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Sydney: Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and the women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were ousted from the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries following their defeat in the second round at the Sydney Olympic Park here on Thursday. In the men’s singles round two encounter, Srikanth got off to a brilliant start pocketing […]

Melbourne: Former fast bowler Brett Lee on Thursday said if Australia’s World Cup hero Mitchell Starc is to carry his good form in upcoming Ashes series, he has to heed the advice of legendary Glenn McGrath. Starc, player of the tournament in Australia’s recent World Cup triumph, appears set to share the new ball with […]

Warsaw: In a thrilling final match played at the Polish capital, Spanish football team, Sevilla defeated Ukrainian Dnipro Dniprotrovsk by 3 goals to 2. In a fast and pacy match both teams scored twice before the interval.It was after 70 minutes Colombian striker Carols Bacca scored the winning goal for Sevilla. This was his second […]

Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 fan park had a huge success in its inaugural year. Fifteen cities across India hosted the fan park with over 1.5 lakh enthusiastic visitors experiencing the thrill of watching the matches in a stadium-like setting. During this edition of IPL, fans thronged the stadiums at the weekends in […]

Paris: India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his doubles partner Australia’s Nick Kyrgios were knocked out of the French Open after suffering a straight set defeat in the first round of the men’s doubles match here on Monday. Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis and France’s Lucas Pouille beat the Indo-Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 to enter the second round. Bhupathi-Kyrgios […]

Mumbai: Consistent in-form Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane was conferred with CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year, former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara was given the International Cricketer of the Year award, while former Indian skipper Kapil Dev was honoured with the International Lifetime Achievement Award here on Monday. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was given a […]

Kolkata: The Indian cricket board has not yet taken a final decision on whether to scrap Champions League Twenty20. It would take a call after more contemplation, an official said. “We have not done away with the Champions League T20. It is all media speculation that the tournament is being scrapped. We are thinking about […]

Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs in the final at the Eden Gardens here on Sunday to be crowned as Indian Premier League (IPL) Champions

Kolkata: Mumbai Indians scored 202/5 against Chennai Super Kings in their allotted 20 overs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) final match at the Eden Gardens here on Sunday. Brief score: Mumbai Indians – Lendl Simmons 68, Rohit Sharma 50; Dwayne Bravo 2/36.

Kolkata: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday urged his players to make “one last effort” on their “biggest day” to emerge triumphant at the Eden Gardens on Sunday when they lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final. “At the end of it all, you are waiting for […]

Fatorda: Dempo SC and Bengaluru FC played out a 1-1 draw in the penultimate round of the I-League at the Fatorda stadium here on Saturday. Bengaluru remain in the second spot in the I-League standings with 36 points from 19 games, winning 10 and losing three. Dempo are struggling in the ninth spot with 19 […]

Kolkata: In what could be deja vu from 2013, Eden Gardens will again host Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI), who will lock horns for the most coveted domestic prize, the Indian Premier League (IPL) title here on Sunday. While CSK have won the title twice, MI had clinched it once two years […]

Tianjin (China): Hosts China beat India 3-0 in a late home debut on the second day of the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship here. Due to some unproductive negotiation between the Fiji Volleyball Association and the Fiji government, Fiji’s national team failed to arrive here on time. Hence, China automatically won their first match and Thursday’s […]

Bengaluru: Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani will represent India which will be among 24 teams taking part in the 2015 World Cup to be held in Wuxi, China, from June 15 to 21, with a total prize money of $800,000 at stake. India are placed in Group A along with top seeds China ‘A’, Austria, […]

Ranchi: The Qualifier 2 clash here on Friday between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will not only be a battle between two heavyweight Indian Premier League (IPL) teams but also of high-profile skipper duo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Kohli succeeded Dhoni as the Indian Test captain after the […]