Indian Premier League 2014 begins on April 16; B’desh on standby for matches between May 1-12.

Its closure is likely to prove a huge setback for Indian athletes.

Dhawan said he realised that he needs to start leaving bouncers rather than trying to have a go at the short ball.

While he has been typecast as a ‘Test’ batsman, Pujara says will challenge this assertion during the IPL.

Prasad spoke about India’s medium pacers and said it was time to help Zaheer make a decision about his future.

Shami has been playing non-stop since making his Test debut in November and towards the end of the Asia Cup.

On a spicy Kolkata track, hosts Bengal defend just 167 by bowling Tamil Nadu out for 90; Karnataka beat Gujarat.

Chelsea, the final English team involved in Europe’s top club competition, is in much better shape by comparison.

Visiting Manchester City hope striker Aguero’s return will help overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit in Barcelona’s citadel.

Down 0-1, Advani shifted gears and made a 51-break in the second frame to draw parity.

Ram netted another goal through a penalty-corner in the 64th minute to make the score 5-2 in favour of the hosts.

WTA, which has turned to Asia to grow its sport, is unclear how Indian Tennis Premier League is going to pan out.

Ukraine’s Dolgopolov saves match points to beat defending champ and No.1 Rafa Nadal.

With Yadav spitting fire in tandem with Shrikant Wagh, Services would require a miracle to close in on the imposing target.

They are not in best of forms, having recently been blanked 3-0 by Sri Lanka before losing all their Asia Cup matches.

Misbah continues to play in domestic T20, he quit T20 internationals in 2012 and was replaced by Hafeez as captain.

Pietersen’s tweet was re-tweeted over 100 times, and the MEA official spokesperson swung into action.

Marlon’s 69 and 2/21 combined with Badree’s 3/17 give WI 27-run win in first T20.

Barcelona was left four points adrift of the pacesetters following Saturday’s stunning 1-0 defeat at Valladolid.

Bayern coach asks team to press harder against English opponents in second leg.

By the time, his disciples Sushil and Yogeshwar started competing away from home, Satpal had made it a habit that as coach he would scout out Indian families in cities of the competing venues who could provide his charges their staple, no matter what corner of the world.

The coaching syllabus too is outdated; in fact it has not been upgraded even once in last two decades at least.

The 20 teams in the Division A will be divided into four pools of five teams each.

Saina is likely to face World No.1 Yihan Wang in the quarterfinals if she manages to cross the first two rounds.