Star archery couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari lost their respective bronze medal matches as India capped a poor show, returning empty-handed from the World Cup Final here.
With 12 league games left to play in IPL 2021, we finally have the first official, mathematical elimination. Sunrisers Hyderabad are now well and truly out of the playoffs race. SRH’s loss to CSK on Thursday meant it can no longer mathematically make it to the top four, even if it wins its remaining games.
The slowness of the wicket made no difference to the table toppers with 18 points as they rode on a 75-run opening partnership between Ruturaj Gaikwad (45; 38b, 4x4, 6x2), including a successful LBW review off Rashid Khan, and Faf du Plessis (41; 36b, 4x3, 6x2) to successfully chase down a target for the third time in the UAE leg of IPL.
Star player Chris Gayle has decided to leave the IPL's bio-secure environment due to "bubble fatigue", his team Punjab Kings said on Thursday. Gayle had played two games for the team since IPL's resumption and now wants to refresh before the T20 World Cup beginning next month.
Can Ravichandran Ashwin ever be too far away from controversy? Be it his Mankading of Jos Buttler in the 2019 IPL or his non-selection in the Indian team for the Tests in England, the star offie has always been a subject of conversation. He has divided opinion like few other cricketers in the Indian team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Kane Williamson admitted the side didn't put on a fighting total against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday.
One of the key tactics long-distance runners apply on entering the home stretch is the motto of 'keep pace and win easy'. When a resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders take on an inconsistent Punjab Kings on the home stretch of IPL-14 in Dubai on Friday, both teams will be burdened with the challenge of keeping pace with their respective playoff ambitions.
A rare collection of sketches and paintings by American boxer Muhammad Ali - who loved to draw between fights - is going up for auction in New York next week.
Former world number ones Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray were on Thursday awarded wildcards into the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming believes that Dwayne Bravo has provided some good competition to Sam Curran for the all-rounder spot in the team.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday lauded his team for making a strong comeback following a dismal showing last season after it qualified for the IPL play-offs for the 11th time.
Chennai Super Kings produced a convincing performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad to maintain their remarkable consistency this season and sail into the Indian Premier League play-offs on Thursday. The CSK bowlers restricted SRH to 134/7 after MS Dhoni opted to bowl first on a slow surface. The three-time former champions then registered a convincing six-wicket win.
After a disappointing show at the Tokyo Games, there was some solace for Manu Bhaker as she clinched 10m air pistol gold at the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru, on Thursday.
Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey star Birendra Lakra on Thursday announced that he is quitting the game with immediate effect, hours after his teammate Rupinder Pal Singh announced his retirement.
The Indian women's football team arrived in the city on Thursday for its upcoming friendlies in the UAE and Bahrain, which get underway on Saturday.
Amrinder Singh is fed up! No not Captain Amarinder Singh but Indian football team's goalkeeper who shares his name with the former Punjab chief minister and has been inadvertently caught up in the political whirlwind in Punjab.
India reached 114/1 against Australia when rain stopped play after the dinner break on the first day of the one-off Day/Night Test on Thursday.
An angry Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday asked Eoin Morgan and Tim Southee to not use "derogatory" words and lecture him on 'Spirit of Cricket' by taking a moral high ground after their on-field bust-up over an extra run during an IPL game.
Smriti Mandhana was elegance personified during her sublime unbeaten half-century as India made a solid start, reaching 101 for 1 at the dinner break on the first day of their one-off Day/Night pink ball Test against Australia here on Thursday.
Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey player Rupinder Pal Singh on Thursday announced his retirement from international hockey with immediate effect to make way for youngsters.
Kumar Sangakkara doesn't believe in blame game as both success and failure is collective in nature, Rajasthan Royals Team Director said after a disappointing defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore, which seriously dented their IPL playoff hopes.
Royal Challengers Bangalore wicket-keeper KS Bharat is happy that he is able to provide a stable base as a number three batsman for finishers like Glenn Maxwell which has been a key recipe in the last two wins for his franchise.
Fearless all-round cricket by Royal Challengers Bangalore took the steam out of Rajasthan Royals' effort for a seven-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. The win further consolidate RCB's third position on the points table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have further consolidated the third spot on the IPL 2021 points table by virtue of a big 7 wicket win vs Rajasthan Royals.
The business end of IPL 2021 is getting very, very interesting. 43 of the 56 league-stage matches have now been completed; and with 13 league games left to play, the race for the playoffs is getting more and more intense.
With this win, RCB have further strengthened their hold in the top-four while RR find themselves in a do-or-die situation in the race for a playoffs spot. After RCB captain Virat Kohli's (25 off 20 balls) innings was cut short by a direct hit from Riyan Parag in the seventh over, that saw him being run out, Glenn Maxwell and Srikar Bharat ensured nothing else went wrong.
The race to garner a playoff berth is gathering pace and this is the stage when IPL gets interesting.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said impressive bowling in the middle overs and staying fearless during the game's crucial moments contributed to the team's fine run in this edition of the IPL.
Barcelona plunged even further into crisis on Wednesday with a thumping Champions League defeat at Benfica while holders Chelsea were beaten by Juventus but Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a precious last-gasp winner for Manchester United.
Making most of China's absence, India were on Wednesday assured of their maiden medal in the Asian Table Tennis Championships after beating Iran 3-1 in the quarterfinals here.
As many as five Indian shooters made the eight-man final of the men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF Junior World Championship here on Wednesday.
Putting a whole lot of two and twos together, sections of the media reported this week about Indian cricketers calling BCCI secretary Jay Shah to complain about Virat Kohli and his captaincy, and the BCCI decided to step in. The BCCI, once again for the record, had no role to play in Kohli resigning as captain of the T20 team. It was the cricketer's own decision.
Royal Challengers Bangalore dished out a clinical display with both bat and ball to record a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday, boosting their prospects of a top-two finish. Chasing 150, RCB completed the task with as many as 17 balls to spare.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) player Venkatesh Iyer has said that he wants to show the world that he can be a very good all-rounder and can fulfill roles as both batsman and bowler.
Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history when they beat Real Madrid 2-1 and their win has been ranked the most shocking since the Euro Club Index was launched by data analysts Nielsen's Gracenote in 2010.
Having gained significantly in confidence with a fighting performance in one-dayers, the Indian women's cricket team would now go through a trial by fire when it make its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off game beginning here on Thursday.
The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games will be in India for four days between January 12 and 15 during its international journey covering through 72 countries, the organising committee of the showpiece announced on Wednesday.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians have not had a great run this season. The 5 time champions found themselves in seventh position ahead of their clash vs Punjab Kings on Tuesday.
Gavaskar said that since Kohli has announced to step down as the T20I skipper after the upcoming World Cup, Rohit Sharma would be an ideal candidate to lead the team in the next World Cup.
Mumbai Indians' (MI) playoff chances received a much needed shot in the arm on Tuesday, when they managed to end their losing run with a six-wicket win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Indian Premier League. Here are the major highlights from the match played in Abu Dhabi.
Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq has clarified that he did not suffer a heart attack and rather went to the doctor just for a routine check-up. He was discharged from the hospital after undergoing angioplasty.
Boxing star Manny Pacquiao, who is planning to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections, said on Wednesday he was retiring from boxing to focus on the biggest fight in his political career. Pacquiao, a Philippine senator who has been dividing his time between politics and fighting, made the announcement in a 14-minute video posted on his official Facebook page.
David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad is in the news after he was dropped for the second time in this IPL season and watched a match from his hotel room. The Australian was one of the four changes made by Sunrisers in the team's match against Rajasthan Royals on Monday night.
According to Delhi Capitals' skipper Rishabh Pant, 150-160 should be a good score on the slow Sharjah wicket. However, they fell well short of that, managing just 127 for nine after being put in to bat by Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper Eoin Morgan on winning the toss on Tuesday.
42 of the 56 league stage matches of IPL 2021 have now been completed. The double-header on Tuesday has helped create gaps between the four teams that were log-jammed in the middle of the table on eight points, with KKR and MI easing ahead and Punjab falling behind. TOI has done the calculations to show the probabilities of each team qualifying after Tuesday's games.
Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Hardik Pandya said that after getting hit while facing Punjab Kings' fast bowler Mohammed Shami, things changed for him and he decided to finish off the game in the Indian Premier League 2021 on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Kieron Pollard said that the T20 World Cup is irrelevant for now as his main focus currently is to do well for his franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League season. MI put on a clinical show with both bat and the ball as they defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets on Tuesday