The congress of the scandal-hit International Amateur Boxing Federation (AIBA) that begins in Moscow on Friday may be a turning point for the sport and its future in the Olympics.
India great Farokh Engineer has called on former Pakistan captain turned Prime Minister Imran Khan to use his political clout to help restore Test match links between the border rivals.
The Ranji Trophy season commencing on Thursday will see 37 teams, including 28 existing and 9 new, vying for the top honours in domestic cricket as Vidarbha look to defend their title.
Vinayak Samant — a domestic cricket journeyman, who added street smartness to his deft glove-work behind the stumps for Mumbai and other teams — has been chosen to coach a side that hasn’t laid its hands on the trophy since 2015-2016.
An advance party from the BCCI that travelled to Australia two weeks ago to prep for the forthcoming November tour, has recommended to Cricket Australia that beef be struck off the Indian team’s menu.The Ranji Trophy season commencing on Thursday will see 37 teams, including 28 existing and 9 new, vying for the top honours in domestic cricket as Vidarbha look to defend their title.
The son of Pakistani Test great Abdul Qadir has set his sights on playing for Australia, boosting his chances by taking three South African wickets for a Prime Minister's XI.
Formula One's virtual world championship reflected the real one on Wednesday with Mercedes dominating the esports series and British gamer Brendon Leigh celebrating his fourth victory in six races.
Captaincy just fell on Holder after West Indies' tumultuous tour to India in 2014 that saw the players, including then captain Dwayne Bravo, rebel against the cricket board and leave the tour midway citing contractual disputes.
Unai Emery's Arsenal have come a long way since losing their first two Premier League games of the season and they face a major test of their credentials with the visit of unbeaten Liverpool on Saturday.
The yo-yo test has been the Indian team management's pet project. The aerobic endurance test, which functions as a primary screening mechanism to pick players to the national side, has been under fire from many questioning whether it is overruling a cricketer's ability, form and mental fortitude.
Australia coach Justin Langer claims there is a worldwide problem with ball-tampering, partly due to unresponsive pitches, while vowing it will never happen under his watch.
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov hailed US legend Andre Agassi as "amazing" after hiring the former world number one and eight-time major winner to work with him at the Paris Masters.
In the fourth ODI, India showed that Virat Kohli can fail occasionally and still the team can rack up a massive total. The only worry is Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and he is looking undercooked at the moment. The more he bowls the better it will be.
Santiago Solari got off to the perfect start as Real Madrid's interim coach when his side thrashed Melilla 4-0 in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.
Going into the fifth and final ODI, India lead the series 2-1. Historically, West Indies haven't beaten India in an ODI series since 2006. More damning, they haven't won two matches in a series against India after 2011.
India number one Ankita Raina fought back doggedly to subdue long-time rival Rutuja Bhosale in three sets and move into the second round of the L and T Mumbai Open tennis championship on Wednesday.
Left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi defended 17 runs in the last over as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by two runs in a thrilling finish to the first Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Here are the big sports events lined up for Thursday (November 1) that comprise the fifth and last ODI between India and West Indies.
Puneri Paltan grinded out a 31-27 win over Dabang Delhi in a low-scoring match to claim their six victory in the sixth edition of Pro Kabaddi League on Wednesday.
A magical Miku helped Bengaluru FC come from behind and secure a fine 2-1 win over ATK in an Indian Super League football fixture on Wednesday.
Top seed Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Paris Masters shortly before his opening match against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday, meaning he will lose the ATP number one ranking to Novak Djokovic.
Keen to build on a reasonably successful season, India's young men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Reddy has now set eyes on reaching a major final and breaking into the top-15 bracket, next year.
Rituparna Das was the lone Indian surviving at the Macau Open World Tour Super 300 tournament, progressing to the pre-quarterfinal of the women's singles on Wednesday.
Celebrated woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Wednesday said she has no plans to hang up her gloves and wants to continue till 2020 Tokyo Games in a bid to fulfil her dream of winning an Olympic gold. Mary, who has been named as the brand ambassador for the upcoming World Championships, will lead a strong 10-member Indian contingent at the event.
Former Sri Lanka paceman and bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect on Wednesday after being charged under the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code.
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is planning to give central contracts to its pugilists in the next six months, President Ajay Singh said Wednesday.
Despite enduring a poor run in the ongoing India-West Indies ODI series, the fan following of the MS Dhoni doesn't seem to have faded away at all as the Kerala Dhoni Fans Association put up a massive 35 feet cut-out to pay tribute to the Indian wicketkeeper.
The 14-year-old wonderkid Priyanshu Moliya has made his presence felt in the junior circuit, playing a deafening unbeaten knock of 556 runs while representing Mohinder Lala Amarnath Cricket Academy.
They lifted the Asian Champions Trophy jointly but India and Pakistan were on Wednesday locked in a war of words over how the decision was reached to abandon the final after a thunderstorm and heavy showers in Muscat.
India's Ramkumar Ramanathan was knocked out of the singles event of the Shenzhen Challenger tournament in China but advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals with compatriot Saketh Myneni on Wednesday.
After slamming a match-winning hundred against West Indies in the fourth ODI, opening batsman Rohit Sharma exhibited his patriotism while fielding at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.
Real Kashmir FC on Wednesday stunned defending champions Minerva Punjab FC in a sensational start to their maiden I-League campaign, taking the first step towards realising the beginners' dream of making the 'Paradise on Earth' a "paradise for football".
Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova will lead the Czech Republic against defending champions the United States in the Fed Cup final in Prague on November 10-11, the team captain said Wednesday.
Nineteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani on Wednesday sent out a strong message before the upcoming world championships by winning the second leg of the Asian Snooker Tour in Jinan, China.
India's bowling coach Bharat Arun Wednesday said the team's fast-bowling strength has never been more "exciting" with new find Khaleel Ahmed being the latest addition to the stocks. Khaleel took 3 for 13 in the fourth ODI in Mumbai to trigger the West Indies' collapse in pursuit of a mammoth 378 for victory.
Chairman of newly-formed Cricket Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Khan believes leading Pakistan in all three formats have put too much pressure on Sarfraz Ahmed and he should be relieved of Test captaincy.
A month into one of their most arduous tours in recent years, West Indies fielding coach Nic Pothas on Wednesday said the visiting team is in India not just to compete, but also learn from their fancied opponents.
The Archery Association of India, which has been de-recognised since 2012, is among four sports associations that face the possibility of being barred from using the word 'India' or 'Indian' at international events unless they comply to get recognised as National Sports Federations.
Chris Lynn has not given up on winning a berth in a rebuilding Australia Test side but the hard-hitting batsman will not risk injury to claim a place.
Kerala is called 'God's own country'. The beauty of the state has ensured that it is one of the preferred destinations for both Indian and foreign tourists. The recent devastating floods that hit the southern state, the worst in nearly a century though crippled Kerala and sent shock waves across the country.
MS Dhoni the keeper continues to be as sharp as ever. But Dhoni the batsman needs to silence his critics. The former India captain, who is not part of the T20 squads for the series vs the West Indies at home and the T20 series on the tour of Australia is still perhaps the number one choice as wicket-keeper batsman for the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup.
India go into the final ODI Thursday eyeing another home series triumph against the West Indies, a far cry from the dominant force it was when the city last hosted a 50-over international three decades ago.
The Asian Champions Trophy was an ideal preparation for the World Cup and the India camp will be the last chance for probables to prove their mettle before the squad is finalised, said coach Harendra Singh.
Former national coach Darren Lehmann revealed Wednesday how he has paid a heavy emotional toll over the ball-tampering scandal and claimed under-fire Cricket Australia could have done more to support him.
Wayne Rooney has urged Manchester United's under-achieving stars to show more respect for their troubled club.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that football's governing body is looking into the possibility of increasing the number of teams at the 2022 World Cup and sharing the hosting rights of an expanded tournament with other nations in the region.
The boxing contingent that travelled to the Gold Coast had just one member from Railways in Manoj Kumar. This exclusion did not go down well with the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RPSB) that called for an immediate meeting to change the state of affairs before the 2020 Olympics. The results were evident on Tuesday at the Senior Boxing Nationals at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.
The 52-year-old Lopetegui has now been sacked from the two biggest jobs in Spain’s football – La Roja and Real Madrid – in the space of four months, surely never to get either again, and having left both so, so unfulfilled.
Real Kashmir FC will make their much-awaited I-League debut against defending champions Minerva Punjab FC at the Tau Devi Stadium, here on Sunday.Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh doesn't want India to play Pakistan in the upcoming ODI World Cup in the aftermath of the ghastly te...
