With the 2-0 series win, Pakistan ended a 17-month drought of an ODI series win. (Source: AP) The third and final one-day international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe ended in no result due to rain on Sunday as the home team clinched the series 2-0. Zimbabwe’s target was revised...
Watling leaves the field at the end of the day’s play after scoring a century against England. (Source: Reuters) B.J. Watling struck an unbeaten 100 and Brendon McCullum became the second Kiwi to pass 6,000 Test runs as New Zealand seized control of the second Test against England...
Negi admits he fared better with the bat than with the ball this IPL. Pawan Negi was the surprise pick of the Chennai Super Kings this season, featuring in as many as 10 matches in the season gone by. The left-arm spinner from Delhi speaks to The Indian...
LEEDS, England, May 31 (Reuters) - New Zealand's BJ Watling was described as gritty and gutsy by his team mates after he showed those qualities in a composed innings of 100 not out against England that turned the second test their way on Sunday. ...
Bagan (playing in white) won their first national title in 13 years. Rain soaked and confidence sapped, Mohun Bagan players slipped and stumbled on the wet surface of the Sree Kanteerva Stadium. As the minutes ticked by, so did their chances of winning their first-ever I-League title. At the...
May 31 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard in the third and final One Day International between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan Pakistan Innings M. Hafeez lbw b Raza 80 Az. Ali run out (Raza) 46 A. Shafiq c Williams b Raza 16 B. Azam b Mpofu...
Ivanovic, who won the tournament in 2008 but has not threatened a repeat, produced an attacking display to become the first player to reach the last eight. (Source: AP) Former champion Ana Ivanovic battled wind, rain and tough Russian opponent Ekaterina Makarova to reach the quarter-finals of the...
Benitez is widely anticipated to succeed Carlo Ancelotti at Real, after the Italian was sacked following a season in which the club missed out on the La Liga and Champions League titles. (Source: AP) Real Madrid vice-president Eduardo Fernandez de Blas on Sunday announced his football club’s intention...
No decision has yet been taken on Indo-Pak cricket series, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. Her remarks came in the backdrop of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan’s recent visit to India to push for resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties. Khan, in a joint...
Gurpreet Singh secured India a fifth quota place in shooting for the Rio Olympics by finishing fourth in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol final at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich on Sunday. Gurpreet scored 154 in the final, finishing behind winner Joao Costa (201.4 points) of Portugal....
Barcelona’s Neymar was confronted a by a section of opposition defenders as they objected to his style of play. (Source: Reuters) FC Barcelona forward Neymar has said he will not change the way he plays despite angry reactions from Athletic Club Bilbao defenders in his side’s 3-1 win...
May 31 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard at lunch on the third day in the second and final Test between England and New Zealand on Sunday in Leeds, England New Zealand 1st innings 350 (L. Ronchi 88, T. Latham 84; S. Broad 5-109) England 1st innings (Overnight: 253-5) A....
LEEDS, England, May 31 (Reuters) - The second test between England and New Zealand was poised on a knife-edge after a fluctuating third morning in overcast conditions at Headingley on Sunday. ...
Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis have crashed out of the French Open after losing in the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals. Eighth seeded Indo-Swiss pair went down fighting to Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik and Romanian Horia Tecau 7-6, 3-6, 6-10 on Saturday at the Stade...
May 31 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the third and final One Day International between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan Pakistan won toss and decided to bat Pakistan: Azhar Ali (capt), Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Hammad Azam, Wahab Riaz,...
Chanderpaul, the second highest run-scorer for the Caribbean outfit, is only 45 runs behind that of Brian Lara’s 11,912 runs. (Source: Reuters) Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s hopes of a happy farewell were squashed after the veteran left-handed batsman was left out of the 14-man West Indies squad for the first...
Arsenal finished third in the Premier League and Wenger is backing his side to build on their second straight FA Cup success. (Source: AP) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could be excused if he felt like singing a verse of ‘we’ve won our trophy back’ after his team retained...
Emotional, passionate and a proponent of attacking football, Klopp’s success coincided with the financial recovery of the club after being on the brink of bankruptcy a decade ago. (Source: Reuters) Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp battled to contain his emotions on Saturday after his final game on their...
Enrique would like to repeat the history as Barcelona last won a treble in 2009. (Source: AP) Barcelona coach Luis Enrique allowed himself a brief moment to savour Saturday’s King’s Cup triumph over Athletic Bilbao before quickly turning his attention to the Champions League final against Juventus, the...
Departure of Lyth sparked a slump that saw four wickets fall late in the day. (Source: AP) Trent Boult and Tim Southee led a New Zealand recovery after Adam Lyth scored his maiden Test century and Alastair Cook became England’s all-time leading Test run-scorer at Headingley. England were...
Messi has been in top form in the second half of the season and again provided the inspiration for his team who went 2-0 up when Brazilian Neymar slotted the ball into an open goal. (Source: AP) A magical Lionel Messi goal, the first of a personal double,...
Satnam Singh Bhamara’s (right) experiences in Florida will strike a chord with any Punjabi who has travelled across the world to make a living. Grappling with a language barrier in a foreign country, dealing with the awkwardness of having to wait for an English-to-Hindi translation, tuning his palate...
