Despite surviving on just the rice diet in Bangkok, the Indian boxing contingent returned with 12 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze), which is the country's best ever return at the Asian Boxing Championships.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted he was at fault as Ajax closed in on a first Champions League final for 23 years thanks to Donny van de Beek's early goal to win the first leg of their semi-final 1-0 on Tuesday.
Former India batsman VVS Laxman's letter to along with Sachin Tendulkar's request to Supreme Court-appointed ombudsman and ethics officer DK Jain request to Jain seeking a personal meeting, has put the CoA running the affairs at BCCI in a tight spot. Laxman's terse letter was about CoA giving the CAC members merely 24 hours to decide on the women's coach.
In a rain-truncated five-overs-a-side match in Bengaluru on Tuesday, an unfinished Rajasthan Royals' chase meant the match had to be abandoned as the rain returned to end RCB's mathematical chance of reaching the playoffs, forcing the two teams split points.
Tiger Woods' epic victory at the Masters was a sporting equivalent of the Moon landing which has triggered a ticket frenzy for the PGA championship, PGA of America chief Seth Waugh said Tuesday.
With an uncluttered mind, Delhi Capitals' opener Shikhar Dhawan has hit a purple patch in the IPL of late after scoring just two fifties in the first nine matches of the ongoing season.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Tuesday it had retrieved 2,262 samples from Moscow's former drug-testing laboratory which will be subjected to further analysis.M
All-rounder Andre Russell has been central to Kolkata Knight Riders' wins in this season of the IPL, especially with the bat; and with Chris Gayle too hitting form, West Indies couldn't have asked for anything better with less than a month to go for the World Cup.
Christian Eriksen admitted Tottenham were well below their best as Ajax seized the initiative with a 1-0 win in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday.
Dhoni missed Chennai Super Kings' last match against Mumbai Indians due to fever and has been absent from training for the last couple of days. Though CSK are through to the playoffs, they would ideally want their inspirational skipper back at the helm having lost three of their last four matches.
Donny van de Beek gave youthful Ajax a 1-0 win over Tottenham in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday, edging the Dutch side toward a first European Cup final in 23 years.
Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal took a memorable hat-trick in a five overs a side contest that was eventually called off due to intermittent rain. Royal Challengers Bangalore got a point from the called off game, taking them to nine points from 13 games, ending all their hopes in the tournament.
Shreyas Gopal dismissed RCB's Virat Kohli (25), AB de Villiers (10) and Marcus Stoinis (0) to achieve the feat. Gopal's hat-trick is the 18th instance of a bowler registering a hat-trick in the IPL history. Gopal finished with the figures of 3/12 in his one-over spell.
Here are the big sports events lined up for Wednesday (May 1) that comprise the action from Indian Premier League 2019 and New Zealand Open badminton tournament.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold in the Asian Games last year with a record throw, has been nominated for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the Athletics Federation of India.
Flamboyant opener Shikhar Dhawan on Tuesday said that the top three of Indian batting line-up, including himself, do not feel the added pressure going into the World Cup despite high expectations.
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming on Tuesday said captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had been "pretty sick" last week and a call on his participation in the game against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday will be taken before the toss.
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Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal along with Kidambi Srikanth will lead a strong Indian contingent at the 2019 Sudirman Cup mixed team championship, to be played in Nanning, China from May 19 to 26.
Experienced drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh on Tuesday returned to the Indian men's hockey team, which also features debutant Jaskaran Singh for the tour of Australia, starting May 10.
Weight loss and a much improved body composition has played a huge part in keeping India's in-form pacer Mohammed Shami injury-free over the past 12-18 months, says Kings XI Punjab physio Brett Harrop.
Sourav Ganguly extended his support to Vijay Shankar to do well in the World Cup and made it clear that the all-rounder has got a place because he has done well in Australia and New Zealand. There has been debate over Shankar being picked in the team ahead of Ambati Rayudu, with the selectors saying they chose the TN player for his "three-dimensional skills"
The BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and the legal team will be present in case Ombudsman Justice (Retd) D K Jain summons Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman for an in-person hearing in the alleged Conflict of Interest case.
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya Tuesday said though they have done well in the season so far, the three-time IPL champions are not yet thinking about the play offs.
Wimbledon prize money will total 38 million pounds ($49.4 million) for this year's championships, a rise of 11.8 percent, the All England Club announced on Tuesday.
With a gold, silver and an Olympic quota booked at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing, the 10m Air Rifle shooter Divyansh has broken barriers to go from a medal contender to a winner.
The mega Indian domestic season 2018-19, which featured over 2000 matches, finished on a high with the conclusion of Paytm Women's U-23 Challenger Trophy final in Ranchi.
Asian Games and championship gold-medallist Amit Panghal and 2017 world bronze-winner Gaurav Bidhuri were on Tuesday nominated for the Arjuna award by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Beating an Olympic champion for two consecutive times is no mean feat but Indian boxer Amit Panghal says it's no big deal either as Uzbek 'golden boy' Hasanboy Dusmatov is now a "bit scared of him".
Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul defended his strategy of playing slow initially while chasing a mammoth 213 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, saying one between him and Chris Gayle was supposed to go all out upfront while the other tried to take the game deep.Asian Games 2018 gold medal-winning Indian boxer Amit Panghal was on Tuesday nominated for Arjuna award by the Boxing Federation of India.
Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini are among the four pacers who will travel with India's 15-member World Cup squad in order to help Virat Kohli & Co train better during the tournament in England and Wales. While Saini is known to have express pace, Chahar is a good exponent of swing bowling. The other two are Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
While India pacer Mohammed Shami is certainly deserving of the Arjuna Award, by virtue of being part of India's best pace attack in history and having had a phenomenal season, the recommendation may hit a roadblock because of the tribulations in his personal life.
Indian limited overs vice-captain and opener Rohit Sharma turned 32 on Tuesday and prominent cricketers, past and present, took to Twitter to wish the 'Hitman' happy birthday.
We're talking match-winners who single-handedly won the match for the team. Which means stellar performances like Ajinkya Rahane's century for Rajasthan against Delhi or Manish Pandey's swashbuckling 83 not out for Hyderabad versus Chennai in a losing cause, count for little.
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson said his side came out with a complete performance as they clinched a convincing 45-run win against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League fixture on Monday.
"The way the game is played now days, T20s almost prepare you well for 50-over cricket. I think 50 overs cricket is almost an extended version of T20. The game has evolved, particularly over the past few years. So it may be a good preparation personally for me to be able to play and then just spend time in the middle against quality opposition from India and around the world," Steve Smith said.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is in the process of overhauling its existing coaching curriculum. Besides bringing Rahul Dravid on board as the head coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, the BCCI is also looking at hiring an education head to train coaching and training faculty.
David Warner signed off his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 journey in a grand fashion by scoring a brilliant 81 to help Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Kings XI Punjab by 45 runs here on Monday.
Almost a decade ago, Rahul Dravid told a starry-eyed Shreyas Gopal, "Your bowling will take over your batting, you will be a bowling all-rounder." Those words have proved prophetic.
On Thursday night, when the two bottom-rung teams face each other, Rajasthan Royals, placed seventh on the points table, will eye another win to keep their hopes in the tournament alive. RCB, who have little at stake, will want to finish their tournament engagements on a high.
David Warner's eighth fifty this season couldn't have come at a better time for Sunrisers Hyderabad and set up an ideal platform for Rashid Khan to revel with three for 21 in their 45-run win over Kings XI Punjab.
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is confident of more wins this season because he feels the management has finally managed to get the squad's balance right. Also, the decision to stick to a core team without chopping and changing too much after defeats has benefited the Delhi Capitals, feels Ganguly.
A master on the Formula One racing track, triple world champion Ayrton Senna was the pride of Brazil. Twenty-five years after his tragic death in the San Marino Grand Prix, he remains one of the country´s biggest sporting legends.
Australian cricketer James Faulkner caused confusion about his sexuality on social media on Tuesday after posting a picture of himself having dinner with "the boyfriend" before later clarifying he was "not gay".
David Warner signed off his IPL 2019 campaign in style, notching up his eighth fifty of the season to help Sunrisers Hyderabad take a step closer towards qualifying for the play-offs with a comfortable 45-run win over Kings XI Punjab on Monday. Playing his last match of the season before heading home for World Cup preparations, Warner struck a belligerent 81 off 56 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes.
Here are the big sports events lined up for Tuesday (April 30) that comprise the action from Indian Premier League 2019 and New Zealand Open badminton tournament.
India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on Monday scaled new heights in his rapidly rising career by becoming the first Indian to break into the top-25 of world rankings.
The football boots with which Paul Pogba effectively won the World Cup for France last year were sold for 30,000 euros ($33,470) at a Paris auction on Monday.