NEW DELHI: The much-awaited appointment of the next coach of the Indian men's cricket team has been deferred to an unconfirmed date, with the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman seeking Indian captain Virat Kohli's inputs before announcing…

AFP,  HAMBANTOTA: Sikandar Raza starred with the bat and ball to help Zimbabwe edge out Sri Lanka by three wickets and clinch a historic series victory…

AFP, LONDON: New England captain Joe Root praised the parts played by predecessor Alastair Cook and all-rounder Moeen Ali after his first Test as skipper…

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal failed to live up to the expectation in his first match for the Essex in the NatWest T20 Blast tournament as his side tasted a seven-wicket defeat to Kent on Sunday at Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham. Tamim scored just run-a-ball-seven runs with a six after coming…

AFP,  NEW DELHI: Batsman Rohit Sharma has returned to India's Test squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka that starts this month, the country's cricket board said Sunday. Rohit, who was rested for the West Indies tour after an injury made him miss most of the Indian Test season,…

GM Ziaur Rahman and GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib of Bangladesh earned 5.5 points each after 8th or penultimate round games in the Commonwealth Chess Championship-2017 in New Delhi on Sunday. GM Niaz Murshed, GM Enamul Hossain and WIM Shamima Akter Liza earned closely followed them with 5 points each.…

AFP, LONDON: South Africa stand-in skipper Dean Elgar has said Kagiso Rabada's ban from the second match of the England series is a "big loss for Test cricket" and not just the Proteas. The tourists suffered a thumping 211-run loss, with more than a day to spare, in the first Test at Lord's…

AFP, KINGSTON: Evin Lewis blazed his second hundred against India to lead the West Indies to a rampaging nine-wicket victory in the one-off T20 international…

Zahir Raihan, along with his coach Motiul Alam, left Dhaka yesterday at 12.50pm for Nairobi, where he will participate in the World Junior (Under-28) Athletics Championship to be held in the capital of Kenya. Zahir, the boy of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratisthan (BKSP), earned the feat to take part…

AFP, MADRID: Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says he is “very calm” about rumours linking Cristiano Ronaldo with a move away from the Spanish capital. “In that sense I am very calm,” Ramos told Spanish newspaper Marca on Sunday when queried about the Portuguese superstar's…

The Afghanistan cricket team has witnessed a gradual progress and leading the way has been young Rashid Khan. However, in the latest moment of another high point in their game, wicketkeeper Shafiqullah Shafaq hit a quickfire double century in a local tournament (Paragon Nangarhar Champion Trophy). The…

AFP, LONDON: England and Manchester United's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney declared himself 'ecstatic' after completing a move back to Everton,…

AFP, LONDON: British athletics great Mo Farah eased to victory in the 3000 metres at the Diamond League meet in the London Stadium on Sunday and insisted…

AFP, LONDON: Veteran manager Harry Redknapp revealed Sunday he had had a tumour removed from his bladder but fortunately it had not been diagnosed as malignant. The 70-year-old Birmingham manager -- who guided Portsmouth to FA Cup glory in 2008 -- told the 'Sun on Sunday' he had never been so…