International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N. Srinivasan said here on Sunday that the recent rule changes in the ODIs was to “restore balance between the bat and the ball in the game.” He was speaking after inaugurating a new automated irrigation system at the ....

Saina Nehwal hopes she can come out on top in her engrossing rivalry with Wang Shixian. The two have played 13 times in all, with the Chinese player shading the head-to-head record 7-6. They met at the Australian Open and the Indonesian Open most recently, with Saina los ....

Satnam Singh Bhamara became the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being picked by Dallas Mavericks here. The 19-year-old, who hails from a remote village in Punjab and stands 7 feet 2 inches tall, was the 52nd ....

He was only 14, but at 7 feet, he stood out in a group of 50-odd school children, selected from across the country at the Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri in Delhi in July 2010. Coach Dan Barto and Director of IMG’s basketball academy, Andy Borman, were scouting fo ....

Ramandeep Singh scored two fine goals as the showpiece sub-continental hockey encounter between India and Pakistan ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw in the World League Semifinals at the KHC Dragons Stadium here on Friday. Asian Games champion India threatened to score a lat ....

Even before being picked by the Dallas Mavericks, Satnam Singh knew very well that he was the torchbearer of Indian basketball. Satnam stated the same when the Mavericks management team asked about his ambitions, a few days prior to the draft. “I told them that I w ....

The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000, in a poll conducted by cricket.com.au. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara received the second highest votes, followed by Adam Gilchrist of A ....

Even though the scheduled tour of the Indian team to Zimbabwe next month is yet to be officially confirmed, the national selectors have been told by the BCCI to pick the team in Delhi on June 29. However, no information over the availability, or otherwise, of the top pla ....

 Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was instrumental in India’s 2011 World Cup win, is on an investment spree. This week, his venture capital fund, YouWeCan Ventures, has acquired stake in two start-ups — Healthians.com and EduKart. These start-ups are focused ....

From the threat of a washout in the one-off Test match to the danger of a ‘Banglawash’ in the One-Day series the Indian cricket team’s tour of Bangladesh contained umpteen surprises. The 1-2 loss in the One-Day series is a dark spot in India’s cricke ....