CREWE, England — After 88 years and more than 3,000 matches, Harold Finch thought he had seen everything, but Sunday was a rare event. The season is over for Finch’s beloved club, Crewe Alexandra, which plays in the third tier of English soccer, but an unusua ....

The new regime of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had set its priorities on assuming power and the first step in this direction was taken on Monday when Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman were drafted in as advisors on purely honorary ba ....

 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will clash in a quarterfinal blockbuster on Wednesday at Roland Garros in one of the sport’s most-eagerly awaited clashes of recent times. World No.1 and top seed Djokovic eased into the last eight on Monday with a 6-1, 6-2, 6- ....

World No.1 and top seed Djokovic eased into the last eight on Monday with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win over Richard Gasquet. Defending champion Nadal, seeking a 10th Roland Garros crown, saw off unseeded Jack Sock, 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. In the women’s tournament, defen ....

The Indian hockey team is all geared up to take on Japan in what would be the first of the four-match Test series at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday, which is preparation for the upcoming World League semifinal to be held at Antwerp in June. Following their third plac ....

Veteran West Indies southpaw Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s hopes of a happy farewell stand squashed after he was left out of the 14-man West Indies squad for the first Test against Australia starting here on Wednesday. Chanderpaul, the second highest run-scorer for the ....

Pakistan made two changes from the team which took a 2-0 lead in the series when it won the second match by six wickets on Friday. Babar Azam, a 20-year-old batsman, makes his ODI debut and replaces Haris Sohail while Mohammad Sami was dropped after remaining wicketl ....

Klopp, who is leaving after seven years in charge, said he would not be talking about his "painful" departure, adding it could have been a completely different game if Dortmund had enjoyed a bit more luck. "The departure is starting to be painful now. Now ....

Watling and Brendon McCullum added 121 runs against a toothless England attack to help New Zealand move 338 ahead with two days of a fluctuating match left, well placed to level the two-Test series at 1-1. England had resumed in the morning on 253 for five in overcas ....

The league will have 56 games in home and away format, followed by double-leg semifinals from December 11 and final on December 20, 2015 at a pre-decided venue to be announced later. All the matches will kick off at 7.00pm IST. After the opener in Chennai, FC Goa ....