Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara defeated world No. 2 Saina, who seemed to struggle with her ankle injury, 21-14, 21-6 in women’s singles. The World Championship silver medallist will play world No. 1 Carolina Marin in another Group A match on Thursday. Srikanth ....

Anil Kumble has stepped down as the chief mentor of Mumbai Indians with immediate effect. “Mumbai Indians is grateful to Anil Kumble, India’s highest wicket taker in both Tests and one days for his contribution in strengthening the Mumbai Indians Franchisee. ....

Badminton Association of India (BAI) todon Monday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh to PV Sindhu in recognition of her impressive title victory at the Macau Open. Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world, beat World no. 6 Minatsu Mitani from Japan 21-9 21-23 21-14 in the fina ....

Ashwin claimed 12 for 98 in the third Test in Nagpur to spin his side to a 124-run victory and India could move as high as second place in the ICC Test Championship if they win the fourth Test which starts on Friday. Ashwin’s ascent from the fifth position mean ....

It’s all smooth sailing from here on out, crooned Josh Homme. Or so Mumbai thought after amassing 32 points from seven Ranji Trophy Group B engagements to top the points chart and become the only team to book a quarterfinal berth. Alas, the spectre of ‘chucking& ....

Tamil Nadu and Punjab find themselves with a lot to play for in their final Ranji Trophy Group B league match beginning at the NPR College of Engineering and Technology grounds here on Tuesday. With Mumbai having already qualified for the play-offs, the remaining two spo ....

 German Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg won for the Mercedes team the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Yas Island here, marking his third successive victory of the season. Starting on the pole position, Rosberg, 30, who holds German and Finnish citizenship crossed the finishing l ....

“He (Virat) is a good leader ... he will be a good leader, but I have said before challenges for Indian captains is not in India its away,” the former left-hand batsman said on the sidelines of Coca Cola-NDTV ‘Support My School’ campaign in Mumba ....

What explains the fact that the former India cricket captain continues to occupy India’s collective consciousness even without that heavy willow? Happily retired but just as busy as any other 42-year-old, Tendulkar says he is experiencing the other joys of life, l ....

The match was over inside three days, which hasn’t happened in an Adelaide Oval test since 1951 and which highlighted the differences of using the pink ball and playing under lights in the longest form of the game. Ball dominated bat, particularly in the twilig ....