Speedster Ishant Sharma has been suspended for India’s first Test against South Africa in Mohali which starts on November 5 after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in the third Test. Ishant, in the first over of Sri Lanka’s second inning ....

 Much of the credit for India’s success in the second Test at the P Sara Oval would understandably be placed on R. Ashwin, who took seven wickets in all, including five in the second innings. K.L. Rahul, who hit a first-innings century and kept wickets with a fai ....

The 26-year-old, the reigning Asian champion and national record holder, clocked her season’s best of two minutes 0.95 seconds to finish second last in the first of the six heats failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Three top finishers in each of the six heats ....

Justice A S Bopanna, who heard the case on a petition filed by Girisha, directed the respondents to reply to the notices within 15 days. Sania, who won her first women’s doubles Grand Slam title by lifting the Wimbledon crown with Swiss partner Martina Hingis i ....

 Lalita Babar has a story to tell to her grand children — that she ran the race of her life, spectacularly leading a galaxy of runners by a huge margin and for a considerable time in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final of the World athletics championships ....

Defending champion LaShawn Merritt, who also won in Berlin in 2009, timed a personal best of 43.65sec for silver, while Grenada’s Olympic champion Kirani James claimed bronze in a season’s best of 43.78sec. Meanwhile a sparkling Kenyan double was overshad ....

1. Pacers and spinners complementing each other “In England, Australia and New Zealand, the spinners’ success follows that of a good pace attack,” R. Ashwin had said. “It’s a question of working together.” If ever the statement nee ....

India beat hosts Sri Lanka by 278 runs in the second Test to level the three-match series 1-1. Other India batsmen Lokesh Rahul went up 30 places to 87th and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was up 15 places to the 100th spot. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s m ....

Skipper Virat Kohli spoke recently of discussing DRS among players, and more pertinently, Anurag Thakur, BCCI Secretary, suggested that India might “exclude the lbw decisions and adapt the DRS without it.” Healthy compromise That might be a healthy com ....

Only the second day will prove how substantial a first-innings total of 260 is. The wicket is turning, the bounce is uneven and, according to the batsman who spent the most time at the crease, it has already begun to deteriorate. Desperately unlucky But for that b ....