When Fischer asked Anand about an Indian pain balm
Former World champion Bobby Fischer remains one of the most enigmatic characters that world chess has ever produced. India’s first Grandmast...
COVID-19: Swimming pros sell vegetables, tea to make a living
While most other sports are limping back to life amid the pandemic, swimming has been one of the worst hit. The situation got worse this wee...
Serie A to weigh private equity bids amid coronavirus crisis: Sources
Italy's top-flight soccer clubs have mandated Serie A to weigh private equity bids for its broadcast rights business as they look at way...
Keen to revive Moin Ud Dowlah tournament: Azharuddin
The Moin Ud Dowlah Gold Cup tournament was one of the premier tournaments hosted in Hyderabad. Over the years, the tournament -- which saw t...
Carlsen gives away a point after opponent loses online connection
The world champion provided a moment of magic in the $150,000 online Chessable Masters as he intentionally gifted rival Ding Liren a point i...
Chris Silverwood backs 'talisman' Ben Stokes to step up as England captain
England coach Chris Silverwood is confident "talisman" Ben Stokes will lead from the front in Joe Root's absence during next w...
Virtual crowd and sound: La Liga’s path to the new normal
La Liga -- before the season restarted around mid-June -- set out to find a way to fill those empty spaces and provide the television audien...
Mesut Ozil's wages won't influence selection, says Mikel Arteta
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insists unhappy Mesut Ozil will not be selected just because he has a huge salary. Ozil is reportedly the highe...
No saliva? No sweat for ball-makers
As much as the cricket-lovers are eagerly waiting for resumption of the game, there will be quite a few anxious discerning eyes following ho...
Djokovic event lacked bit of common sense, says Amritraj
Novak Djokovic's intentions in organising the ill-fated Adria Tour were good but the world number one could have applied a bit more comm...
Messi scores 700th goal but Atletico draw hurts Barcelona's title hopes
Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal but Barcelona suffered another blow to their La Liga title hopes after a 2-2 draw with Atletico Ma...
Bruno Fernandes double steers Man United to 3-0 win at Brighton
Bruno Fernandes scored two fine goals as Manchester United won 3-0 at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Tuesday to stay in c...
Sixth US PGA Tour player tests positive for COVID-19
American Chad Campbell is the sixth US PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19 as the tour heads into the fourth week of its restart a...
Juventus keep Lazio at bay with Genoa stroll
Juventus maintained their four-point lead at the top of Serie A on Tuesday after strolling to a 3-1 win at Genoa that keeps chasers Lazio at...
Top five: Most runs in an IPL season
From modern-day greats like Virat Kohli, Davi Warner and Chris Gayle to a veteran like Michael Hussey, classy batsmen have ruled the roost. ...
Kiren Rijiju launches NADA app on banned substances
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday unveiled National Anti-Doping Agency's first mobile app to provide information about prohibited ...
2014 Adelaide Test an important milestone for Team India: Kohli
In the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played from December 9-13, Team India gave a tough fight to Michael Clarke and his team. How...
Hard to compare India-Australia rivalry in ODIs and Tests: Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch, the limited-overs skipper for Australia, feels the two nations’ competitive spirit comes through each time they face each other...
India-Pakistan hockey, Peshawar crockery and Banarasi sarees
The friendship, which has hockey as the common factor, between former Pakistan captain Waseem Ahmed and India's former attacking midfiel...
Six Pakistan players cleared to tour England after second negative virus test
Six Pakistan cricketers, including former captain Mohammad Hafeez, have been cleared to join rest of the team in England after returning a s...
South African cricketers return to training
Led by Quinton de Kock, South Africa's 44 cricketers, who are part of a men's high performance squad, have returned to training amid...
My style won't change if given role of captaincy in absence of Root: Stokes
Star all-rounder Ben Stokes says he won't change his playing approach even if he is handed England's captaincy in the absence of reg...
Solskjaer challenges Manchester United's strike trio to improve
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there has been improvement from young attacking trio Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford an...
Don't drink, don't cheer: Coronavirus curbs hit South Korean baseball
Stripping away South Korean baseball fans' rights to drink beer and savour fried chicken -- or even cheer -- while watching the country&...
Tried to iron out a few flaws in my batting during lockdown: Joe Root
Joe Root might be missing the first Test against the West Indies, starting on July 8, due to the birth of his child but the regular England ...
Matic defends Djokovic after COVID-19 positive cases in Adria Tour
Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has defended his Serbian compatriot Novak Djokovic for hosting the ill-fated Adria Tour where a n...
F1 deploys war chest of coronavirus strategies for Austria
The Formula One season roars into action at the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg this weekend with "military-like", coronavirus-bu...
Wembley empty for a match for the first time, FA to cut 82 jobs
As the 90,000-capacity Wembley held its first game without fans, the financial impact of the pandemic on English football was revealed by th...
With no shine, a bowler's ability is reduced to half: Bhuvneshwar
The major weapon in pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar's armoury is his swinging deliveries. The pacer could be bowling at speeds of 133-138 ...
Vidarbha was my priority, says Wasim Jaffer
Having served Vidarbha with distinction as a player, Wasim Jaffer was hoping to do the same as coach. However, the lack of communication mad...
NBA to paint 'Black Lives Matter' on Disney courts: Report
The NBA will use three arenas at the Disney site as 22 of the league's 30 teams conclude the regular season beginning July 30. The court...
Still cannot explain the moment when I got Tendulkar out for a duck: Bhuvneshwar
"It was a fortunate moment for me to get him out. I really cannot explain it in words. These are the kind of moments which you can just...
Absence of top foreign coaches a concern for Olympic athletes
Most of the coaches have returned to their countries of origin and are either unable to travel back - because of the ban on international fl...
English fifth PGA player to test positive for COVID-19
The PGA Tour said in a statement that English, who did not play last week in Connecticut, tested positive during the pre-tournament screenin...
Australia postpones August ODIs against Zimbabwe
Australia and Zimbabwe have agreed to postpone three one-day internationals in August because of the difficulty of putting on the series whi...
One positive case in latest Premier League COVID-19 tests
The Premier League said on Monday that there was one positive result from the latest round of COVID-19 tests of players and staff conducted ...
NHL: 26 players have COVID-19, 15 in Phase 2
Fifteen of the 26 tested positive after reporting to their team's practice facility for voluntary workouts in Phase 2, which began on Ju...
Can't risk safety: Indian athletes on resuming competitions
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a virtual meet with representatives of various National Sports Federations (NSFs) last week, stated that Au...
On this day: Sachin Tendulkar becomes first batsman to score 15,000 ODI runs
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar holds numerous batting records across formats and on this day, 13 years ago, Tendulkar became the fir...
Well-known Delhi club cricketer Sanjay Dobal succumbs to Covid-19
Well-known club cricketer and former Delhi U-23 support staff Sanjay Dobal died on Monday morning after failing to recover from Covid-19 inf...
Batra threatened to 'throw karate out of India': KAI official
The Karate Association of India's (KAI) general secretary Ambedkar Gupta has said that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Na...
BCCI keeping watch if Dandiwal is trying to contact Indian players: ACU chief
The BCCI has made it clear that they are keeping a watch on Ravinder Dandiwal, an Indian man who has been identified by the Australian polic...
'Hopeful' Rijiju positive about hosting FIFA U-17 Women's WC
The tournament, which was originally scheduled for November 2-21 this year, was moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 and will now be held from Febr...
Kyrgios slams 'selfish' Zverev after viral party video
Nick Kyrgios let rip at "selfish" fellow tennis star Alexander Zverev on Monday after the German was seen partying despite promisi...
Former West Indies boss joins race for ICC chairman's post
Former Cricket West Indies (CWI) boss Dave Cameron has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed India's Shashank Manohar as the next ICC ch...
Napoli claim fifth win in a row by beating SPAL
Sixth-placed Napoli claimed their fifth consecutive Serie A victory when they easily beat relegation-threatened visitors SPAL 3-1 on Sunday....
Inter stage late fightback to stun Parma
Third-placed Inter Milan scored twice in the last six minutes through Stefan De Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni to snatch a 2-1 win at Parma in ...
Liverpool great Robbie Fowler parts ways with Brisbane Roar
Former England and Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler's time as coach of Australian side Brisbane Roar ended on Monday, with the club blami...
Frittelli 4th PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19
South African golfer Dylan Frittelli will miss this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club after testing positive for COVID...
Dhoni is an instant advisor, Virat a great motivator: Kuldeep Yadav
India’s Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav spoke with Timesofindia.com in an exclusive interview and talked about the role he feels Kohli is play...
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