Former India captain Rahul Dravid "picked" the Australian "brains" to create solid domestic structure which has served as a feeder line for his country's national team, something Australia is missing badly, feels legendary Greg Chappell. Chappell also said that both India and England have overtaken Australia as the best side in recognising young talent and providing them a platform to succeed. More

The Tokyo Olympics door was slammed shut on shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidamabi Srikanth after the Singapore Open, the last of the qualifying events for the Games before the June 15 deadline, was cancelled on Wednesday due to a surge in Covid-19 cases globally. More

England's premier all-rounder Ben Stokes has hinted that he won't be available for the currently-suspended IPL this year even if he is fit to return to competitive cricket after recovering from his finger surgery. Stokes sustained a fractured finger during Rajasthan Royals' opening game against Punjab Kings and was subsequently ruled out of the league last month. More

Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor was the world's highest-paid athlete over the last year ahead of soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the annual Forbes list. Barcelona forward Messi was second on the list and set a record as the highest-earning football player after bringing home $130 million while Juventus forward Ronaldo earned $120 million to sit third among the top 10 highest-paid athletes. More

UEFA has appointed disciplinary inspectors to conduct an investigation into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus over their attempts to launch a breakaway Super League, European soccer's governing body said on Wednesday. The clubs are the only three of the original 12 to have not distanced themselves from the project following an outpouring of criticism. More

Not often does an Indian athlete rise to No. 3 in world rankings in athletics. A 17-year-old from Malappuram, Muhammed Hanan, has done just that by clocking the third-best timing in the 110m hurdles in the U-18 boys category in the latest rankings published by World Athletics. More

Current women's head coach WV Raman, former coach Ramesh Powar, ex-India players Ajay Ratra and Hrishikesh Kanitkar appeared for virtual interviews conducted by Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) on Wednesday. More

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday said it supported Japanese measures to counter COVID-19 and was confident the Tokyo Olympics would be a "historic" event, despite wide public opposition. More

Serena Williams, playing the 1000th WTA match of her career, lost on her return after nearly three months away to Nadia Podoroska in the second round of the WTA Italian Open on Wednesday. More

Japan's Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Italian Open on Wednesday after a 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 second round defeat to American Jessica Pegula in the clay-court warm-up ahead of Roland Garros. Osaka was playing just her third tournament since winning the Australian Open in February and also exited in the second round in Madrid earlier this month. More

The Indian rowing squad recently made a successful trip to Japan for the Olympic qualifiers. Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh bagged a Games quota in men's lightweight double sculls, but the squad's overall experience was far from "normal". But be it at the hotel or at the venue one thing that ruled every rower's mind was "hope we don't make a mistake in following the Covid rules." More

Virat Kohli's men are scheduled to play five Tests against England from August 4 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The 24-year-old medium-pacer Avesh Khan will be travelling with the Indian team to the UK as one of four standby players. "I am just keen to learn a lot and am not thinking about anything else. If an opportunity comes, I will grab it with both hands," Avesh said. More

Former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has revealed how he wanted to quit the sport after bagging a medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. More

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of 'International Nurses' Day' paid glowing tribute to the thousands of para-medics across India who are in the frontline in country's fight against the deadly coronavirus. More

Liverpool and Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk has said he has made the difficult decision to skip next month's European Championship in a bid to fully recover from his season-ending knee injury. More