Sports

New Delhi: Hours after a plea was moved in the Delhi High Court Monday against the sexual assault allegations on Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by multiple wrestlers, it was withdrawn. Talking to IANS, Lawyer Shrikant Prasad said that Vicky,...

Melbourne: Ace Indian tennis players Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna sailed into the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open here Monday. The Indian pair defeated Japan's Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay's Ariel Behar 6-4, 7-6(11-9) in their second-round match to set up a quarterfinal clash...

New Delhi: Pakistan's wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has admitted that sometimes it gets embarrassing for him to play the role of anchor in the shortest format. Rizwan, who is playing for Comilla Victorians in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, feels that whenever he gets picked for...

New Delhi: Talismanic India batters Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and fast-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya Monday were named in the ICC Men's T20I team of the Year for 2022, which is captained by England's T20 World Cup winning skipper Jos Buttler. Others who made the cut...

Jakarta: Top Indian shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen, will look to quickly recover from the India Open disappointment when they begin their campaign at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament, starting here  Tuesday. India cut a sorry figure at home as the country's challenge ended in...

Melbourne: Fifth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5, 6-2 Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Bencic double-faulted to drop the first set, which put Sabalenka in control from that point. No. 4-seeded Caroline Garcia faced Magda Linette later...

Madrid: Goal after goal, Karim Benzema keeps putting his World Cup disappointment behind him. Benzema scored for the sixth time after being dropped from France's World Cup squad because of an injury, leading Real Madrid to a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish...

New Delhi: The BCCI is all set to get richer by up to Rs 4000 crore with some of the top business houses set to bid aggressively for the five Women's IPL (WIPL) teams that would be auctioned  Wednesday. According to market experts, the teams...

New Delhi: Former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has urged the current Test side to pick left-arm spin all-rounder Ashton Agar as the second spinner to partner off-spinner Nathan Lyon for the upcoming four-Test tour of India, ahead of leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and uncapped off-spinner...

New Delhi: India's left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana, off-spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh, and right-arm fast-bowler Renuka Singh Thakur were included in the ICC Women's T20I team of the Year for 2022 captained by New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine, said cricket's global governing body...