'Good people make mistakes'

As Australian skipper Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft admitted to charges of ball-tampering during the third day of the third Test match at Newlands against South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday, the cricket fraternity expressed shock and ...

IMAGE: Laureus World Sports Awards academy member and former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh with fellow academy member and Brazilian racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi. Photograph: Steve Waugh/Instagram A galaxy of sporting stars from across the world, including cricketers Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh descended on the sovereign city-state along the French Riviera in Monaco on Sunday for the 18th edition of the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards 2018 to be held on February 27.   ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: India's Yuki Bhambri rose to 83 in the rankings. Photograph: PTI Yuki Bhambri on Monday broke back into the top-100 for the first time since February 2016 following his-title winning performance at the Taipei Challenger as he leapfrogged 22 places to a career-best rank of 83. This is the best rank an Indian has achieved in the ATP singles chart since Somdev Devvarman touched a career-high 62 in July 2011.   Yuki ...

Aritra Mukhopadhyay does a SWOT analysis of the eight IPL teams on display at the tournament’s 11th edition this year Mumbai Indians Best finishes : Champions 2013, 2015, 2017; Runners-up 2010 Strengths: The seam attack comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik ...

Rediff.com's Harish Kotian previews IPL-11. The Indian Premier League is all set to kick off. The hugely followed Chennai Super Kings are back in the fold along with inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals. Some of the teams have completely overhauled their squads. Others have retained their core at the IPL Players Auction in January. The Rajasthan Royals made their intentions clear with some big-money purchases. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab also took an aggressive approach at the ...

The countdown has begun for the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier league and with only a handful of days left, franchises are making last-minute additions to their squads. Returning after a two-year ban, Rajasthan Royals are slated to begin their IPL ...

The media pressure at home did something on Thursday which even the best bowlers from around the globe found difficult to achieve: To break Steve Smith, the now disgraced former skipper of the Australian cricket team. From being atop the ICC Test batting ...

IMAGES from matches played at the Miami Masters in Key Biscayne, Florida IMAGE: John Isner of the United States hits a forehand against Marin Cilic of Croatia (not pictured). Photograph: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Big-serving American John Isner overcame second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(0), 6-3 at the Miami Open on Tuesday to advance to the quarter-finals, where he will face South Korean Hyeon Chung, who dominated Joao Sousa 6-4 6-3 earlier in the day.   In a battle of ...

The Indo-French duo failed to replicate their opening-round performance and slumped to a 6-7 (5-7), 2-6 defeat at the hands of the American pair of Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey in a round-of-16 clash Courtesy: PTI Miami: Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and ...