BCCI CEO Writes To CAC, Asks For Declaration On Conflict Of Interest

Rahul Johri has asked CAC to give a declaration regarding conflict of interest so that the hiring process for the coach of Indian team can get started.

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BCCI CEO Writes To CAC, Asks For Declaration On Conflict Of Interest

Rahul Johri has asked CAC to give a declaration regarding conflict of interest so that the hiring process for the coach of Indian team can get started.

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India A reduce West Indies A to 243/5 on Day 1

Montcin Hodge and Shamarh Brooks hit half-centuries but India A bowlers fought back with a flurry of wickets in the final session on the opening day of the match in Port of Spain.

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Rohit's Cryptic "Not Just For Team" Tweet Amid Reported Rift With Kohli

Virat Kohli rubbished the reports of cracks within the team during his pre-departure press conference for India's tour of the West Indies.

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Rohit's Cryptic "Not Just For Team" Tweet Amid Reported Rift With Kohli

Virat Kohli rubbished the reports of cracks within the team during his pre-departure press conference for India's tour of the West Indies.

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ISL: Rana Gharami blames Kolkata pollution for doping

Rana Gharami has been left to rue the break in Indian Super League (ISL) last season and his return home to Kolkata. Rana became the first ISL player to have been suspended provisionally for the use of a banned substance.

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ED grills Farooq Abdullah on Rs 100cr fraud in J&K Cricket Association

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned on Wednesday former J&K chief minister and National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah on charges of alleged money laundering and embezzlement of more than Rs 100 crore of J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) of which he was the president.

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Pro Kabaddi: U Mumba go down again; Jaipur win

An all-out suffered in the dying seconds of the first half, came back to haunt hosts U Mumba as they went down 23-27 to UP Yoddha in an otherwise thrilling contest of the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League Season 7 at the National Sports Club Of India on Wednesday.

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Venkatesh Prasad applies for bowling coach's job

Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad has applied for the position of India's bowling coach, TOI has learnt.

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England will try and rub salt in our wounds: David Warner

Almost 17 months after he was banned for his controversial role in the ball-tampering saga, David Warner is set to return to Test cricket. The dashing opener is set to lead Australia's charge as they take on traditional rivals England in the latest round of Ashes, cricket's oldest rivalry.

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Max Verstappen Looms Large In Lewis Hamilton's Rear View Mirror

Max Verstappen's powerful performance in rain-hit German Grand Prix lifted him within 63 points of Lewis Hamilton with 10 of this year's 21 races to go.

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Will Sanjay Bangar be made scapegoat for India's WC loss?

Batting coach Sanjay Bangar might find it difficult to retain his position when the national selectors pick the support staff for the Indian team. Many believe Bangar hasn't been able to create a solid middle order despite four years in the job.

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IAAF hails Caster decision as victory for 'parity'

Olympic 800 metres champion Semenya is fighting an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation that middle-distance female runners with a high natural level of testosterone must take medication to reduce it.

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Did BCCI follow 'proper' procedure in Prithvi Shaw case?

The BCCI on Tuesday banned the talented 19-year-old opener Prithvi Shaw from all forms of cricket for eight months for failing a dope test. A release from the Board said Shaw had "inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups".

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Real Madrid Coach Zidane Confident As Benzema Hat-Trick Helps Lift Gloom

Zinedine Zidane's preparations for the new season have also been overshadowed by the saga of Gareth Bale's future at the club.

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Ravi Shastri likely to remain Team India coach

Ravi Shastri remains favourite for the post of the coach of the Indian cricket team and has an automatic entry in the process. Shastri's contract ended with the World Cup but he and his support staff have been given a 45-day extension for the West Indies tour that starts Saturday. Under Shastri, India have won a little more than 70% of their matches.

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Zidane upbeat as Benzema helps lifts gloom at Real

French striker Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid defeated Fenerbahce 5-3 in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday which temporarily lifted the summer gloom which has engulfed the Spanish giants and coach Zinedine Zidane.

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"Did Not Ask Umpires To Overturn Four Overthrows," Says Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes cleared the air on the infamous overthrow incident in the World Cup 2019 final. Says he didn't ask the umpires to reverse the decision.

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"Did Not Ask Umpires To Overturn Four Overthrows," Says Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes cleared the air on the infamous overthrow incident in the World Cup 2019 final. Says he didn't ask the umpires to reverse the decision.

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'Fighter Prithvi will come out of doping setback'

Prithvi Shaw is a "fighter" and will come out of his eight-month doping suspension stronger, says Santosh Pingutkar, who taught him the ABC of cricket long before he became his most famous ward.

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Indian and foreign guides confuse wrestlers

Is everything fine within the Indian wrestling coaching community? With less than a year to go for the Tokyo Olympics, there are signs of unease between Indian and foreign coaching staff in the men's freestyle section, especially after the recent selection trials for the senior World Championships which threw up unexpected results.

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Venugopal Rao Retires From All Forms Of Cricket

Venugopal Rao represented India in 16 ODIs, scoring 218 runs in 11 innings for the country.

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Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali to marry Indian engineer

Pakistan speedster Hasan Ali, who ruffled Indian feathers with his 'provocative' gestures at the Wagah border last year, is all set to marry an Indian girl, Shamia Arzoo, who is working as an engineer in Dubai. The wedding is likely to take place at a Dubai hotel on August 20.

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Venugopal Rao Retires From All Forms Of Cricket

Venugopal Rao represented India in 16 ODIs, scoring 218 runs in 11 innings for the country.

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Watch: Afridi's Hilarious Reply To Wahab Riaz's Call For A Second Run

Shahid Afridi was in scintillating form, smashing an unbeaten 81 off just 40 balls as Brampton Wolves beat Edmonton Royals by 27 runs.

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Never asked umpires to cancel 4 overthrows: Stokes

Earlier, Stokes's teammate James Anderson had claimed that the all-rounder, who was hugely apologetic the moment the incident happened during England's World Cup final against New Zealand , had appealed to the umpires to overturn their decision.

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Lalchand Rajput wants to be Team India head coach

Former India and Mumbai opener Lalchand Rajput on Tuesday applied for the position of head coach of the senior men's national team.

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Watch: Afridi's Hilarious Reply To Wahab Riaz's Call For A Second Run

Shahid Afridi was in scintillating form, smashing an unbeaten 81 off just 40 balls as Brampton Wolves beat Edmonton Royals by 27 runs.

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WARRIORS IN WHITE: Indian Test players who have also served in the armed forces

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, an honorary Lt Colonel in the Territorial Army, begins his voluntary stint with the outfit today in J&K during which he'll undertake guard and patrolling duties. Other Test players have also served in the armed forces in various capacities.

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England Seek A 'Double' As Australia Eye Ashes History

England will be looking to round off an already memorable season by completing a World Cup and Ashes double.

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We're not being bullied by Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri: MSK Prasad

MSK Prasad hit back at his detractors for constantly demeaning his panel owing to its modest international record. In an interview, the chairman of the selection committee spoke on the jibes on his stature (his Test record is six matches), allegations that the Indian team management bullies him, lack of vision and the 'lame duck' jibe by Sunil Gavaskar.

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England seek a 'double' as Australia eye Ashes history

England return to 'Fortress Edgbaston' for the first Test against Australia on Thursday looking to round off an already memorable season by completing a World Cup and Ashes double.

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England Seek A 'Double' As Australia Eye Ashes History

England will be looking to round off an already memorable season by completing a World Cup and Ashes double.

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Root & Paine's different paths to Ashes captaincy

One seemed destined to be a Test captain at 23; the other was thrust into the leadership following an extraordinary crisis and not long after he'd thought of quitting cricket.

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Did shooting bodies miss the reduced programme offer?

When the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is advocating a boycott of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, it has emerged that the world shooting bodies possibly missed out on an opportunity of getting their sport back to the CWG 2022 programme. Or at least as it appears so.

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Can play for free for sake of game: Zim cricketers

Barred from competing in any ICC event, Zimbabwe's cricketers are willing to play "for free" to keep the game alive in the country, expressing their desperation to compete in the upcoming World Twenty20 Qualifiers.

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Real Madrid's Pre-Season Struggles Continue With Loss To Tottenham

Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game with a deft finish after pouncing on a disastrous pass by Marcelo.

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Time for Ajinkya Rahane to rise to the occasion

Ajinkya Rahane was India's best batsman overseas from 2014 to 2016, but someone who has been struggling after August 2017, since scoring his last Test hundred against Sri Lanka at the SSC. He's played 17 Tests and scored 696 runs at an average of 24.85 since.

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Real's pre-season struggle continues, lose to Spurs

Champions League runners-up Tottenham will play Bayern Munich in Wednesday's final. Real, who lost to Spurs 0-1, will have a chance to find winning form against Fenerbahce who finished their game against Bayern (6-1) in disarray.

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Substance found in cough syrup gets Prithvi Shaw eight-month ban

Prithvi Shaw was on Tuesday suspended for eight months by India's governing body for a doping violation, with the teenage batting sensation saying he was shaken by the news and would return to the game "faster and stronger".

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Rana Daggubati to produce Muttiah Muralitharan biopic

Actor Rana Daggubati is set to produce the biopic on celebrated cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, the makers announced on Tuesday.

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Arthur Likely To Remain Pakistan Coach, Azhar To Get Test Captaincy

On August 2, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) cricket committee will be reviewing their World Cup performance.

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Arthur Likely To Remain Pakistan Coach, Azhar To Get Test Captaincy

On August 2, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) cricket committee will be reviewing their World Cup performance.

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Imam-ul-Haq, Accused Of Multiple Affairs, Apologises To Pak Cricket Board

After being accused of having multiple affairs by a Twitter user, Imam-ul-Haq admitted to his mistake and apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board.

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Imam-ul-Haq, Accused Of Multiple Affairs, Apologises To Pak Cricket Board

After being accused of having multiple affairs by a Twitter user, Imam-ul-Haq admitted to his mistake and apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board.

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US Soccer says women's team has made more than the men

Facing mounting public pressure in a fight over equitable pay, U.S. Soccer said the World Cup champion women's national team has been paid more than the men's team.

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'Hungrier' David Warner out of exile and targeting Ashes tons

Some 17 months on, with his rehabilitation after a one-year ball-tampering ban apparently completed, David Warner will return to the Test arena at Edgbaston on Thursday at the start of his sixth Ashes series. The opener has kept his own counsel on the Newlands incident since that media conference and preferred to let his bat do the talking on the road back from perdition.

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Arthur not surprised by Amir's Test retirement, says ban had damaged it

Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is not surprised by Mohammed Amir's decision to retire from Tests at the age of 27 as he feels the pacer's career in the longest format was considerably damaged by the spot-fixing ban he served.

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"Disagree" With Gavaskar's Take On Virat Kohli's Captaincy: Manjrekar

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar took to Twitter to oppose Sunil Gavaskar's views on Virat Kohli's captaincy and the Indian selectors.

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"Disagree" With Gavaskar's Take On Virat Kohli's Captaincy: Manjrekar

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar took to Twitter to oppose Sunil Gavaskar's views on Virat Kohli's captaincy and the Indian selectors.

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Pro Kabaddi League: Pirates edge Thalaivas in thriller

Despite the fact that the most successful raider in VIVO Pro Kabaddi League history, Pardeep Narwal, failed to claim his first and only point until the 36th minute of the encounter, three-time champions Patna Pirates managed to edge past Tamil Thalaivas 24-23 at the National Sports Club of India on Monday evening.

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Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams get wildcards for WTA Cincinnati event

Former world number ones Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams were given wildcard entries into next month's WTA Cincinnati tournament, a key tuneup event for the US Open. Each will compete in the main draw for the August 12-18 hardcourt event.

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Five memorable Ashes series

England and Australia begin the latest edition of the Ashes at Edgbaston on Thursday, with the home side looking to wrestle back the urn.

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Five Memorable Ashes Series

Australia hold the Ashes but England have not lost a Test series at home to their arch-rivals since 2001.

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Five Memorable Ashes Series

Australia hold the Ashes but England have not lost a Test series at home to their arch-rivals since 2001.

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Virat Kohli wants Ravi Shastri to continue as coach

Captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri have always struck an excellent partnership ever since 2015 when Shastri was the Team director and Kohli first took over Indian cricket's reins in Test cricket Down Under.

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Sunil Gavaskar questions Virat Kohli's position as captain

Former Indian allrounder and 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev was sacked as captain after the loss to England in the 1987 World Cup semis. Former captain Sunil Gavaskar - who was sacked after losing the 1982-83 series to Pak 0-3, feels that Kohli should have at least been questioned or his captaincy been reviewed following India's defeat in World Cup 2019.

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Ashes 2019: England have nothing to lose by opening with Jason Roy

Whether Jason Roy turns out to be an inspired choice to open in the Ashes or fails miserably to transfer his one-day form to Tests is almost an irrelevance, such have been England's struggles at the top of the order in recent years.

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Ronaldinho facing financial troubles in Brazil: Report

A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.

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Brazil Police End Neymar Rape Probe Over Lack Of Evidence

The police decision will be sent to prosecutors on Tuesday, who will have 15 days to evaluate the case.

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Andy Murray 'quite close' to singles return

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray says he is "quite close" to being able to play singles matches and a "best-case scenario" could see it happen at Cincinnati in two weeks.

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Virat Kohli slams reports of rift with Rohit Sharma as 'baffling and untrue'

After India's ouster from the World Cup, stories of fissures in the Indian camp emerged with claims that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and are not seeing eye to eye. But Kohli categorically refuted rumours of a rift with his deputy, saying "people feeding off lies" are being disrespectful to the players' personal lives.

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Brazil police end Neymar rape probe over lack of evidence

Police in Brazil probing rape allegations against football superstar Neymar have closed the case due to a lack of evidence, the Sao Paulo attorney general's office said Monday. The police decision will be sent to prosecutors on Tuesday, who will have 15 days to evaluate the case, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office said.

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Hungarian Swimmer "Sorry" For Touching Nightclub Dancer

Tamas Kenderesi, Olympic bronze medallist, has been banned from leaving the country while police investigate the incident at a bar in Gwangju, around 330 kilometres south of Seoul.

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New Zealand Announce 15-Member Squad For Test Series Against Sri Lanka

For the Test series in Sri Lanka, New Zealand selectors have picked four spinners in the squad.

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Santner back as New Zealand name four spinners for Sri Lanka Tests

Mitchell Santner, who last played a Test in December 2017, returned to the longest format as one of the four frontline spinners in the New Zealand squad for next month's two-match series in Sri Lanka.

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New Zealand Announce 15-Member Squad For Test Series Against Sri Lanka

For the Test series in Sri Lanka, New Zealand selectors have picked four spinners in the squad.

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"Gives To His Country Beyond Duty": Windies Star Shares Video Of MS Dhoni

Sheldon Cottrell shared a video of MS Dhoni and saluted the former India captain for showing an "inspirational kind of love for country".

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"Gives To His Country Beyond Duty": Windies Star Shares Video Of MS Dhoni

Sheldon Cottrell shared a video of MS Dhoni and saluted the former India captain for showing an "inspirational kind of love for country".

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Robin Singh questions Ravi Shastri's credentials as coach

Former all-rounder Robin Singh has taken a dig at Ravi Shastri, saying Team India has lost two successive semi-finals under the current head coach and thereby a change needs to be made in the coaching set-up.

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Alex de Minaur dominates Taylor Fritz to lift Atlanta ATP title

Australia's Alex de Minaur captured his second ATP title in dominant style Sunday, dropping just 10 points on serve in a 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) triumph over Taylor Fritz in a battle of rising stars in Atlanta.

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Coach insists 'devastated' drug-row Aussie swimmer is innocent

The coach of drug-tainted Australian swimmer Shayna Jack says he will stand by her, insisting she is a clean athlete and will be cleared of wrongdoing.

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Cottrell salutes Dhoni's 'inspirational love for country'

West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell has praised veteran Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni for his dedication and love for the Indian Army. Cottrell, who is a soldier in the Jamaican Defence Force, took to Twitter and said that Dhoni is an inspiration figure both on and off the field.

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NRAI backs IOA's CWG boycott call; Bindra, Narang differ

A day after the IOA wrote a letter to the sports minister, proposing to boycott the quadrennial multi-disciplinary competition, NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia said they stand by the IOA as taking an aggressive stance was the only way to force the hosts to "rethink".

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Pro Kabaddi: Mumba go down, Dabang win again

Few defence lapses in the closing stages of the match cost hosts U Mumba dear as the resultant all out with a minute to go handed defending champions Bengaluru Bulls a 30-26 win in a VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 7 encounter at the National Sports Club of India on Sunday.

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'My greatest victory': Egan Bernal hails Tour de France triumph

Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.

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Brooks Koepka surges to three-stroke victory at WGC St. Jude

World number one Brooks Koepka birdied three of the first six holes on the way to winning his first career WGC title Sunday at the St. Jude Invitational.

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Hurdles record 'just the beginning', says Dalilah Muhammad

The 29-year-old Dalilah Muhammad obliterated one of the longest-standing records in women's track and field on Sunday, storming home in 52.20sec at Des Moines' Drake Stadium. Muhammad said she expects her new 400m hurdles world record will be broken sooner rather than later as US runners eye a potential clean sweep at this year's World Championships.

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Bred At Altitude, Egan Bernal Lifts Colombian Cycling To New Heights

Egan Bernal, 22, became Colombia's first Tour de France winner and the youngest of any nationality since 1909.

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NRAI backs IOA's CWG boycott; Bindra, Narang differ

A day after the IOA wrote a letter to the sports minister, proposing to boycott the quadrennial multi-disciplinary competition, NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia said they stand by the IOA as taking an aggressive stance was the only way to force the hosts to "rethink".

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