Tennis chiefs are committed to merging the Davis Cup and ATP Cup into a single men's world team event and concrete plans could be in place by June, International Tennis Federation (ITF) President David Haggerty said.
Invincible so far, India will eye a rare 5-0 whitewash against a bruised and battered New Zealand in the final T20 International here on Sunday. New Zealand have never lost all games in a bilateral T20I series (three or more matches) at home. Since 2005, they have only once lost all games in a bilateral T20I series at home, going down 2-0 to England back in February 2008.
"King" Novak Djokovic has won all seven Australian Open finals he has contested, he is on a 12-match winning streak and will become world number one if successful in the Melbourne Park decider on Sunday.
India A were left with an arduous task of saving the first unofficial Test after New Zealand A notched up a mammoth 562 in their first innings here on Saturday. Responding to India A's first innings total of 216, the hosts declared shortly after losing their seventh wicket on the third and penultimate day at the Hagley Oval.
China's virus outbreak has forced the country's first badminton tournament of the 2020 world tour season to be postponed, organisers said Saturday. The six-day China Masters was due to start on February 25 at Lingshui, in China's southern Hainan island.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Friday that it would be unfair to compare new signing Bruno Fernandes to Cristiano Ronaldo.
FC Goa took everyone by surprise when they served a termination letter to chief coach Sergio Lobera and two of his trusted assistants, despite the team being at the top of the Indian Super League (ISL) table with just three games left to be played.
Hyderabad Hunters hopes of improving their semifinal chances went up in smoke as they lost their PBL match against Bengaluru Raptors at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Friday.
Sofia Kenin has been dreaming of this moment since the age of five, being in a Grand Slam final. And beyond. She didn't play with dolls, she was hitting tennis balls in her father's driveway, battering the garage door of the family home in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Pakistan will treat the latest episode in their long cricket rivalry with neighbours India as "a normal game", batsman Mohammad Huraira said Friday ahead of their Under-19 World Cup semi-final.
Dominic Thiem unleashed two of his biggest forehands of the night, in the fourth set tie-break, the ball raced through the air at speeds of 164 and 162 kmph. While it silenced the German fans in the storied Rod Laver Arena, it stirred the capacity crowd to a rousing applause.
Borussia Dortmund have signed German international midfielder Emre Can from Italian champions Juventus, the Bundesliga club said on Friday.
Barcelona have signed two promising youngsters in Francisco Trincao from Braga and Matheus Fernandes from Palmeiras, the La Liga club announced on Friday.
Tens of thousands of Kobe Bryant fans flooded the grounds around Staples Center on Friday ahead of his former team's first game since his death in a helicopter crash earlier this week that stunned basketball fans in the city and worldwide.
Cricket Australia is considering sanctions and "cultural sensitivity training" for members of its men's U-19 squad over social media comments seen as mocking non-English speakers.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur struck an unbeaten 42 following a fine bowling performance to set up India's thrilling five-wicket win over England in the first match of the women's triangular T20 series here on Friday.
Serena Williams dominated talk before the Australian Open but Saturday's women's final is between unseeded Garbine Muguruza and unheralded Sofia Kenin -- a 750-1 longshot of a championship match that nobody predicted.
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Garbine Muguruza's big-match experience should prove the difference in the Australian Open women's final against American surprise package Sofia Kenin, according to seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin.
Roger Federer's fans call him the Greatest Of All Time; but after defeat at the Australian Open, his hold on the men's record for career Grand Slam titles is growing ever weaker.
After she rocked Melbourne with her heavy hitting to pull off an upset win over the top-seeded Ashleigh Barty, the 21-year-old stepped back between doing her on court interview and gesticulated wildly to her box where her father and coach Alexander stood.
The LPGA has cancelled the 2020 Blue Bay LPGA scheduled for March 5-8 on Hainan Island because of concerns over the new coronavirus and travel restrictions implemented to slow its spread.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic's progress through the draw has been catlike, just as his run though the first men's semifinal of the Australian Open was against a less-than-100-percent Roger Federer.
The NBA honored the late Kobe Bryant by announcing major changes to the All-Star Game format on Thursday. The league is turning every quarter of the All-Star Game into an abbreviated contest for charity and the scores will be reset to zero at the start of the second and third quarters.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, on Tuesday, announced that the Board would host an All Stars game - with two teams to be picked from the pool of registered Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers - to raise money for charity.
Organisers of the women's Olympics soccer qualifying tournament that was hastily moved to Sydney following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus have been forced to shuffle the matches due to quarantine restrictions on China's players.
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona hammered Leganes 5-0 on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey and deliver a much-needed boost for new coach Quique Setien.
Spirit of Cricket was once again at display during the U-19 World Cup match, as New Zealand players took the injured West Indies' batsman off the field.
Injuries to frontline fast bowlers have forced New Zealand to opt for fresh blood in their pace attack for the three-match ODI series against India starting February 5 in Hamilton.
Shubman Gill's run-a-ball 83 was the only high point for India A as New Zealand A grabbed the opening day honours in their first unofficial Test on Thursday.
Feisty American 14th seed Sofia Kenin stunned world number one and home hope Ashleigh Barty at the Australian Open to reach her first Grand Slam final on Thursday.
Even as the Indian football community continues to yearn for the day when one of its own will be making strides in Europe, Bayern Munich's Sarpreet Singh may have taken a small step towards doing his bit.
The crash that killed nine people including Kobe Bryant has led to calls for crash-warning systems to be installed in more helicopters, but regulators and pilots worry that the instrument can trigger too many alarms and prove distracting.
Roger Federer has played over 1500 matches as a pro, and owns a 1242-270 win-loss record. The 38-year-old has won 103 titles overall, 20 of them coming in majors.
The Los Angeles Lakers, reeling from the death of team icon Kobe Bryant, "want to represent what Kobe was about" as they press ahead with the NBA season, coach Frank Vogel said Wednesday.
"Honestly, it took a lot of effort and patience to make the comeback. The recovery process was very painful with the strict training regime involved, but the journey was worth undertaking for the sake of the country and an Olympic medal."
Real Madrid made it 20 games unbeaten by thrashing Real Zaragoza 4-0 on Wednesday to ease into the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
New signing Christian Eriksen enjoyed a memorable debut as Inter Milan defeated Fiorentina 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the Italian Cup semi-finals.
Returning after a 16-month long injury layoff, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra achieved the Tokyo Olympics qualification mark (85m) late on Tuesday evening after throwing the spear to an impressive distance of 87.86m at a low-key Athletics Central North East (ACNE) meet in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Manchester City booked their place in a third successive League Cup final, but made hard work of disposing of Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate after losing the second leg of their semi-final 1-0 at home on Wednesday.
Liverpool continued their breathless march to a first English title in 30 years, easing to a 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Wednesday to move 19 points clear at the Premier League summit.
The Indian cricket board's (BCCI) grand project to build a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) to replace the National Cricket Academy (NCA) is likely to cost around Rs 500 crores, TOI has learnt. The project is likely to take another two years to be completed.
Umesh, who is looking forward to selection in the Test squad for New Zealand tour, was part of the Virat Kohli-led team that won the first-ever Test series against Australia in Australia in 2019. After the historic win, coach Ravi Shastri went on to say this India pace attack is the 'best we have ever had'.
From Irengbam, a village 22 km away from Imphal, to Scotland’s capital Glasgow. That is a life’s voyage for Bala Devi, who on Wednesday proudly wore the No. 10 jersey of Scottish giants Rangers FC. The Manipuri striker made history by becoming the first Indian woman footballer to bag a professional contract from a foreign club.
Three bodies were retrieved from the scattered wreckage by a special response team ON Sunday -- the day of the crash. The remaining six were located as the search resumed in rugged terrain on Monday, the coroner's office said.
The helicopter was not equipped with any kind of "terrain awareness and warning system," a device that might have alerted the pilot that the aircraft was dangerously close to the hillside. Nor did the chopper carry a "black box" flight data recorder, which would make it easier to piece together the cause of the crash.
Unseeded Garbine Muguruza underlined her return to form by reaching the Australian Open semifinals for the first time on Wednesday, setting up a clash with fellow two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep.
Roger Federer raised both hands in acknowledgment as the Rod Laver Arena stood to a man. The third-seeded Swiss had saved seven match points in the 3-hour 31-minute quarterfinal, and looked sufficiently drained. He doubled over, as the full-house rained cheers. Slowly he covered his face. He was fighting back tears maybe or was just truly grateful for the support.