The raiders became wary of taking undue risks and the final of the STAR Sports ProKabaddi League’s second season dished out dismal fare in the presence of partisan and vociferous home fans at the National Sports Club of India here on Sunday. The defenders of ....

 After an absorbing first day’s play, day two of the second Test at P Sara Oval on Friday was torpid. Both sides seemed to just inch forward, and much of the play was underwhelming. India and Sri Lanka alternately allowed themselves just a toe in the door; Ind ....

 Playing his final Test, Sri Lankan batting legend Kumar Sangakkara was on Friday accorded a warm welcome as he walked out to bat with the rival Indian team forming a guard of honour to applaud the veteran cricketer. Coming in to bat after the fall of opener Dimuth ....

Resuming at the overnight score of 319/6, India were bowled out shortly after the lunch break and the hosts treaded cautiously to keep the match on an even keel at the end of the second day’s play. Opener Kaushal Silva (51 off 117 balls) played a watchful innin ....

Tendulkar visited the Foundation in the morning and spent time with the aspirants. With him were McGrath, Director of Coaching at the Foundation, and M. Senthilnathan, head coach. In the afternoon, Tendulkar and McGrath spoke about the Foundation’s contribution ....

While track and field buffs hungrily await the action from the World Championships, which begins in Beijing on Saturday, Anju is very excited with the recent news that the world body, IAAF, had suspended 28 athletes who had competed at the 2005 and 2007 Worlds. Anju, ....

B Rishikesh Bahadurdesai » Zahid Rafiq » TOPICS cricket BCCI Test cricket Decision to appoint new coach will be taken by Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman, says Thakur. The BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on Thursday c ....

 Top seed Vasisht Vinod Cheruku beat Anurag Nenwani 6-0, 6-1 to make the boys’ semifinals of the adidas-MCC National under-18 tennis championship at the Madras Cricket Club on Thursday. Abinikka Renganathan retired at 0-5 in the first set to let defending cham ....

If proof was required of the Indian batsmen’s recent weakness against spin, it was presented on a mostly bright Thursday at Krishnagiri. On a wicket that was by no means a square turner, the India ‘A’ batsmen came a cropper against the South Africa ‘ ....

The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator. — Edmund Gibbon, historian On a typically warm Chennai day, a group of young kids unfurl their sails and set out into sea on their Optimist-class boats, as the small vessels are called. Un ....