This season too, Sri Lankan cricketers will not be figuring in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Chennai. Reliable sources say the security agencies in the city have told the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) that players from Sri Lanka could be at risk given ....

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Christian Benteke scored a potentially priceless hat-trick as Aston Villa avoided slipping into the Premier League relegation zone by drawing 3-3 at home to Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. After Matt Phillips put QPR ahead, a Benteke b ....

The Indian Premier League’s (IPL) eighth edition opening ceremony turned out to be a starry affair. Heavy rain failed to dampen the spirit of Kolkata as a dazzling Bollywood-awards style opening ceremony kick started the gala cricket show. The cine stars managed ....

Kolkata: A lacklustre emcee in Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor almost taking a tumble and Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma stepping on a light were part of the IPL opening ceremony on Tuesday that veered from the script and seemingly failed to live up to expectations. (Indi ....

Zaheer Khan last played an ODI in August 2012. A tendon injury saw him abort his IPL campaign in May last year. That was the last time he had appeared in a game of cricket of any relevance. Despite having not played in 11 months, two IPL teams — Mumbai Indians and Del ....

Those were days of awkward unpleasantness for Saina Nehwal. The march into the All England final was still a few fortnights away, and the No. 1 ranking wasn’t a talking point yet, not quite in striking distance. Like a child who believes her toffee has been rudely sna ....

Pace bowler Kyle Mills has followed team mate Daniel Vettori into retirement from international cricket after New Zealand’s loss to Australia in Sunday’s World Cup final. While Vettori, who announced his international retirement when the team returned to Auck ....

The Super League Games of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the domestic T20 competition, begins in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar from Wednesday, but none of India’s top stars will feature in the tournament as they would have joined their respective IPL teams. Moreover, talent s ....

A good-old politician came calling on the Australian cricketers at the nets while some good-old politics sneaked in at the Sydney Cricket Ground when the Indians were training. Former Aussie PM and lifelong cricket fan, Bob Hawke, brought with him smiles and hearty laughs. ....

Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch will produce a high-scoring World Cup semi-final against India on Thursday. “I think the Sydney pitch will be very similar to the one we used in the game against Sri Lanka more than a fortnight a ....