Sports News

Read about players, their records and the calendar for every sport - cricket, football, tennis, and badminton.

07 Oct 2016

Austria

Italy draws match 1-1 against Spain

Italy remained unbeaten in home qualifiers after the Group I match of World Cup qualifiers between Italy and Spain ended in a 1-1 draw.

07 Oct 2016

Kabaddi

Kabaddi World Cup gets underway at Ahmedabad

The '2016 Kabaddi World Cup' gets underway in Ahmedabad on Friday.

07 Oct 2016

India

Shardul Thakur as Bhuvi's replacement in 3rd Ind-NZ Test

An injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar was ruled out for the 3rd India-New Zealand Test and Shardul Thakur has been called up as his replacement.

05 Oct 2016

La Liga

Ishan Pandita signs for La Liga club Leganes

Bengaluru boy Ishan Pandita signed a one-year professional contract with the Spanish club CD Leganes.

05 Oct 2016

Oprah Winfrey

Boxing legend, Mary Kom, molested multiple times

Mary Kom, in an open letter written to her young sons, made disconcerting revelations about being subjected to molestation multiple times in her home state, Manipur and while living in Delhi and Haryana.

05 Oct 2016

India

Aakanksha Hagawane creates history, wins under-16 World Chess Championship

India's Aakanksha Hagawane created history as she won the Under-16 World Youth Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

04 Oct 2016

Serena Williams

Rohan Bopanna crashes out of 2016 China Open men's doubles

India's Rohan Bopanna along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor crashed out of the 2016 China Open in Beijing after losing in the first round of the men's doubles event.

03 Oct 2016

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Dhoni learned 'Helicopter shot' from his best friend

Even though Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known for his signature 'helicopter shot', not many know that he learned it from his childhood friend.

BCCI asks ICC to keep Pakistan, India in separate groups

The BCCI has decided that India will not play cricket against Pakistan even in multi-nation tournaments.

01 Oct 2016

Sania Mirza

Sania-Barbora lose in doubles finals of 2016 Wuhan Open

The Indo-Czech pair of Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova lost in the women's doubles final at the 2016 Wuhan Open in China.

2016 Indian Super League all set to kick off today

The third edition of Indian Super League will be inaugurated today in Guwahati.

30 Sep 2016

Kidambi Srikanth

Jayaram loses in quarter-finals of 2016 Korea Open Super Series

India's campaign at the 2016 Korea Open Super Series ended after Ajay Jayaram lost in the quarter-final match.

30 Sep 2016

Virender Sehwag

India face New Zealand at Eden Gardens

Starting a long home season with a win at Kanpur, India will face New Zealand in the second test match at the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

28 Sep 2016

BCCI

BCCI boss blasts Sandip Patil

BCCI chairman Anurag Thakur has slammed former chief selector Sandip Patil for revealing confidential information on Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.

28 Sep 2016

Gautam Gambhir

Gambhir returns to Indian team after two years

Gautam Gambhir has returned to Indian team after two years for the New Zealand series in place of injured K L Rahul.

28 Sep 2016

Manchester United

Rooney still our main man: Smalling

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling feels that it was just matter of time before Wayne Rooney would start scoring again for the club and be back in the starting line-up.

26 Sep 2016

Pennsylvania

Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer dies at 87

American Golf legend Arnold Palmer died in a hospital in Pittsburgh before his cardiac surgery. He was 87.

24 Sep 2016

Dutee Chand

Indians may have faked results to get into Rio -IAAF

A study conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) revealed that purportedly Indian athletes could have been qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016 by faking stellar performances.

IPL's KKR clocks faster growth than Manchester United: BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India stated that the Indian Premier League has scripted faster growth than the football league Manchester United.

24 Sep 2016

India

After Dipa, is there a hope for Indian gymnastics?

At Rio, Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian to make it to the final of a gymnastics event at Olympics.

22 Sep 2016

Asia Cup

Ritu Rani announces retirement from international hockey

Former Indian women's hockey captain Ritu Rani announced her retirement from international hockey.

21 Sep 2016

Kidambi Srikanth

Srikanth beats Kashyap in 1st round of Japan Super Series

Kidambi Srikanth beat Parupalli Kashyap in the first round of 2016 Japan Open Super Series.

21 Sep 2016

Virat Kohli

Fans vote for their greatest Indian Test team

Ahead of India's 500th test match, Cricket Australia took a poll from the fans to vote for the Greatest Test XI.

Dinesh Karthik lifts inaugural TNPL Trophy

TUTI Patriots captain Dinesh Karthik received the inaugural Tamil Nadu Premier League trophy from N Srinivasan as they beat Chepauk Super Gillies in the final match.

Nuwan Kulasekara arrested over fatal accident

Sri Lankan police detained cricketer Nuwan Kulasekara after he was involved in a fatal crash. The crash happened when the car Kulasekara was driving collided with a motorcycle, killing the rider on the spot.

19 Sep 2016

India

India on top of medals tally at ISSF Junior WC

So far, India and Russia both are at the top spot of the medals-table in the second ISSF Junior World Cup of the year.

19 Sep 2016

Andy Murray

Spain whitewashes India 5-0 in world pay-offs

On the third day of the world group play-offs, the mighty Spain whitewashed India 5-0. Spain has now entered the World Group after a gap of two years.

19 Sep 2016

USA

Rio passes the baton to Tokyo

2016 Rio Paralympics ended with a beautiful closing ceremony as Tokyo took over the baton for 2020 games.

18 Sep 2016

Sports

Para-cyclist dies after crash

Iranian Para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad died after a crash during the men's C4-5 road race at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

17 Sep 2016

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza did not contact us: AITA

All India Tennis Federation has denied any contact from Sania Mirza or her mother for looking into the matter of doping charges against American tennis players.

17 Sep 2016

French Open

Belarus's Ihar Boki wins 11th Paralympic gold

It was gold and another Paralympic record for Belarus's swimmer Ihar Boki as he finished first in men's S13 100m freestyle event.

16 Sep 2016

India

BCCI to celebrate India's 500th test match in grand style

BCCI has decided to felicitate former India captains to celebrate the country's '500th Test match' that will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur's Green Park from 22 September.

16 Sep 2016

New Zealand

Canoeing makes its Paralympic debut

Canoeing became the 22nd sport to be added into the Paralympic games.

15 Sep 2016

India

Key accused in 2000 cricket match-fixing scandal held

Sanjeev Chawla, one of the main people accused in the 2000 cricket match fixing scandal was arrested in London on 14 June.

15 Sep 2016

ICC Cricket World Cup

Siamand Rahman: The world's strongest Paralympian

Iranian power lifter Siamand Rahman defended his gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the men's super heavyweight title by lifting 310 kg.

West Indies Cricket Board sacks coach Phil Simmons

The West Indies Cricket Board has sacked coach Phil Simmons ahead of a T20 series against Pakistan.

14 Sep 2016

Paralympics

Devendra Jhajharia wins second gold for India

India's Devendra Jhajharia won the second gold medal for India at the 2016 Paralympic games.

Football club, Mohun Bagan to get a new owner

India's oldest club Mohun Bagan might be getting a new owner soon. Several prospective buyers have shown interest in taking over the club, which is going through a financial distress.

13 Sep 2016

Deepa Malik

Paralympians outclass Olympians

Fouad Baka of Algeria, who finished fourth in the 1500m T13 race at the 2016 Paralympics has outclassed the gold medalist of the 2016 Olympics in the same event by winning the race in 3 minutes 49.59 seconds.

12 Sep 2016

Novak Djokovic

Wawrinka defeats Djokovic to clinch 2016 US Open title

Stan Wawrinka won his first US Open title by defeating world number one Novak Djokovic in the finals.