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06 Feb 2017

NFL

Patriots defeat Falcons to win the Super Bowl LI

AFC champions New England Patriots defeated NFC champions Atlanta Falcons 34-28 to lift the Super Bowl LI.

06 Feb 2017

England Cricket Team

Alastair Cook steps down as England captain

After leading the England cricket team in 59 tests, Alastair Cook has stepped down as the captain of the team.

06 Feb 2017

Sports

India defeat NZ 4-1 in Davis Cup tie

India won their Davis Cup tie against New Zealand 4-1, after Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri won their reverse singles draws on the final day.

06 Feb 2017

India

BCCI: Officials appointed by Anurag Thakur sacked

In a new turn of events at the BCCI, the Supreme Court appointed panel has decided to sack board officials appointed by former president and secretary.

04 Feb 2017

Iran

Iran bans US wrestling team from competition

Amidst growing tension between Iran and the US, Iran announced that it had decided to ban a US wrestling team from competing in the Freestyle World Cup competition.

04 Feb 2017

Egypt

Cameroon beat Ghana to reach AFCON final

Cameroon defeated Ghana 2-0 to make it to the Africa Cup of Nations final.

IPL auction postponed to 20th February

The auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League has been postponed from 4th February to 20th February owing to the changes in the top brass in BCCI.

ICC Meeting: Why BCCI's vote won't count?

BCCI will see itself cornered at the ICC's board meet for the first time in more than 25 years.

03 Feb 2017

Wriddhiman Saha

ICC T20I rankings: India climbs to second spot

After registering a 2-1 victory over England in the recently concluded T20 series against England, the Indian team climbed to second spot in the ICC T20I rankings.

Denied visas under standard adjudication: US

The US clarified that the visas it denied to the two Kashmiri athletes was under standard adjudication and had no connection with Trump's executive order.

02 Feb 2017

Davis Cup

Davis Cup: Leander Paes's chase towards a world record

Tennis star Leander Paes will be chasing a world record as he plays the Davis Cup doubles match against New Zealand on Saturday.

02 Feb 2017

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea great Frank Lampard announces retirement

Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard announced his retirement.

02 Feb 2017

England

England must learn to play spin bowling: Trevor Bayliss

England cricket coach Trevor Bayliss said that England batsmen need to learn to play spin bowling.

01 Feb 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Chahal's six wickets help India defeat England in third T20

Indian defeated England by 75 runs in the third T20 international at Bangalore to win the three match T20 series 2-1.

Andre Russell banned for one year for doping violation

West Indies cricketer Andre Russell has been handed a one year ban from cricket for violating a doping whereabouts rule.

01 Feb 2017

Chinese Super League

Premier League transfers: Manolo Gabbiadini goes to the Saints

On the deadline day of the January transfer window for the Premier League, Manolo Gabbiadini was transferred to Southampton from Napoli.

Two Indian athletes denied US visa due to "current policy"

In yet another development around President Trump's immigration policy, two Indian athletes from Kashmir, Tanveer Hussain and Khan Abid Hussain, were denied visas to participate in the 2017 World Snowshoe Championship in New York.

01 Feb 2017

BCCI

BCCI: New administrators met for the first time

After being appointed as the administrators for the BCCI, the new members met for the first time at IDFC Bank's premises in Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai.

31 Jan 2017

India

Bindra, Gopichand named in India's Olympic task force

Nation's only Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and former Olympian and badminton Coach Pullela Gopichand have been named in the Sports Ministry's eight member task force to prepare a detailed action plan for the next three Olympic Games.

30 Jan 2017

David Warner

Stionis 146* in vain; NZ beat Australia by 6 runs

Marcus Stionis went on to score 146 runs for Australia, only to end up on the losing side in the first ODI match against New Zealand.

30 Jan 2017

India

SC appoints new administrative team for BCCI

The Supreme Court today nominated a four-member panel to look after the administration of the BCCI.

Eoin Morgan cries foul over umpiring in second T20

England captain Eoin Morgan has expressed his frustration over poor umpiring at the second T20 international against India at Nagpur.

29 Jan 2017

PV Sindhu

Sindhu wins Syed Modi International Badminton Championship

PV Sindhu won her first women's singles Syed Modi International Badminton Championship title, defeating Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska 21-13, 21-4.

29 Jan 2017

French Open

Federer defeats Nadal; wins Australian Open

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the 2017 Australian Open men's singles finals to win his 18th Grand Slam title.

28 Jan 2017

Serena Williams

Australian Open: Serena Williams wins women's singles title

World number two Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams to lift the 2017 Australian Open trophy at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

28 Jan 2017

PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu in finals of Syed Modi International Badminton Championships

PV Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Fitriani to reach the women's singles finals of 2017 Syed Modi International Badminton Championship in Lucknow.

28 Jan 2017

Sports

Australian Open: Serena Williams wins women's singles title

World number two Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams to lift the 2017 Australian Open trophy at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

28 Jan 2017

Thiruvananthapuram

National level swimmer hangs herself in Mumbai

Tanika Dhara, a 23-year old national level swimmer working as a junior clerk with the Western Railways has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Mumbai's Lower Parel area.

28 Jan 2017

UEFA Champions League

Arsenal boss handed four match touchline ban

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been handed a four-match touchline ban and a $31,000 fine by the Football Association after he was found insulting the fourth official during Arsenal's match against Burnley.

28 Jan 2017

Usain Bolt

Bolt returns his 2008 Olympic medal

Usain Bolt has confirmed that he has returned his gold medal, which he had won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 4x100m relay race.

27 Jan 2017

PV Sindhu

Syed Modi Badminton: PV Sindhu reaches semi-finals

Rio Olympic silver medalist Pusarla Venkata Sindhu reached the semi-finals of Syed Modi International Badminton Championships after she defeated Vaidehi Choudhari in the quarter-final match in Lucknow today.

27 Jan 2017

French Open

Rafael Nadal reaches Australian Open finals

World number nine Rafael Nadal reached the finals of the 2017 Australian Open after defeating Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov in a five-setter semi-finals match.

27 Jan 2017

French Open

Australian Open: Sania Mirza reaches finals of mixed doubles

Second seeded Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig marched into the finals of mixed doubles at the 2017 Australian Open.

26 Jan 2017

India

England win the first T20 against India

England took a 1-0 lead in the T20 series as they chased the target of 148 runs with 11 balls to spare.

26 Jan 2017

Serena Williams

Roger Federer reaches Australian Open finals

17 times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer reached the finals of 2017 Australian Open after defeating fellow countryman Stanislas Wawrinka.

26 Jan 2017

India

Rahul Dravid declines honorary doctorate; says wants to earn it

Former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid has turned down a honorary doctorate degree conferred by Bangalore University.

25 Jan 2017

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt stripped of one Olympic gold medal

Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt will have to return his 2008 Beijing Olympics medal that he won in the men's 4x100m relay race after his team-mate Nesta Carter was tested positive for a banned substance.

24 Jan 2017

Wriddhiman Saha

Saha, Pujara help Rest of India team lift Irani Cup

Wriddhiman Saha and Cheteshwar Pujara scored unbeaten knocks of 206 and 116 respectively to guide Rest of India to Irani Cup victory against the Ranji champions Gujarat.

24 Jan 2017

India

Hockey India still waiting for an apology: PHF

Pakistan Hockey Federation's Shahbaz Ahmad said that Hockey India is still waiting for a written apology over the 2014 Champions Trophy incident.

24 Jan 2017

BCCI

SC stays order on naming BCCI administrators

The Supreme Court today held back its order to name the BCCI administrators. The cricketing body said that they also wanted to submit some names as administrators in the cricketing body in a sealed cover.