With the Indian team on the cusp of a transition, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is likely to make major changes in the central contracts of players. TOI understands that under-fire Test specialists Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara are all set to be demoted to Grade B from the Grade A category. More

The national selectors will announce the squads for the One-day and T20 teams that will play the upcoming series against the West Indies over the next 24 to 48 hours. More

Danielle Collins swept into the last four of the Australian Open Wednesday to match her feat from 2019 and shatter French veteran Alize Cornet's dream of making a first Grand Slam semifinal. More

Australia are scheduled to play three Tests, three one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match in Pakistan starting March 3. More

Sri Lanka's upcoming tour of India is likely to see a change in itinerary. The tour which was supposed to start with the two-Test series followed by a three-match T20I series could be played the other way around. More

World Cup winner Yuvraj, who announced his retirement from international cricket in 2019, and Bollywood actress Hazel had tied the knot in a traditional ceremony in 2016. More

Fans from across the world are queuing up online for FIFA World Cup 2022 tickets with the governing body for world football receiving 2.3 million applications till Monday. More

On Tuesday, Sania Mirza played her final match at the Australian Open. The two time Australian Open champion (2009 Mixed Doubles and 2016 Doubles) crashed out of the Mixed doubles draw with her American partner Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. More

Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday said that India spinners are missing the spark in the middle-overs in ODI cricket, adding that it's time to look beyond R Ashwin in the 50-over format and bring back the combination of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, popularly known as 'KulCha'. More

Star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia was on Tuesday named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in the country while Olympic gold winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was among the eight sportspersons named for Padma Shri award. More

Rafael Nadal moved to within two matches of a record 21st Grand Slam title with a dogfight five-set quarter-final win over Canadian Denis Shapovalov at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Spanish fifth seed edged 14th seed Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 in 4hr 8min on Rod Laver Arena to advance to his seventh semi-final in Melbourne. More

Defending champions Mumbai City FC could not snap their winless run as they were held to a 1-1 draw by NorthEast United FC in a Hero Indian Super League (ISL) match on Tuesday. NorthEast United remained at 10th place in the table, having 10 points from 14 games. For Mumbai, things got worse as Amey Ranawade was shown a red card in stoppage time after he picked up his second yellow card. More

Haryana Steelers and Telugu Titans played out a thrilling 39-39 draw in a Pro Kabaddi League match on Tuesday. More

Jubilation grips Western Odisha after the announcement of Padma Shri Award for para badminton player, Pramod Bhagat, who is a native of Attabira in Bargarh district. More

Seventh seed Matteo Berrettini found a higher gear in the face of a heroic fightback from France's Gael Monfils to script a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 win on Tuesday and become the first Italian man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. More