Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and top seed Kidambi Srikanth have been handed a relatively easier draws in the Badminton Asia Championships, to be held in Wuhan, China from April 24 to 29. The Indian team, including Srikanth and Sindhu, is currently in Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games, which begins tomorrow with the mixed team championship. According to the draw made in Jakarta yesterday, Sindhu faces Taiwanese Pai Yu Po in the first round, while Srikanth, who won four Superseries titles last year, will face Japans Kenta Nishimoto in his campaign opener. The 22-year-old from ... Read More

The Juventus stadium broke into applause and Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane, once a player of extraordinary gifts himself, looked dumbstruck at the audacity of Cristiano Ronaldos goal. Just when everyone thought the Portuguese had done it all, he produced a strike in Reals 3-0 Champions League quarter-final, first leg win at Juve on Tuesday that was astonishing even by the standards of his remarkable career. Real were 1-0 ahead and struggling to keep the hosts at bay when Ronaldo, with his back to goal, launched himself into the air to meet Dani Carvajals chipped cross with a bicycle k ... Read More

The 21st Commonwealth Games are all set to begin at the Australian city of Gold Coast this afternoon. Carrara Stadium, with a capacity of just over 35,000, will be the centre stage for glamour, theatre and entertainment as the venue for the opening ceremony scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM Indian Time. The Stadium will be playing a central role in the Games, by hosting all the athletic events. The only sports that will be held outside of Gold Coast City will be track cycling and the preliminary rounds of Basketball which will be held in Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, along with Shooting ... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered his best wishes to the Indian contingent who will be participating in the upcoming Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, which are set to begin from Thursday, April 5, 2018. In a tweet from his official account, the prime minister acknowledged the hard work put in by the athletes on their road to the big stage. All the best to the athletes representing India at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games! Our sportspersons have worked tremendously hard and the Games will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase their talent, he said. PM Modi further ad ... Read More

Pakistan have taken an unassailable lead in the T-20 series against West Indies after another one-sided win in Karachi on Monday. West Indies was slightly better than Sundays outing, yet they were found wanting in all aspects of the game and succumbed to a 82 runs defeat. For Pakistan, Babar Azam was the pick of the players scoring a breezy 97 not out of only 58 balls punctuated with 13 fours and a solitary maximum. Winning the toss, Pakistan elected to bat in a placid track. Fakhar Zaman got out cheaply but Azam and in-form Talat added 119 for the second wicket to put the match firmly in hos ... Read More

Roger Federer has lost number one ATP ranking to Rafael Nadal with 100 points who has 8770 points. But the Swiss looks likely to win back top spot in time for Wimbledon later this year. Federers failure to defend the Miami Open titles has seen him fall to second place. Nadal moving up - despite the Spaniard not playing since dropping out of the Mexican Open through injury in February. ... Read More