Union Berlin pulled off perhaps the biggest victory in their turbulent history, defeating Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Stadion An der Alten Foersterei on Saturday.
West Indies captain Jason Holder tipped his cap to Jasprit Bumrah after the India pace bowler bagged a hat-trick on day two of the second test in Kingston on Saturday. Bumrah picked up 6-16 as West Indies collapsed to 87 for seven at stumps in their first innings, still 329 runs in arrears of India's first innings score.
Roger Federer may have swept aside the challenge of Briton Daniel Evans in a third-round US Open meeting, but questions on the scheduling of the match, played on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court, refused to die down.
Following his 3-hour-19-minute encounter at the Louis Armstrong Stadium, the fifth-seeded Medvedev spectacularly aced the near 14,000 capacity crowd that rained boos on him for most part of the match. He came up with a verbal winner.
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has made it “absolutely clear” that the call to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham over shooting’s exclusion will be taken by the government, keeping in mind the fact that the interest and medal prospect of athletes preparing for the multi-sport event does not suffer.
Canadian Bianca Andreescu brushed aside Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday to reach the last 16 in her U.S. Open main draw debut and now faces her toughest test yet in the form of net-rushing qualifier Taylor Townsend.
Even as the Indian team is busy playing the second and final Test against West Indies in Jamaica currently, Murali Vijay is far away from the action. As far as Test cricket is concerned in recent years, it’s not a situation that is familiar to him. But after difficult away tours of England and Australia last year, Vijay finds himself out of reckoning.
Roger Federer will try to avoid a second consecutive fourth-round exit from the US Open when he returns to action on Sunday while Serena Williams resumes her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title.
Rafael Nadal cruised into the US Open fourth round with a business-like 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Chung Hyeon on Saturday.
Top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka defeated US 15-year-old sensation Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday in a showdown at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the US Open's fourth round.
Coach Igor Stimac drove to the hospital where Amarjit Singh was recuperating after a surgery on his fractured hand and offered him his support.
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has opened the door for professional boxers, including the likes of Vijender Singh and Neeraj Goyat, to return to the amateur fold and compete for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic silenced concerns about his left shoulder as the Serbian breezed past American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to reach the last 16 at the US Open.
On the back of Nick Kyrgios’ collar was the words ‘Just Do You’. The print was bold, the writing in block, a play on the Nike slogan of ‘Just Do It’. Perhaps. At the start of his US Open second-round clash against French wildcard entrant Antoine Hoang, chair umpire Nico Helworth asked the 24-year-old to turn down his collar. He was told that it was against the rules.
Taylor Townsend charged the net 106 times in the 2 hour 4-minute second-round clash, serving and volleying 61 times to shock Simona Halep, the reigning Wimbledon champion, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
Ahmedabad is all set to unveil a new state-of-the-art cricket stadium, an ambitious project with a 1.10 lakh capacity that will replace the erstwhile 50,000-capacity Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium constructed in 1982. Speaking to TOI, Union home minister Amit Shah said: "This project is the vision of our PM Narendra Modi."
The US Open fined Carla Suarez Navarro $40,000 on Thursday for violating the First Round Performance Rule.
When Gagan Narang was conferred with the Khel Ratna award in 2011, he cried with joy. For he was getting something he had longed for. He felt a sense of achievement.
Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was left out of India's Twenty20 squad announced on Thursday for three matches against South Africa. Youngster Rishabh Pant, who is being groomed to take over from Dhoni as the team's first-choice gloveman, was named as the solitary wicketkeeper in the 15-member squad.
Holders Liverpool received a relatively kind draw for this season's Champions League group stage but 13-times European champions Real Madrid were pitted against Kylian Mbappe and Paris St Germain.
Reigning US Open champion Naomi Osaka eased into the third round Thursday but Petra Kvitova crashed out as organisers sought to play catch up at Flushing Meadows following heavy rain.
Abhishek Verma won the gold medal and Saurabh Chaudhary the bronze, in a dominant display by Indian shooters in the men's 10m air pistol event of the World Cup. Verma shot 244.2 in the eight-man finals, while Chaudhary's 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze.
Australia's Nick Kyrgios backed off calling the ATP Tour "corrupt" on Wednesday even as the tour launched a probe into his remarks as a major rules violation.
Bajrang Punia will skip the National Sports Day awards ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday as the star Indian wrestler is training in Russia for the upcoming World championships. Also missing the award ceremony would be cricketer Ravindra Jadeja who is in the West Indies with the Indian team.
Reigning champion Novak Djokovic battled a shoulder problem that hampered his serve and backhand as he secured a 6-4 7-6(3) 6-1 win over Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero and reached the third round of the US Open on Wednesday.
India's shooting sensation Elavenil Valarivan produced a stupendous show to win a gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janiero on Wednesday. Elavenil, who has learnt the art of shooting from legend Gagan Narang, shot 251.7 in the final to claim the top honours.
American Alison Riske recovered to beat twice Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the US Open on Tuesday and set up a second-round clash with another major winner Jelena Ostapenko.
PV Sindhu became India's first badminton world champion when she defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles finals of the BWF World Championships in Basel on Sunday. While Sindhu admits that the feeling is "yet to sink in", she is overwhelmed by the adulation she has been receiving for her historic achievement.
A "complete overhauling" of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) is on the cards, sports minister Kiren Rijiju has assured while admitting that "internal issues" affected its smooth functioning.
A Barcelona official involved in the negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar says the Catalan club is "closer" to reaching a deal for the player's return.
Reigning US Open champion Naomi Osaka confronted severe nerves as she survived a rocky start to her title defense Tuesday but an ailing Stefanos Tsitsipas slumped to a four-set defeat by Andrey Rublev in the opening round.
Ajinkya Rahane scored 81 and 102 -- his first Test hundred in two years during India's 318-run victory, which also earned him the 'Man of the Match' award. Rahane, who had gone 17 Tests without a century in more than two years, hit his 10th Test hundred --- 102 off 242 balls -- in the second innings of India's World Test Championship campaign opener.
Serena Williams trounced old foe Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 in their blockbuster first-round clash at the US Open on Monday to get her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title off to a flying start.
Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic cruised into the second round of the US Open on Monday while French Open champion Ashleigh Barty and third seed Karolina Pliskova struggled but advanced.
The gulf between Prajnesh and top-10 players was wide and apparent as he lost 4-6, 1-6, 2–6 to the Russian, who had recently vanquished multiple Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic.
Jasprit Bumrah says he is always evolving to polish his craft, the latest addition to which is the outswinger that he wasn't confident of until last year. "I used to bowl the in-swinger earlier, but the more Test matches I played, the more confident I got for bowling the outswinger, especially since England. A lot of hard work goes into my delivery. I am always trying to evolve," Bumrah said
Antoine Griezmann proved Barcelona can win without Lionel Messi and do without Neymar too after he scored twice in a 5-2 demolition of Real Betis on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy fired a four-under-par 66 to win the PGA Tour Championship and claim the $15 million FedEx Cup jackpot on Sunday.
Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets for seven runs as India bowled out West Indies for 100 to clinch a record 318-run triumph and help Virat Kohli to his 27th Test win as India captain, thereby equalling the record set by Dhoni.Beyond the cold numbers, the spell of magic cast by a 38-year-old Englishman will stay etched in the memories of those who managed to squeez...
