Harbhajan Singh believes Jasprit Bumrah will forever remain indebted to Virat Kohli's "gut feeling", which got him the hat-trick, just like he is grateful to Sadagopan Ramesh for an incredible catch at forward short-leg 18 summers ago.
Top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka captured the last eight games in a dominating 6-3, 6-0 third-round victory that had 15-year-old Coco Gauff wiping away tears, but it was what happened next that was memorable.
Nick Kyrgios' eventful US Open ended in the third round as Russian Andrey Rublev turned aside the fiery Australian 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 6-3 in a battle of big servers on Saturday.
Kalidou Koulibaly handed Juventus a dramatic win on Saturday after scoring a last-gasp own goal that consigned Napoli to a 4-3 defeat after his side had battled back from three goals down to level the scores.
Alexander Zverev progressed to the last 16 at the US Open for the first time Saturday with a hard-fought 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene.
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.
Off-spinning all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall , who is 6'6" tall and weighs around 140 kg, surpassed former Australia captain Warwick Armstrong, who weighed 133-139 kg, to achieve the feat. Armstrong played 50 Tests between 1902 and 1921, leading Australia in 10 of them.
Hockey India on Saturday named a 33-member probables list for the senior men's national coaching camp, beginning September 2 at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru, to prepare for the Belgium Tour and the Olympic qualifiers.
West Indies' spin-bowling all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall removed Pujara as his maiden Test wicket in just the third over of his spell on day one of the second Test against India at the Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
Serena Williams is usually playing in the matches that thrill her most, but she's going to join a host of fans in watching Saturday's US Open third-round showdown between teen sensation Coco Gauff and top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka.
India experienced a mixed day at the US Open as Rohan Bopanna advanced to the men's doubles second round with Denis Shapovalov but Leander Paes made a first-round exit with Guillermo Duran.
Arsenal used to take ruling the roost over Tottenham Hotspur for granted, but the balance of power has swung Spurs' way over the past three seasons as they have become north London's Champions League regulars.
Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev overcame a hostile crowd to secure a 7-6(1), 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 win over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in a tension-filled clash on Friday and book a spot in the last 16 of the U.S. Open.
Pep Guardiola believes Alexis Sanchez cannot be blamed for his spectacular failure with Manchester United and expects the Chile forward to make an impact on loan with Inter Milan.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted on Friday he is happy with his striking options for this season despite not signing a replacement for the departed Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku.
Opener Mayank Agarwal played his best knock of the series on day one of the second Test, scoring 55 and adding 69 runs in partnership for the third wicket with skipper Virat Kohli (76). India were 264/5 at stumps. Hanuma Vihari (42*) and Rishabh Pant (27*) were at the crease.
“Woh jeet adhura tha,” Randhir Singh, the longstanding coach of the Bengaluru Bulls rued while talking about the team’s title win last season. Randhir, a man who wears his emotions on his sleeve, minced no words while talking about the pain of having to play away from home.
The tightly-contested season 7 of Pro Kabaddi has reached mid-season with the opening of the Bengaluru leg and the competition gets even tougher from here on.
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."
Arsenal and Tottenham battle for North London supremacy on Sunday in an early indicator as to who will be Manchester City and Liverpool's closest challengers for the Premier League title.
Insisting that India is currently at par with other leading hockey playing nations, four-time Olympian Dhanraj Pillay says he is confident of the national team's qualification for next year's Tokyo Games.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has been conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award, has vowed to always put his best foot forward whenever he comes to the cricket field to play for India and try to win matches for the team.
Australia captain Tim Paine believes Steve Smith's return could be decisive in their quest to retain the Ashes. Paine's men were on the brink of going 2-0 up with two to play only for England all-rounder Ben Stokes's stunning 135 not out to condemn them to a dramatic one-wicket loss in the third Test at Headingley last week.
Fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios mostly kept his cool en route to a 6-4 6-2 6-4 dismantling of Antoine Hoang in their second-round clash at the U.S. Open on Thursday.
India's national selection committee, which has been entrusted with the task of selecting Team India's new strength and conditioning coach with the help of consulting experts, is not on the same page as the players when it comes to the choice of candidate for the role, TOI has learnt.
Former Spain coach Luis Enrique announced the death of his nine-year-old daughter from bone cancer on Thursday. "Our daughter Xana passed away this afternoon at nine years old, after fighting for five intense months against osteosarcoma," Luis Enrique tweeted.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep crashed out in the US Open second round Thursday with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) loss to American Taylor Townsend.
There had been speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni might retire after the recently concluded World Cup in England where India were knocked out in the semi-finals. Dhoni sat out India's ongoing tour of the West Indies and was a notable omission in the Twenty20 squad announced on Thursday by the BCCI for next month's three-match series against South Africa.
Alexis Sanchez joined Italian giants Inter Milan on a season-long loan deal from Manchester United, both clubs announced on Thursday. Sanchez, 30, has endured a miserable time in Manchester since joining the Red Devils in January 2018 as reportedly the highest paid player in the Premier League.
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.
Juergen Klopp thinks Liverpool face a daunting task in their bid to retain the Champions League title this season given the "crazy" depth of quality in the competition.