PUNE: When teams vying for higher rewards battle teams which have nothing to lose, sparks fly, just like those EPL matches where one team eyes a Champions League berth and the other looks to avoid relegation.

NEW DELHI: One just got the feeling that it was going to be Virat Kohli's night on Friday. There is a familiar swagger to the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper's footsteps when he comes out to bat at the Feroz Shah Kotla. And why shouldn't it be like that? After all, Kohli has learnt most of his trade at this very ground.

HYDERABAD: Doubles specialist Jwala Gutta has opted out of the Sudirman Cup team championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur from May 19 to 26.

MUMBAI: You can't miss the irony if you have followed the drama surrounding the Sri Lankan cricketers playing in the Indian T20 league.

Delhi Daredevils mentor Vivian Richards walked into the TOI office and immediately seemed to roll back time. There it was, the characteristic swagger, that laidback charm, that compact frame.

LONDON: As a boy, Alex Ferguson is believed to have played for a youth team that was coached by David Moyes's father. Ferguson and Moyes have many things in common - one of which being both are graduates of the Glasgow's Drumchapel Amateurs FC.

PUNE: Kolkata Knight Riders hung on to their slender hopes of qualifying for the playoffs after outplaying a listless Pune Warriors by 46 runs in their T20 league match on Thursday.

MADRID: Japan's world number 14 Kei Nishikori dumped defending champion Roger Federer out of the Madrid Masters at the third round stage on Thursday as he beat the 17-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

MOHALI: It's billed as a match between one man in sublime touch versus a team which is packed with in-form players who are maximizing their potential to the hilt.

LONDON: One of the most storied journeys in world football will end when the current English Premier League comes to a close later this month.