Seoul:-The Indian women’s hockey team started their South Korea tour with a 1-0 win over the hosts in the first hockey match of the five match series at the Jinchun National Athletic Centre on Monday. India started the match on a positive note as they focused on stringing together some passes, which saw them keep possession in the opposition’s half ...

Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released for the second consecutive week, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki, who maintained the first position for four weeks following her victory at the Australian Open, exchanged places with Halep on February 26, after losing points due to her defeat by Czech Petra Kvitova in the Qatar Open semi-final, reports ...

Switzerland legend Roger Federer remained at the number one spot with 10,060 points, exactly 600 points ahead of World No.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday while Simona Halep led the women’s ranking chart. Last month, the 20-time Grand Slam champion reclaimed the top spot for the first time ...

India and Sri Lanka being in action against each other had become such a repetitive event in the recent past that any new series was unlikely to generate that much interest. Now they will meet again, in the Nidahas Trophy 2018 Twenty20 tri-series, beginning in Colombo on Tuesday. The hosts will meet an Indian team led by Rohit Sharma. The ...

Durban:-Nathan Lyon has been fined 15% of his match fee by the ICC for dropping the ball near AB de Villiers after the South Africa batsman was run out on day four of the Durban Test. After the incident was reviewed by the match referee Jeff Crowe, Lyon was charged with conduct contrary to the spirit of cricket, a level ...

Australia 351 (M Marsh 96, Smith 56, Warner 51, Maharaj 5-123, Philander 3-59) and 227 (Bancroft 53, Maharaj 4-102, Morkel 3-47) beat South Africa 162 (de Villiers 71*, Starc 5-34) and 298 (Markram 143, de Kock 83, Starc 4-75, Hazlewood 3-61) by 118 runs Mitchell Starc missed out on a hat-trick but Australia had little trouble in wrapping up a ...

DUBLIN: The International Cricket Council (ICC) are looking into a heated off-field exchange between players on day four of the first test against South Africa in Durban on Sunday. CCTV footage from the players tunnel at Kingsmead showed Australia vice-captain David Warner and home wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock involved in a fiery exchange as players climbed the stairwell to their dressing ...

DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars’ South African all-rounder Cameron Delport is likely to miss most of his remaining PSL matches after the death of his mother in South Africa. An official of Lahore Qalandars told media that Delport’s mother passed away on Monday and the South African cricketer is set to leave for Durban to attend the funeral of his mother. “It ...

KARACHI: The big news for the residents of Karachi is that the international cricket will return to the city with Pakistan Super League’s final match on March 25. The National Stadium, which had the honour of hosting 41 test matches, 46 One Day Internationals and one T-20, is currently undergoing the process of renovation. Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Najam Sethi ...