Day after off-field banter, defending champs hunt down their tallest run-chase in last-over thriller.

Undefeated after 12 rounds, Anand will challenge Carlsen if things stay that way.

He was also turned down when he had applied for the London Olympics in 2012 under similar circumstances as the Glasgow Games.

Last year, Faulkner was fined for abusing Chris Gayle when he dismissed the West Indian opener.

Alex Hales smashed six sixes in a remarkable unbeaten 64-ball 116 against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, predictably, skipped the pre-match media briefing ahead of Bangladesh clash.

SC had come up with its own proposal after N Srinivasan expressed he wished to step aside and not step down like the court had asked him to on Tuesday.

This was little-known Verma’s legal win over his high-profile opponents.

Supreme Court proposed Sunil Gavaskar’s name as the BCCI’s interim head.

Scrapping IPL will cost at least BCCI Rs 150 cr as franchisees ponder revenue-sharing in case of 6-team edition.

Colombian striker Carlos Bacca struck twice to give the hosts Sevilla a sixth consecutive league win.

Nishikori has been one of Federer’s bogeymen, having now gotten the better of him twice in three meetings.

Anand lets bottom-ranked Andreikin salvage draw in round 12, but is still in pole position to win Candidates.

Johnson has been recuperating at home from a toe infection he suffered during Test series in South Africa.

England lost by nine runs to New Zealand in a rain-affected match via Duckworth-Lewis method last Saturday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men may have coasted so far, but coach Fletcher looks for answers to tougher situations.

Former India captain Jude will assist the chief coach, Australian Terry Walsh.

World No. 1 Nadal brushed past Italy’s Fabio Fognini to join Djokovic, Federer and Murray in last eight.

President has the power to cancel any such meeting at his sole discretion.

Former board presidents IS Bindra and AC Muttiah too came down strongly against Srinivasan’s decision to stay put.

City have moved into the slipstream of Chelsea and are three points behind the leaders with two games in hand.

Anand took his tally to seven points out of a possible 11 and Aronian remained his closest adversary with six.

Defending the total, West Zone dismissed Central Zone for 191 in 44.3 overs to set up a summit clash against North Zone on Thursday.

Chhetri says club coach has brought professionalism.