Ravindra Jadeja was at his absolute best on the field as he took a one-handed blinder to dismiss Neil Wagner in the second session on Day 2 of the second Test in Christchurch.
Novak Djokovic is so sharp and fast on the return that he doesn't just take time away from his opponents, he simply dazzles them with his alacrity. Disarming and dismantling all at once.
Sunil Gavaskar, despite his 34 Test centuries, always remembered a 57 as one of his better innings. It came against England at the Old Trafford on a windy day against a quality attack way back in 1971.
New Zealand salvaged a remarkable 17-run victory over Bangladesh Saturday to set up a crunch clash against defending champions Australia for a place in the women's T20 World Cup semi-finals.
The India Open, an Olympic badminton qualification event for Tokyo 2020 could well become the latest sporting meet to fall victim to the global coronavirus outbreak.
It was an old film roll. Two, actually. One, a 400 ISO Kodak colour and the other, one half of a black and white. An Ilford HP5 perhaps, a trusted go-to for those who swore by black and white photography in the days gone. Forty frames in all. Stacked away in a box for 36 years in a London attic, gathering dust, fighting off mold, the treasure inside forgotten.
With all-rounder Hardik Pandya, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and opener Shikhar Dhawan - all returning from injuries - turning out for Reliance One against Bank of Baroda in the DY Patil T20 tournament on Friday morning, the BCCI asked outgoing chief selector MSK Prasad to immediately fly to the city and rush to the DY Patil Stadium to observe the trio.
Brendan Rodgers admitted he was "bitterly disappointed" to see Kelechi Iheanacho's goal disallowed before Jamal Lewis fired bottom club Norwich to a 1-0 win over Leicester on Friday.
Glenn McGrath went from sleeping in a caravan to having the best batsmen in the world for toast. He visited the TOI office in Mumbai on Thursday and played another role, that of a Guest Sports Editor. He spoke on a range of issues, including why Brian Lara was slightly harder to bowl to than Sachin Tendulkar.
Youssef El-Arabi scored in the last minute of extra-time as Olympiakos knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League on Thursday on a night when four former European champions were eliminated.
Arsenal suffered a shock Europa League exit to Olympiakos Piraeus on away goals after a 2-1 extra-time home defeat, while Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers cruised into the last 16 with emphatic aggregate wins on Thursday.
Denmark's men's team pursuit squad installed themselves as hot favourites for the Tokyo Olympics as they powered to gold at the world championships with a third world record in little over 24 hours on Thursday.
Since returning to the WTA Tour in the spring of 2017, after serving a 15-month doping ban, Maria Sharapova played a total of 73 matches. She had 45 wins. One title and one major quarterfinal. Only.
Kevin De Bruyne orchestrated a dramatic Manchester City comeback on Wednesday as they stunned Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu to put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals.
David Warner and Aaron Finch launched a brutal assault on the South African bowlers to set up a comprehensive 97-run Australian victory in the series-deciding third Twenty20 international at Newlands on Wednesday.
Juventus's hopes of reaching the Champions League last eight suffered a blow when the two-time European Cup winners slumped to a 1-0 defeat in their last-16 first leg at Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday.
Two second-half goals in less than three minutes from Serge Gnabry and another from prolific Pole Robert Lewandowski earned Bayern Munich a thumping 3-0 victory at Chelsea in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday.
English all-rounder Ben Stokes was given a royal honour at the Buckingham Palace after he guided his side to World Cup triumph last year.
Ace shuttler Tai Tzu's best showing at the Olympics is a Round-of-16 appearance at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. So the world No. 2 understandably touched wood as she talked about women's badminton during her recent visit to India for the Premier Badminton League.
New Zealand coach Gary Stead felt his pace bowlers had never been more accurate than in their 10-wicket win over India in the first Test in Wellington but he expected the visitors would be more competitive in the second match in Christchurch.
Italy's top-flight soccer matches can go ahead behind closed doors in the area affected by the coronavirus outbreak after the government agreed to a request from the country's football federation (FIGC), the ANSA news agency reported on Monday.
Jurgen Klopp admitted he never expected Liverpool to make such a "special" charge towards the Premier League title after a record-equalling 3-2 victory against West Ham left the runaway leaders four wins from the clinching the trophy.
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler is adamant he can prove his worth in the Test arena after struggling to emulate his one-day success.
Liverpool earned a record-equalling 18th consecutive Premier League win as the runaway leaders came from behind to beat West Ham 3-2 thanks to Sadio Mane's late strike on Monday.
Five months after a bad lower back injury, which required surgery in London, kept him out of action, all-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to return to the field. The 26-year-old will turn out for Reliance 1 in the DY Patil T20 tournament at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday. A source said he will play provided NCA, where he is recuperating, releases him.
I prefer to win, always,” Alisson is unambiguous, direct just like his playing style. A goalkeeper’s pride is always that ‘zero’ attached next to the opposition on the scoresheet but there is only one goal on the Brazilian’s mind. “No matter if it comes with clean sheets or with an assist, I wanna win.”
Atletico Madrid followed up their surprise win over Liverpool by beating Villarreal in La Liga as Joao Felix marked his return from injury with a first league goal since September.
Lionel Messi has said Barcelona are not playing well enough to win this season's Champions League but his four goals against Eibar on Saturday were a reminder that with him there will always be hope.
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Monday said they were "just not competitive enough" after crashing to a 10-wicket defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the opening Test here.
A sharp spell of bowling by Tim Southee set up a 10-wicket victory for New Zealand before lunch on the fourth day of the first Test against India on Monday. Southee took 4/20 on the final morning as he raced through the India tail to leave them all out for 191. It left the Black Caps a mere nine runs to beat the world's top-ranked side.
The grand launch of the first Khelo India University Games (KIUG) Odhisha 2020 took place on Friday in Cuttack and as a sportsperson, it was wonderful to see the sports ministry take such a unique initiative, said India's Olympic medal-winning wrestling Sushil Kumar.
Fiorentina hit back with 10 men, equalising with an 85th-minute penalty, to hold AC Milan to a 1-1 draw in Serie A on Saturday after the visitors had a solo Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal disallowed by VAR.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...
