Sharing her views after becoming the first ever Indian shuttler to win a silver in the World Championships, the 25-year-old said she felt terribly lost and not sure where her career was heading. “I was losing to lesser-ranked players and somehow not feeling confid ....

Discussing the principle of team combinations he said, “We, in the West Indies (in those times) believed in playing five bowlers and five batsmen. It’s simple, if you pick the top players for the country, then they should be able to perform. If five batsmen ....

A mind that is in pursuit of success has to remain resilient in the face of failure. India’s defeat to Sri Lanka is one such setback, and the scale of it suggests that it was more than a stumble; it is, in fact, a rude awakening. Failure doesn’t hold one ....

 In his book The Art of Captaincy, Mike Brearley writes that a cricket team thrives due to a ‘dint of differentiation’. Not everybody can attack and not everybody can defend. For example, the openers’ role is to provide a solid start, the middle-or ....

Pankaj Advani and Vidya Pillai have expressed their dejection at what they perceive to be the sports ministry’s bias towards Olympic disciplines, to the detriment of other sports. None of Vidya, M. Chitra or Sourav Kothari, who had been recommended by the Billiards ....

Lahiri, who shot sub-par rounds on each of the four days, climbed up from No. 53 at the start of the week to No. 38. However, his career-best is No. 33 which he attained at the end of March this year soon after his twin triumphs at the Malaysian Open and Hero Indian ....

 A superlative all-round performance from Australia A helped their side to a nine-wicket victory over South Africa A in the triangular one-day series at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. Opting to bat did not turn out well for the Proteas as they ....

 Veteran Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Praveen Tambe has come under spotlight after it was learnt that he had played an unsanctioned T20 match in the United States alongside tainted Bangladeshi cricket Mohammed Ashraful, who is banned on charges of match-fixing. Acco ....

The 49-year-old Akram, one of the best left-arm fast bowlers ever to play the game, was on his way to National Stadium where he was to conduct a training camp for young fast bowlers. “A car hit mine, I stopped him and then this guy stepped out and fired at my c ....

 Delhi’s Vani Kapoor and Chandimandir’s Amandeep Drall are buddies off the course but on it their rivalry is as big as their game. And, it was quite evident on the opening day of the 13th leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Coimbator ....