin scalped a five-wicket haul as India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 in their first innings on the third day of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Karachi : Pakistan pacer Rumman Raees has revealed that his solitary appearance during his side's Champions Trophy clash against hosts England has taken his career to another level. Raees

London : Former Australia skipper Allan Border believes it was the players who won the Australian cricket's pay war. The long standing pay dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and

Mumbai (Maharashtra) : InCred, the Mumbai-based new age financial services group, has signed up former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, as its brand ambassador. Elaborating on their choice of

Karachi : Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has issued a warning toUmar Akmal, saying the senior middle-order batsman must improve his fitness before thinking about making a comeback to the

Karachi : Pakistan women's cricket team captain Sana Mir, who has been under criticism following team's dismal performance in the recently concluded ICC Women's World Cup, has said that she