Ashleigh Barty's achievement in becoming the first Australian woman in 44 years to win the Australian Open title has seen her consolidate her place atop the WTA rankings. The 25-year-old has increased her lead over Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus -- who exited in the fourth round of the Australian Open to over 2,600 points.
Uncapped Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thushara has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the team's departure for the Australia tour.
Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has announced his retirement from cricket, his County Club Warwickshire Cricket confirmed on Monday.
Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar has said that batter Virat Kohli is not at his best right now, but it would order well for Team India if he ends up finding form sooner rather than later.
Ricky Ponting, one of the most successful captains ever, hailed Virat Kohli for his leadership skills, saying that under him India had improved its overseas record by winnings more Tests abroad than before. He also backed Rohit Sharma to do well as Kohli's successor.
India's star cricketer Smriti Mandhana's rise at the international level is exemplary. Be it dispatching the short balls over the ropes or slicing the ball towards the off-side, the 25-year-old Mandhana has been phenomenal and a nightmare for the top bowlers in the world.
Riding Ji So-yun's late long-range stunner, South Korea halted the Australian juggernaut with a 1-0 win to enter the semifinals of the Women's Asian Cup and book a 2023 FIFA World Cup spot here on Sunday.
Japan on Sunday qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in style as they reached the semifinals of the ongoing AFC Asian Cup with a 7-0 thrashing of Thailand here.
Former selector Sarandeep Singh praised Team India's U-19 squad for progressing to the Super League semi-finals of the ongoing U-19 World Cup.
Teenager Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the women's singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in men's singles final of the USD 75,000 Odisha Open badminton tournament in Cuttack on Sunday.
Set 257 to win in 48 overs, the visitors had looked on their way to a famous victory on the back of a devastating 52-run stand between Natalie Sciver (58) and Sophia Dunkley (45) before late strikes from Australia meant they finished on 245-9.
Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova won their fourth Grand Slam on Sunday, sweeping to the Australian Open women's doubles title against Kazakhstan's Anna Danilina and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The Czech pair battled from a set down to come through 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4 on the Rod Laver Arena and go one better than last year when they were runners-up.
Former Australia pacer Brett Lee, who received a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India's 75th Republic Day as a "mark of gratitude for his friendship" towards the country, on Saturday expressed his gratitude for the "honour".
Activists handed out 1,000 "Where is Peng Shuai?" T-shirts to spectators ahead of the Australian Open women's final Saturday to highlight concern for the Chinese tennis star.
India Open champion Lakshya Sen and Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod will lead the Indian men's and women's squad in the Badminton Asia Team Championships to be played at Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 15-20.
Mitchell Starc was not taking the number of wickets expected of a pacer of his calibre. He was also leaking plenty of runs on the field and, off it, he was losing his father to cancer. While Starc managed to keep his cricket going despite a below-par outing against India in the 2020-21 Test series at home, he lost his father to the dreaded disease soon after.
lmost five months after Rafael Nadal posted a photograph of himself on crutches after a medical procedure, the 35-year-old Spanish great is within range of his most improbable triumph.
Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of US$12,000 Saturday following his extraordinary outburst at the chair umpire during his semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open.
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand has been roped in as a mentor of the Indian players looking to break into the team for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where the sport will make a comeback after a gap of 12 years.
Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has been a professional cricketer, won a golf tournament and collected two tennis Grand Slam titles, with a third beckoning at the Australian Open on Saturday.
The ICC women's ODI World Cup CEO Andrea Nelson on Friday asserted that there will be no change in the number of venues or scheduling of the event despite the recent spread of the COVID-19's Omicron variant in host country New Zealand.
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen expressed his gratitude towards India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings on India's 73rd Republic Day.
England skipper Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the final two Twenty20 matches against the West Indies due to a quadriceps injury.
Argentina were without Lionel Messi but goals from Angel Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez gave the visitors all three points against Chile in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday.
India all-rounder Krunal Pandya might have become a victim of cyberbullying as on Thursday his Twitter account seemingly got hacked, where the hacker said he is willing to sell the cricketer's account in exchange for some bitcoins.
Novak Djokovic is set to return to action in Dubai next month for the first time since he was deported from Australia over his COVID-19 vaccination status ahead of the Melbourne Park Grand Slam.
The "Special Ks" show will have one final episode at the Australian Open after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis progressed to the men's doubles final against compatriots Max Purcell and Matt Ebden.
Captain of India's 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning hockey team, Charanjit Singh, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest that followed prolonged age-related illnesses.
Former Australia pacer Brett Lee is against the whole concept of workload management for fast bowlers, something that has become a trend amid a packed international calendar.
Wheelchair great Dylan Alcott bowed out of tennis Thursday after losing the Australian Open final, drawing the curtain on a glittering career in which he became a prominent disability advocate.
Sydney Sixers allrounder Dan Christian has offered "free beer" to anyone interested in playing for his injury- and COVID-19-hit team in Friday's Big Bash League (BBL) final, though Test cricketers need not apply.
Already rocked by the Djokovic fiasco days before it began, the Australian Open organisers would have hoped that the tournament would go on smoothly till some fans turned up at the stadiums wearing "Where is Peng Shuai?" shirts. Peng Shuai made headlines late last year when she levelled sexual assualt allegations against Zhang Gaoli, a former vice premier of China.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas will be hoping it is third time lucky in an Australian Open semi-final after his scintillating 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory against Jannik Sinner in the last eight on Wednesday at Rod Laver Arena.
India stalwart Virat Kohli retained his second spot in the ICC men's ODI batting rankings on the back of his decent performance in the recently-concluded South Africa series.
Led by former India captain Virat Kohli, the cricket fraternity queued up on Wednesday to wish the country on the occasion of its 73rd Republic Day.
Former Australia captain Adam Gilchrist described Steve Smith's absence from the COVID-19-hit Sydney Sixers for their Big Bash League game on Wednesday as "ridiculous," with Cricket Australia (CA) coming under fire for not finding a way to let him play.
As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to celebrated cricketers Jonty Rhodes and Chris Gayle, acknowledging their "profound connection" with the country.
Indian women's football team coach Thomas Dennerby on Wednesday blamed the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the country's ouster from the ongoing Asian Cup, alleging that the bio-bubble set up by the continental body wasn't foolproof as the home team players got affected due to Covid-19 positive hotel staff.
India's teen sensation Shafali Verma on Tuesday moved up one place to regain her position at the top of the ICC Women's T20I rankings for batters while her opening partner Smriti Mandhana dropped a spot to fourth.
Ashleigh Barty accelerated her march towards a maiden Australian Open title Tuesday with a straight-sets masterclass against Jessica Pegula, setting up a semi-final with Madison Keys.
The Tokyo Olympic bronze medal-winning side will begin the year with the FIH Hockey Pro League in South Africa, scheduled for next month.
A bronze medal at the BWF World Championships last December gave Sen the confidence to go all the way at the recently concluded India Open. To add a touch of style to that title on home soil, Sen defeated the newly-crowned world champion from Singapore, Loh Kean Yew, in the final. Here in this interview with TimesofIndia.com, Sen, who is world No. 13 now, opens up about that win and what he sees ahead for himself in the new year and beyond.
Australian Open chief Craig Tiley said the Novak Djokovic saga will not define the 2022 tournament but that he regrets how the volatile situation took the focus off the Grand Slam and players leading up to the Melbourne Park major.
Swiss watch maker Hublot, a sponsor of Novak Djokovic, believes getting vaccinated is a personal choice, the company's boss told Reuters after the world men's tennis No. 1, who is not vaccinated, was kicked out of Australia this month. "We are waiting to see what his position is with regard to all that he went through," he said in an interview.
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne has said that he is not surprised with Virat Kohli's decision to step down as the Test skipper, while adding that Jasprit Bumrah could become a good leader but Rohit Sharma is the frontrunner to become the Test captain as well at this moment.
England captain Joe Root on Monday was named ICC Men's Test Cricketer of 2021. Root scored 1708 runs in 15 matches with six centuries in 2021 and he was the cornerstone of England's batting.
All India matches in the women's Asian Cup football stands cancelled after their withdrawal from the tournament owing to a Covid-19 outbreak in their camp, the AFC said on Monday.
An agitated Daniil Medvedev teed off at the chair umpire and lost his cool in the heat before steadying to claim a 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-5 win over Maxime Cressy and book his second Australian Open quarterfinal on Monday.