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IPL: Smith power RPS to victory in last ball thriller

Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Steve Smith scored half centuries each to help Rising Pune Supergiant register victory against Mumbai Indians in 2017 Indian Premier League.

06 Apr 2017

India

PV Sindhu becomes the badminton World No 2 player

India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu reached the badminton World No 2 ranking, after her recent performances.

06 Apr 2017

Sports

Indian team for Davis Cup announced; Paes dropped

Doubles player Leander Paes has been dropped from India's Davis Cup team for the upcoming Uzbekistan tie.

06 Apr 2017

Arsenal FC

Premier League: Arsenal back to winning ways

Arsenal kept their Premier League title hopes alive after registering a comfortable 3-0 victory over West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium in London.

IPL : Sunrisers Hyderabad off to a winning start

Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) began their IPL 2017 campaign with a win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beating them by 35 runs.

04 Apr 2017

Vladimir Putin

Doping in sports up 14%: World Anti Doping Agency report

The 2015 figures for doping in sports published by WADA show 1,929 failed tests received sanction, up 14% from the previous year.

04 Apr 2017

BBC

Sunderland's David Moyes to face FA rap over 'slap threat'

The English Football Association (FA) has written to the Sunderland manager David Moyes and sought "observations" about the sexist slap threat he made to a female reporter.

IPL: RCB to be the most affected by player injuries

Days away from beginning, the IPL season 10 has already been plagued with player injuries.

03 Apr 2017

WWE

WWE: The Undertaker retires after 25-years of service

World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) one of the greatest professional wrestlers, 'The Undertaker' announced his retirement after suffering a loss in the WrestleMania 33. He lost to Roman Reigns.

Injury fears: Ravichandran Ashwin to miss IPL 10

World number one all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has been ruled out of the upcoming tenth season of Indian Premier League owing to a sports hernia injury.

01 Apr 2017

Sports

Harikrishna registers his second win at Shenzhen chess Masters

Indian Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala beat England's Michael Adams at the Shenzhen Masters, to bounce back from his loss in the previous match against Chinese player Yangyi Yu.

31 Mar 2017

Lionel Messi

Footballer Erik Lamela's season ends early after hip injury

Tottenham's Argentine mid-fielder Erik Lamela confirmed that he will be out of the remaining season due to a hip injury. He has not played since October last year.

30 Mar 2017

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli receives the Padma Shri award

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli was presented with the Padma Shri award by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

29 Mar 2017

Cambodia

Chhetri's last-minute goal helps India defeat Myanmar

Indian captain Sunil Chhetri struck in last minute to give India a 1-0 victory against Myanmar in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers at Yangon.

29 Mar 2017

FIFA World Cup

Brazil becomes the first team to qualify for FIFA WC

Brazil became the first team to book a spot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

29 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo most paid footballer in 2016-17

Real Madrid's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as the best paid footballer for the year 2016-17 by France Football.

28 Mar 2017

Lionel Messi

FIFA bans Lionel Messi for insulting match official

FIFA handed a four-match international ban to Lionel Messi after the Argentine forward was ruled guilty of insulting an assistant referee during a World Cup qualifier against Chile.

28 Mar 2017

DNA

NFL franchise Oakland Raiders set to move to Las Vegas

National Football League (NFL) franchise Oakland Raiders are all set to relocate to Las Vegas after the relocation was approved by NFL's club owners.

Is Ravindra Jadeja India's go-to test player?

ICC's number one bowler Ravindra Jadeja is the second highest wicket-taker of the 2016-17 season.

28 Mar 2017

Manchester United

Netherlands fire manager Danny Blind after embarrassing WC loss

Netherlands removed Danny Blind as its national team manager, following a deplorable 2-0 loss to Bulgaria in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

27 Mar 2017

BCCI

BCCI officials get directives from CoA

The Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by the Supreme Court has issued a directive to the three top officials of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after orders from the apex court.

25 Mar 2017

Serena Williams

Miami Open: Nadal, Nishikori advance to round three

In a quest to win his first title of the year, Rafael Nadal advanced into the third round of the 2017 Miami Open. He defeated Israel's Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-3.

25 Mar 2017

Gianluigi Buffon

Italy defeat Albania in world cup qualifier

Italy defeated Albania 2-0 in the European leg of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers as the Albanian fans held the game for about eight minutes after throwing smoke bombs and flares on the field.

24 Mar 2017

Lionel Messi

FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Messi scores as Argentina defeat Chile

Lionel Messi converted a 16th minute penalty to give Argentina a 1-0 win over Chile in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

24 Mar 2017

West Bengal

Santosh Trophy: Goa set up the title clash with Bengal

Hosts Goa are all set to lock horns with former champions West Bengal in the Santosh Trophy final.

24 Mar 2017

Virat Kohli

Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland takes a dig at Kohli

James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief, quipped that he is not sure if Virat Kohli knows how to spell 'sorry'.

24 Mar 2017

England

Joshna Chinappa crashes out of British Open Squash Championship

India's Joshna Chinappa suffered a second round defeat in the women's singles event to crash out of the 2017 Allam British Open Squash Championships in Hull.

23 Mar 2017

India

BCCI hikes fee for Indian cricketers

World's richest cricketing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has doubled the annual retainer fees and also hiked the match fees across all formats.

23 Mar 2017

Sports

ISSF World Cup: Ankur Mittal bags gold medal

Ankur Mittal continued his good form and bagged gold medal in the men's double trap event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Acapulco, Mexico.

23 Mar 2017

South Korea

LA, Paris not interested in hosting 2028 Olympics

Bidding to host the 2024 Olympic Games, Paris and Los Angeles have said that they are interested in the 2024 Olympics only and have no intention of hosting the 2028 Olympics Games.

22 Mar 2017

Liverpool FC

'Mr Liverpool' Ronnie Moran dies at 83

Former Liverpool player and coach Ronnie Moran died at the age of 83 after short illness.

22 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

2017 International Champions Cup to kick-off from 22 July

The 2017 International Champions Cup will begin from 18 July at Guangzhou. Four matches will be played in China from 18-24 July.

22 Mar 2017

Manchester City

Esports to generate $1.5 billion in revenue by 2020

Esports is set to become a $1.5 billion market with an audience base of around 600 million by 2020.

ICC Test Rankings: Jadeja, Pujara grab best spots

In the latest rankings released by International Cricket Council, Ravindra Jadeja has surpassed Ravichandran Ashwin to become the number one test bowler.

21 Mar 2017

UEFA Champions League

Got death threats after Ranieri was sacked: Jamie Vardy

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has revealed that he received death threats after manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked last month.

21 Mar 2017

Virat Kohli

Kohli has hidden true extent of his injury: Michael Clark

Former Australian captain Michael Clarke said that Virat Kohli's shoulder injury "could be worse than it appears".

21 Mar 2017

BCCI

Mumbai removed as BCCI's full-time member

In a move to overhaul the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), 41-time Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai has been removed as the full member of the board.

20 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

La Liga: Messi scores twice as Barca defeat Valencia 4-2

Barcelona were back to winning ways at Camp Nou after defeating Valencia 4-2 in La Liga.

20 Mar 2017

Novak Djokovic

After Murray, Djokovic too pulls out of Miami Open

Following Andy Murray, defending champion Novak Djokovic also pulled put of the Miami Masters tournament.

20 Mar 2017

Australian Grand Prix

2017 season of Formula One to kick off next week

The 2017 Formula One season is all set to kick off with the Australian Grand Prix from 26 March 2017.