BANGALORE: Sunrisers Hyderabad may have spent a long time discussing how to tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore's explosive opener Chris Gayle ahead of the opening tie in Hyderabad. Their plans paid off in Hyderabad on Sunday night.

WASHINGTON: Here's the tall and short of the story: India is a midget when it comes to world basketball (ranked No. 58, below Mali and Cape Verde); but it is a giant when it comes to size of market and running a business.

JAIPUR: Expressing disappointment at his team's loss against Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir said it was the batsmen who should be blamed as they failed to achieve a modest target.

CHENNAI: Come November, Viswanathan Anand will be defending his world title against Magnus Carlsen at home. Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa had pitched in for it and the world chess federation (FIDE) awarded the game to Chennai without a bidding process.

PARIS: Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and Bill Clinton were among the former friends and foes who joined in tributes to Margaret Thatcher, praising the fearlessness and fierce determination of an "iconic" leader.

TEHRAN: Iran, under international sanctions for its nuclear enrichment programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two uranium extraction mines, state media said.

Kota:Kota - Hanumangarh passenger train on Tuesday to pay more rent. Superfast Express after it has become routine. Tickets will also be charged with the superfast charge. Second and third tier AC sleeper class and Rs 30 to Rs 45 will be charged.

HYDERABAD: In a game which went down to the wire, and into the Super Over, the first in the sixth edition of the league, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five runs in the T20 league at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal.

FRANKFURT: It's been a while since the soiled jerseys and worn-out boots have made way for the dapper suits with spit-polished shoes but there's no taking Karl-Heinz Rummenigge away from football, or, to be more specific, Bayern Munich.

PUNE: Pune Warriors found their losing streak too hard to break as they crashed to their 11th consecutive defeat in the franchise-based T20 league, an eight-wicket pummeling by Kings XI Punjab at the Gahunje stadium on Sunday.