Luke Ronchi scored a 70-ball 88 on his test debut as New Zealand went on the attack after a woeful start to close on 297-8 on day one of the second test against England on Friday. Jimmy Anderson became the 12th player to pass the 400-wicket barrier in tests by removing M ....

The 17-time Grand Slam champion had been caught cold at Roland Garros in 2003 by a player ranked just as low, and he made sure that did not happen again. The second-seeded Swiss advanced to the fourth round for the 11th straight year with a clinical 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win ....

Indian men’s hockey coach Paul van Ass repeatedly stressed that tightening the team’s defence was one of his priorities since he took charge. Almost the entire training session on Wednesday evening was devoted to trying out every possible combination, concentrat ....

As FIFA faced the worst crisis in its 111-year history, Michel Platini, the former French international who now heads UEFA, Europe’s football confederation, said he had told Blatter to go, but the 79-year-old had refused. “I said, I’m asking you to ....

De Villiers, who has been granted leave for the birth of his first child with wife Danielle will, however, be back for the ODIs, reports espncricinfo. The wicketkeeper-batsman’s absence in the five-day format will end a run of 98 Tests, the fifth-longest stretc ....

Judicial officer Ibrahim Ali said Mr. Warner complained of exhaustion and was not able to face questions from reporters gathered for several hours outside the jail in this twin-island Caribbean nation. But a short while later, Mr. Warner donned a cap and a garland of ....

World No. 1 Saina continued her rampaging run and staved off Yu’s challenge at 21-19, 19-21, 21-14 in a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes. The Olympic bronze medallist will next take on two-time All England champion Shixian Wang, ag ....

Those arrested did not include Sepp Blatter, the Swiss head of FIFA, but included several just below him in the hierarchy of sport’s wealthiest body. Of the 14 indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), seven FIFA officials, including vice-president Jeffrey ....

Those arrested did not include Sepp Blatter, the Swiss head of FIFA, but included several just below him in the hierarchy of sport’s wealthiest body. Of the 14 indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), seven FIFA officials, including vice-president Jeffrey ....

The European federation UEFA had called for Friday’s elections in Zurich to be postponed due to the arrests and allegations, but the AFC said it was “opposing any delay”. U.S. charges against FIFA officials, possible sentences The U.S. Justice Depart ....