Gianni Infantino is the new president of FIFA after securing 115 votes in the second round of Friday's election in Zurich. Infantino sprung a surprise by outstripping favourite Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa in the first round by 88 votes to 85. In round tw ....

The Pakistan government on Thursday allowed its cricket team to participate in next month’s World Twenty20 in India but has requested “special security arrangements” for the side during the event. Ending weeks of speculation on the matter, Pakistan Cric ....

 A tale of two contrasting halves left the Ranji Trophy final between giants Mumbai and dark horse Saurashtra poised for a close finish after the second day’s play. Shreyas Iyer’s vividness with the willow first gave Mumbai the upper hand but the all-pace S ....

 Riding on the strength of its compact defence U Mumba trounced an off-colour Bengaluru Bulls 39-18 in their ProKabaddi League clash at the Thyagaraj Nagar Sports Complex here on Thursday. U Mumba was favoured to win the contest and it did not disappoint its support ....

Opting to bowl, the UAE bowlers were at the receiving end of a Sri Lankan onslaught in the first few overs as the openers Dinesh Chandimal and Tillakaratne Dilshan piled up 68 in nine overs. In the 10th over, the dismissal of Dilshan, who was caught by Muhammad Usman ....

Sania and her Swiss partner Mirza lost 2-6 6-4 10-5 to Russian pair Elena Vesnina and Daria Kasatkina on Thursday night. The last time the Indo-Swiss pair, who have won three doubles Grand Slams in a row, had lost was way back in Cincinatti last August. After surv ....

The expected announcement came late last night through a press release from the PCB, which said that the changes were necessitated due to injuries to batsman Azam and pace bowler Raees. “After having looked at the performance of the players in the PSL, the sele ....

 Both Australia and New Zealand played down any significance of the umpires warning the visitors for throwing the ball to wicketkeeper Peter Nevill on the bounce in order to aid its deterioration during the third day of the second test on Monday. The visitors are on ....

A BCCI release said that Dhoni "suffered a muscle spasm in the back during a training session" at Dhaka on Monday. Patel, 30, has been recalled for a Twenty20 international after four and half years. He kept wicket for India in a Twenty20 match against Engl ....

 Despite their potent on-field partnership and friendship off it, Glenn McGrath does not agree with Shane Warne’s outspoken views on their former captain Steve Waugh. Warne had termed Steve Waugh as the “the most selfish cricketer I have played with.&rdq ....