Steve Smith ruled out of third Ashes Test: Cricket Australia
LONDON: Australia's star batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test beginning on Thursday, Cricket Australia announced Tuesday. The 30-year-old --...
Ombudsman's Order: Sreesanth's ban to be seven years, ends in August, 2020
NEW DELHI: Tainted Indian pacer S Sreesanth's ban for alleged spot-fixing will end next August, BCCI Ombudsman D K Jain has ordered, observing that...
Rahane, Vihari hit half centuries in drawn warm-up game against West Indies A
COOLIDGE (Antigua): India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane scored a much-needed half-century ahead of the first Test before the three-day warm-up game against West Indies A...
Pooja, Navjot in World Championship squad in absence of opponents
NEW DELHI: Wrestlers Pooja Dhanda and Navjot Kaur, who failed to book berths in the Olympic categories, made it to India's World Championships squad...
Ishant takes two wickets as West Indies A struggle to 79-4 at lunch in warm-up game
COOLIDGE (ANTIGUA): Ishant Sharma grabbed two early wickets as India produced a disciplined bowling effort to reduce West Indies A to 79 for four...
Ravi Shastri reappointed head coach of Indian team till 2021
MUMBAI: Ravi Shastri was on Friday re-appointed head coach of the Indian men's team by the Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which unanimously...
Former India cricketer V B Chandrasekhar committed suicide over debts: Police
CHENNAI: Former India opener and national selector VB Chandrasekhar committed suicide over debts, the police said here on Friday, ruling out speculation that he...
Bajrang Punia nominated for Khel Ratna award, says he deserved it
NEW DELHI: Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia was on Friday nominated for the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv...
Sindhu seeks improvement on fitness, defence in search of World C'ship gold
NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu said on Friday that she has been working on improving her fitness and defence in search...
Rahane, Pujara, Bumrah ready for game time in warm-up tie vs WICB
COOLIDGE (ANTIGUA): Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane along with a well-rested Jasprit Bumrah will be aiming for some quality game time when India...