Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, who made their debut together and went on to script many memorable moments for Team India, are ready to take fresh guard as administrators together.
Lionel Messi was called up by Argentina on Thursday for friendly games against Brazil and Uruguay next month, the country's football association announced on Twitter.
AC Milan avoided a Halloween scare by beating Serie A strugglers SPAL 1-0 at the San Siro on Thursday to give coach Stefano Pioli his first win since replacing the sacked Marco Giampaolo.
Captaining India is such an honour for Rohit Sharma that he would not fuss whether it's full time or sporadic, he said. Rohit captained India to Asia Cup victory last year and, with Virat Kohli resting, will lead the side again in the three-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh starting in New Delhi on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka for the 19th time in 22 meetings, winning 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals.
According to sources in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), almost everyone, including the BFI office-bearers, the selection committee members and the foreign and national coaches are of the opinion that a trial should happen between the 36-yearold Mary and Nikhat, 23.
As Indian cricket board (BCCI) gears up to host its first day-night Test in less than a month's time, focus is back on how the pink ball will behave. BCCI has asked SG, the makers of the red balls used in first-class cricket in India, to provide 72 new balls for the Test match against Bangladesh that is scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens from Nov 22.
Oman defeated Hong Kong by just 12 runs on Wednesday in a do-or-die T20 World Cup qualifier to reach the finals in Australia along with Scotland who thrashed United Arab Emirates by 90 runs. Oman and Scotland join Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Ireland, who had already booked their places in the 2020 showpiece but are still competing for the winner's trophy in UAE.
India's first-ever Day-Night Test, slated to be played against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens, is likely to have an early start which will eliminate the dew factor to a considerable degree, said local curator Sujan Mukherjee. The experienced campaigner also said that the wicket will be a sporting one like it has been at the relaid Eden Gardens square for the past few years.
The fast bowler has been out of action since coming back from the limited-overs leg in the WI in August. When the T20I squad for the home series against SA was picked, it was said that Bhuvneshwar was “unavailable”. TOI has learnt that the bowler is nursing a hamstring and side strain, and has been carrying the injury since July last year.
Lionel Messi made it clear he is fit and back to his scintillating best by tearing apart Real Valladolid on Tuesday in a thumping 5-1 victory for Barcelona. Messi scored another spell-binding free-kick at Camp Nou after his sumptuous pass had already teed up Arturo Vidal for Barca's second. He then drove home his second late on before sliding through Luis Suarez to make it five.
Daniil Medvedev suffered a shock second-round defeat by French world number 65 Jeremy Chardy at the Paris Masters on Tuesday, ending his bid to reach a seventh straight final, while his fellow Russian Karen Khachanov's title defence met a quick end.
The iconic Eden Gardens is now set to become India's first venue to host a day-night Test match. The second Test of Bangladesh’s upcoming tour — comprising three T20 Internationals and two Test matches — will be played under lights at Eden from Nov 22 to 26. Sourav Ganguly, prez BCCI, has been quite vocal on the need to stage D/N Tests to rekindle spectator interest.
Namibia will appear at the T20 World Cup for the first time after beating Oman in Dubai, joining the Netherlands on Tuesday in qualifying for next year's tournament. All-rounder JJ Smit blasted 59 off 25 balls as Namibia beat Oman by 54 runs to progress to the eight-team first round of the World Cup in Australia in October 2020.
Italian giants AC Milan, struggling to recapture the glory days of seven European Cups and of their heyday under media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, on Monday posted a record loss of 145.9 million euros ($165 million) for 2018.
The Italian league's disciplinary commission announced Monday that Ribery has been banned for three matches and fined 20,000 euros ($22,200) for "seriously disrespectful behavior toward an assistant referee."
Up until the 90th minute of FC Goa's Indian Super League (ISL) battle against defending champions Bengaluru FC, Sergio Lobera didn't have an answer, but a dramatic penalty at the end provided some respite as the hosts snatched a point at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Monday.
World number three Federer claimed his 10th Basel title on Sunday but decided to skip the final Masters event of the season at Bercy Arena.
In 2016, the board's technical committee, under the chairmanship of incumbent BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, had decided to run a pilot project with Duleep Trophy being played with pink balls. That experiment was not very encouraging.
Pune and Maharashtra stalwart, the late Kamal Bhandarkar, was widely regarded as the best coach in India from 1950 until his death in 1986. Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Yajurvindra Singh, Hemant Kanitkar, Milind Gunjal, Shrikant Kalyani, Shubhangi Kulkarni are just some of the names that benefited from his tutelage.
Roger Federer won his 10th Basel title on Sunday, smothering young Australian Alex De Minaur 6-2, 6-2 to secure what the Swiss legend described as "an unbelievable" success at the home-town tournament where he used to work as a ballboy.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...
