Looking forward to the India-South Africa Test series, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir recalled the encounters between the two cricketing nations in the 1990s when the duel between Sachin Tendulkar and Allan Donald used to be the highlight of the matches.
India will be desperately hoping that Rohit Sharma replicates his phenomenal limited overs success as a Test opener when the experiment begins with the series opener against South Africa on Wednesday.
Long distance running guru Alberto Salazar, the former coach of Britain's four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah, has been slapped with a four-year ban after being found guilty of doping violations.
The players' auction for the next Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held at Kolkata for the first time, on December 19. The West Bengal capital is home to the Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. The auctions have mostly been held in Bengaluru so far.
When you follow your sport with passion, distances are of little importance. When NBA teams, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers cross swords for two pre-season games here, there will be about 14 students of the Woodstock School in Mussoorie who will be cheering for the players.
South African great AB de Villiers will make his debut in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League during the 2019-20 season after signing with Brisbane Heat, the team announced on Tuesday. The 35-year-old prolific batsman will join the Heat for the second half of the eight-team competition that runs from December to February.
Table toppers Dabang Delhi managed to hold on to the No. 1 position despite going down 33-42 to second-ranked Bengal Warriors in a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) contest, where the top raiders from either side - Naveen Kumar and Maninder Singh - were up against each other here on Monday.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, his childhood friend and former India teammate Vinod Kambli, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar and pace ace Zaheer Khan are among the 39 cricketers who are eligible, and thus set to vote in the elections of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), scheduled to be held on October 4.
Karsten Warholm retained his 400 metres hurdles world title in impressive fashion on Monday. The 23-year-old Norwegian -- who is on an unbeaten streak of 14 races -- came home clear of main rival Rai Benjamin timing 47.42 seconds with the American finishing in 47.66.
American Daniel Roberts hopes of winning a medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships were almost certainly dashed after he was disqualified for knocking down a rival's hurdle in the heats on Monday.
Mariya Lasitskene completed a superb hat-trick of high jump titles at the World Championships in Doha Monday. The 26-year-old, who is one of only 30 Russian athletes allowed to compete in Doha under the authorised neutral athlete banner, took gold ahead of Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech stormed away from the field to win the world championship 3,000 metres women's steeplechase gold medal on Monday, making amends for a mistake that cost her a place on the podium two years ago.
Jemimah Rodrigues has changed gears effortlessly, moving from national to international cricket. A stint in England playing the Kia Super League, saw the 19-year-old grow in independence & experience. This could prove invaluable for India at the T20 World Cup early next year, where the Mumbaikar will look to do damage with her bat.
Ethiopia's Muktar Edris won a thrilling battle over the last 200 metres to retain his title in the 5,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Monday.
The Annual General Meeting of the BCCI is on October 23 and the battle between the BCCI old guard led by N Srinivasan and Vinod Rai's Committee of Administrators has reached a flashpoint.
Halimah Nakaayi of Uganda won the women's 800m at the World Championships Monday, producing a sprint finish to claim the throne left vacant by the absent South African Caster Semenya. Nakaayi, 24, timed her race to perfection moving onto the shoulder of leader Ajee Wilson of the United States on the bend before kicking for home down the stretch.
Star Pakistan batsman Babar Azam on Monday went past India captain Virat Kohli to become the third fastest to 11 ODI hundreds after slamming 115 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan rode on a brilliant century from Babar Azam and fast bowler Usman Shinwari's five wickets to beat Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the second day-night international on Monday as Karachi staged its first ODI in a decade. The win gives Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the three-match series with the first ODI rained off in Karachi on Friday.
Victory in the three-match series would see India break the record of 10 straight home series wins they currently hold with Australia. Virat Kohli's India registered their 10th home series win with a 2-0 sweep over the West Indies last year. They have not lost a home series since 2013.
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal on Monday in a Premier League game which was a poor imitation of some of the past classic clashes between the rival clubs.
Bianca Andreescu had to dig deep as the Canadian teenager won her first match since her US Open heroics with victory in the China Open first round on Monday.
One-day big hitter Rohit Sharma will stake a claim to become India's first-choice opening Test batsman when they start a series against South Africa on Wednesday looking for a record-breaking win.
With his fearless approach, Sumit Nagal impressed iconic Roger Federer at the US Open and then took it forward by making two finals on the Challenger circuit, but the youngster is flabbergasted that people are just "walking away" when he needs support.
Manish Kaushik won a bronze medal in the 63kg category at the recent Men's World Championships in Russia, after losing 0-5 to Cuba's Andy Gomez Cruz in the semi-finals.
The three match India vs South Africa Test series begins on October 2. There's no doubt that spin will play a big role in the series. You would in fact think that when it comes to bowling on the traditionally spin-friendly tracks in India, the list of best five bowling figures in India vs South Africa Tests should have mostly spinners on it right? Wrong.
Mary Kom will be vying for her seventh World Championships title next month, which will be her first in the flyweight (51kg) division. With the Olympic rings tattooed on her arm, Mary has her sights set on a 'golden' hurrah at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Novak Djokovic may be one of the fittest athletes in the world but the world number one wrestled with rare feelings of being hopelessly out of shape during a workout with retired sumo professionals on Monday.Novak Djokovic may be one of the fittest athletes in the world but the world number one wrestled with rare feelings of being hopelessly out of shape during a workout with retired sumo professionals on Monday.
Over the years there have been quite a few scintillating knocks in India vs South Africa Test matches in India. Here's a look at the top five highest individual scores in India-South Africa Tests on Indian soil.
As far as travel arrangements for its historic trip to India are concerned, the Sacramento Kings is certainly living up to its name.
Singapore scripted history on Sunday as they defeated Zimbabwe by four runs to register their maiden win against an ICC full member nation.
India's much talked about Davis Cup clash against Pakistan will go ahead as scheduled in November but according to Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi, players are having second thoughts.
Alysson Felix won her 12th world title, and her first since becoming a mother, as the United States claimed the inaugural world championship 4x400 metres mixed relay on Sunday. In doing so, Felix, who won her first gold in 2005, overhauled Usain Bolt's record of 11 world titles.
After clinching the men's singles title at the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger clay event, India's Sumit Nagal has made a jump of 26 places to achieve a career-best ranking of 135.
The conflict of interest clause has once again come back to haunt Indian cricket. On Sunday, this most talked about and controversial rule in recent times, which has even trapped batting legend Rahul Dravid, denied former India batsman Sandeep Patil a chance to contest for the post of the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
The team of Muhammed Anas, V K Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Tom Nirmal Noah clocked 3 minutes 15.77 seconds to finish seventh in the field of eight countries on Sunday in Doha.
Lewis Hamilton sped closer to a seemingly inexorable sixth Formula One title with a 'special' victory in Russia on Sunday, but the Mercedes driver still insisted he was taking it one race at a time.
Hampered by injuries and poor form, Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli faces an uncertain future while his club are battling to recover from their own troubling period.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday urged Manchester United to show a killer instinct against Arsenal after scoring just 10 goals in their eight matches in all competitions this season.
Former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy stepped down from her position as a member of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) and director of the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) after being served a Conflict of Interest notice by BCCI Ethics Officer DK Jain.
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 metres gold on Sunday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.
Napoli got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory against Brescia on Sunday as Franck Ribery sealed a 3-1 win for Fiorentina against ten-man AC Milan that pushed the northerners down to 16th in the Serie A table with a third consecutive defeat.
Sevilla responded to two disheartening defeats by coming from behind to beat Real Sociedad 3-2 at home in an entertaining game on Sunday, denying the Basque side the chance to go clear at the top of La Liga.
A stress fracture ahead of the upcoming home Test series against South Africa has ruled out the premier Indian pacer, and an anticipated recovery period of two months will keep Bumrah out of the series against Bangladesh as well.
Hockey India on Sunday named a 33-member probables list for the junior women's national coaching camp, beginning on Monday at the Sports Authority of India here to prepare for a tour of Australia.
Top-ranked Kento Momota of Japan clinched the men's singles title at the Korea Open badminton tournament on Sunday with a win over number two Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan.
Speculation regarding former India skipper MS Dhoni's retirement has been rife ever since he decided to take a break from the game post the 2019 World Cup, but that has not ruffled the former India skipper one bit as he was spotted playing billiards at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) stadium here.
South Africa pacer Vernon Philander wants the team's senior players to take responsibility and throw the "first punch" at "big dogs" India in the upcoming three-match Test series starting October 2.
While addressing his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev's sportsman spirit after losing to Rafael Nadal in the US Open
Manchester City will need to loosen their purse strings and sign players in the January transfer window if they are to compete for titles this season, former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has said.