Kolkata: Top seed Tania Sachdev faced stiff resistance before prevailing over Padmini Rout in the first round of the 40th National Premier Women's Chess Championship here today.Former world U-14 girl

New Delhi: After a career-threatening knee injury that required two surgeries within days of each other, Manoj Tiwary is back from London and is ready to accept the fact that he won't be able to play

Ipoh (Malaysia): Three-time champions Pakistan became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the Asia Cup hockey tournament after defeating Malaysia 4-1 in their second Pool A match, here to

Jaipur: Left-arm medium pacer Aniket Choudhary, who was recently selected in India A team to face the visiting New Zealand A side, has won the Mathura Das Mathur Award established by Jaipur Blues Cri

Singapore: The Indian under-23 team today lifted the ACC Emerging Trophy tournament after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan by nine wickets in the final with opener Lokesh Rahul (93) being the star of a

All-rounder Wayne Parnell and Simon Harmer put on an unbeaten 134-run stand for the seventh wicket to help South Africa A finish Day One at 231/6 in the second unofficial Test against India A on Satur

Australia’s hopes of forcing a consolation win in their Ashes finale against England were left hanging by a thread after rain washed out the whole of the fourth day’s play at the Oval on Saturday.

Former captain Rashid Latif on Saturday said Pakistan cricket authorities should not force leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to plead guilty to spot-fixing until he has exhausted all legal options available

Ahmed Shehzad hit the highest international Twenty20 score by a Pakistan player to lead his country to a second win in two days over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

Hyderabad: St Andrews' Shaik Sohail, Bhavans' P. Sai Vikas, All Saints' Mohammed Atthar and St John's Church Jr College's Abhishek Singh were the star performers of the day at the HCA Coca Cola under