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LeBron James got rid of his headband to look more like his teammates

LeBron James got rid of his headband to look more like his teammates

LeBron James wore a headband for over a decade in the NBA. The fashion accessory and tossing chalk became his two defining characteristics (outside of being one of the best dang players in the association). This season he lost the headband and suffered the endless jokes about his hairline, but it was all in service […]

Formula Four: Schumacher Jnr claims maiden victory

Formula Four: Schumacher Jnr claims maiden victory

BERLIN: Mick Schumacher Jnr enhanced the famous name on Sunday by claiming victory in only his third Formula Four race on his debut weekend in the sport. The 16-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was the fastest over the 18 laps at the Oschersleben track, between Hanover and Berlin. Having started second on […]

Manny Pacquiao has won so much, some wonder what he might have lost

Manny Pacquiao has won so much, some wonder what he might have lost

  The Hollywood strip mall near Sunset and Vine contains a nail salon, a massage parlor, a Thai takeout joint, an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting place and, for several hours every afternoon, one of the best fighters on the planet. Manny Pacquiao is training for what will surely be the biggest fight of his life, the most […]

Serena Williams has a solution to liven up Fed Cup

Serena Williams has a solution to liven up Fed Cup

BRINDISI (Italy): Seeing Serena Williams play three matches over two days in Fed Cup was a rare treat over the weekend. After all, the top-ranked player mostly limits her appearances in the team competition to her needs for Olympic qualification. If Fed Cup were to move away from its annual format, however, Williams might compete […]

Mario Balotelli Receives 4000 Racially Abusive Messages on Social Media: Report

Mario Balotelli Receives 4000 Racially Abusive Messages on Social Media: Report

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck and Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge have also been targeted with more than a thousand discriminatory messages. London: Liverpool and Italy striker Mario Balotelli has received more than 4,000 racist messages via social media this season, according to new research from British anti-discrimination body Kick It Out. Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck and Liverpool’s Daniel […]

Sania Mirza: World No. 1 Ranking a Dream Come True

Sania Mirza: World No. 1 Ranking a Dream Come True

Given their form coming into the Family Circle Cup, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis knew they were favourites. The stakes were higher for Sania, who was just a title away from becoming the world’s No. 1 doubles player. But till the job was done, it was difficult to contain the tension and excitement around it. […]

Did The Pacers Make The Right Call By Bringing Paul George Back This Season?

Did The Pacers Make The Right Call By Bringing Paul George Back This Season?

When Paul George broke his leg last summer during a Team USA scrimmage, the thought was that he probably wouldn’t be able to play at all during the 2014-15 NBA season. And even if he was able to go, most people believed that the Indiana Pacers would be so bad without him that it wouldn’t make much sense for him to come back towards […]

Saina Nehwal reaches Malaysia Open semifinals

Saina Nehwal reaches Malaysia Open semifinals

KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-crowned World No. 1 Saina Nehwal on Friday edged out China’s Sun Yu to reach the women’s singles semifinals of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament. The third seeded Indian eked out a 21-11, 18-21, 21-17 win over Sun in a quarterfinal battle that lasted an hour and 11 minutes […]

Respect Virat and Anushka’s personal lives: Yuvraj Singh

Respect Virat and Anushka’s personal lives: Yuvraj Singh

NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has appealed to the cricket fans to respect Test captain Virat Kohli and his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma’s personal lives. Anushka, who was in attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground during India’s World Cup semifinal against Australia, was blamed for Kohli’s failure in the match which the team […]

New Zealand v South Africa: A dream semi-final

New Zealand v South Africa: A dream semi-final

This is it. New Zealand versus South Africa at the semi-final stage of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Brendon McCullum against AB de Villiers. Potential versus performance. Hope against hope. Nerves against the nervous. Neither country has ever won a World Cup semi-final. One of them will go to the summit for the first […]

After World Cup Exit, Misbah-ul-Haq Admits Pakistan Not International Class

After World Cup Exit, Misbah-ul-Haq Admits Pakistan Not International Class

Misbah-ul-Haq is a broken man after Pakistan crashed out of the World cup, losing by six wickets to Australia in Adelaide on Friday. Pakistan’s batting failed them again and to make matters worse, the fielders dropped simple catches at crucial moments. Misbah admitted that Pakistan’s shortcomings and said that the team was far from world […]

World Cup 2015: We will have to bat better against India, says Clarke

World Cup 2015: We will have to bat better against India, says Clarke

  ADELAIDE: Australia saw through one of the fierce fast bowling spells by Wahab Riaz to set up a cricket World Cup semifinal clash against India but the home team skipper Michael Clarke said his players will have to bat much better against the defending champions. India and Australia will fight it out for a […]

World Cup 2015: Bangladesh lose to New Zealand, likely to meet India in quarterfinals

World Cup 2015: Bangladesh lose to New Zealand, likely to meet India in quarterfinals

HAMILTON: Opener Martin Guptill smashed a brisk century before New Zealand huffed and puffed to a thrilling three-wicket win over Bangladesh to sign off their league engagements unbeaten in pool A of the ICC cricket World Cup here on Friday. Chasing a competitive 289 to win, New Zealand rode on a 131-run third-wicket partnership between […]

World Cup 2015: India beat West Indies to reach quarterfinals

World Cup 2015: India beat West Indies to reach quarterfinals

NEW DELHI: Reaffirming his status as one of the best finishers of the game, captain MS Dhoni led India to a four-wicket victory against the West Indies in their World Cup Pool B match at the WACA in Perth on Friday. With this victory, India booked their quarterfinal berth in the World Cup, as Mohammed […]

Anirban Lahiri Hasn’t Looked Back since a Meeting with Tiger Woods Last Year

Anirban Lahiri Hasn’t Looked Back since a Meeting with Tiger Woods Last Year

  The best golfer in India played before an enormous gallery with the kind of buzz that is rare for his country. Anirban Lahiri wound up the winner, a day he won’t forget. Except that he wasn’t the star that day. Tiger Woods was in town. Lahiri and Shiv Kapur, who played college golf at […]

World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni hurt at nets while batting

World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni hurt at nets while batting

  PERTH: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Friday hurt while batting in the nets at the WACA here ahead of India’s ICC World Cup 2015 league match against the United Arab Emirates on Saturday. It happened while Dhoni was facing a net bowler whose delivery kicked up suddenly and brushed his forearm. Dhoni was […]

Andy Murray climbs above Rafael Nadal to third in world rankings

Andy Murray climbs above Rafael Nadal to third in world rankings

Andy Murray has swapped places with Rafael Nadal to move to third in the ATP world rankings. The Scot, 27, climbed to his highest ranking since occupying second place after beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the 2013 Wimbledon final. He had dropped to 12th in September 2014 after missing three months following back surgery on a […]

World Cup 2015 is fixed, WhatsApp message claims

World Cup 2015 is fixed, WhatsApp message claims

  NEW DELHI: In what may serve as a big blow to cricket enthusiasts, a message on WhatsApp that has gone viral claims that the ongoing ICC World Cup 2015 is fixed. The shocking fact about this message is that all the results of the World Cup 2015 matches so far have come true and […]

World Cup: All Eyes on India-Pakistan Tie

World Cup: All Eyes on India-Pakistan Tie

Adelaide, Australia: When India plays Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup, it’s no cliché when both captains say they’re not looking beyond their first game of the tournament. World Cup organizers are tipping Indo-Pak VI to draw the biggest television audience for a cricket match when the teams meet Sunday in Adelaide in their opening […]

110 Houston Kids Enjoy Triggers Colts Cricket’s Winter League

HOUSTON: Triggers Cricket Club (TCC), a Houston-based non-profit organization, took initiative aimed at giving young children an opportunity to formally learn and play cricket in a fun-loving environment of camaraderie, respect and sportsmanship. In May 2014, TCC, in partnership with sponsors and in association with local youth cricket clubs, created a platform for youth to […]