Sports

Bengaluru: Having Hangzhou Asian Games in mind, the Indian women's hockey team will begin preparations for the busy year ahead when 33 probables assemble for the national camp here Sunday. Chief coach Janneke Schopman said the focus would be on improving physical fitness for the...

Nagpur: Australia captain Pat Cummins Saturday admitted that an embarrassing defeat like the innings and 132 runs hammering they suffered in the first Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India is sure to leave some psychological scars but said they will like to...

Cape Town: On the eve of India's opening match in the Women's T20 World Cup against Pakistan, batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar said captain Harmanpreet Kaur is fit to play in Sundays highly-anticipated game. At the same time, Kanitkar also mentioned that vice-captain and left-handed opener...

New Delhi: India's left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana believes the Women's Premier League (WPL) was the one piece which was missing from women's cricket in the country and said it will have a tremendous impact on the growth of cricket globally. The inaugural edition of the...

Hyderabad: The seasoned Jean Eric Vergne of DS Penske won an action-packed Hyderabad E-Prix here Saturday, marking a successful return of a high-profile motorsport event in India. The 33-lap electric race had thrills both on and off the track. The organisers raced against time to...

Nagpur: India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Saturday said his plan of luring Australia batters to play drive-shots and induce mistakes from them on a slow Nagpur track worked well as the home side won the first Test by an innings and 132 runs here. Ashwin...

Nagpur: India's hero in the opening Test victory over Australia here, Ravindra Jadeja was Saturday fined 25 per cent of his match fee for applying cream on the swollen index finger of his bowling hand without taking permission from the on-field umpires on the first...

Nagpur: India captain Rohit Sharma feels there were no demons in the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium pitch and said that application and planning are important for succeeding on spin-friendly sub-continent wickets. Before the start of the opening Test, which India won by an innings and...

New Delhi: Former India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad has questioned opener and vice-captain KL Rahul being given an extended run in the Test team, saying his performances have been well below par. Rahul was dismissed for a laborious 20 off 71 balls in the first...

Nagpur: India trounced Australia by an innings and 132 runs inside three days in the opening Test to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series here Saturday. A wily Ravichandran Ashwin blew away a panic-stricken Australia with a fifer as India dismantled visitors' second...