Former South Asian Games medallist and Fed Cup player Sharmada Balu made a comeback to competitive tennis when she reached the main draw of the AITA Women's Championship which begins at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy, Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence from Monday.
Gokulam Kerala FC face Mohammedan SC in the I-League at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium on Monday as both sides look to get back into the race for getting into the top half of the table.
India's celebrated tennis player and legendary coach Akhtar Ali died on Sunday. Born on July 5, 1939, Ali was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team continuously from 1958 to 1964.
The leg-spinner kept on taking wickets at regular intervals and it was in the 61st over that he entered history books by dismissing Wasim Akram.
Spinners George Linde and Keshav Maharaj shared five wickets to keep South Africa alive after the third day of the second Test against Pakistan on Saturday.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes heaped praise on his captain Joe Root after he scored his second double century in three matches on the second day of the first Test against India here on Saturday.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Bruce Taylor, who is the only player to have scored a century and taken a five-wicket haul on Test debut, died on Saturday at 77.
Sachin Tendulkar's son, Arjun Tendulkar has registered for the Indian Premier League (IPL) players' auction scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai. He has a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
As many as 91 athletes were found overage during medical screening on the eve of the five-day 36th National Junior Athletics Championships beginning on Saturday
The sports ministry on Friday declared the recent elections of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) null and void. The SGFI had elected new office bearers during its annual general body meeting held in December in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz's all-round show helped Bangladesh take a commanding lead on the third day of their first Test against the West Indies. Miraz followed up his first innings century with a four-wicket haul as West Indies were all out for 259 in response to Bangladesh's score of 430.
Double Asian Games silver medallist sprinter Dutee Chand suffered a minor jolt in her quest to polish skills to qualify for the 2021 Olympic Games as an indoor track event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, was cancelled at the eleventh hour this month.
India's four Test series against England starts on Friday at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium. The series marks the return of international cricket to India after more than a year, with the last match to be played in India being an ODI against Australia in Bengaluru on January 19, 2020.
The Momentum One-Day Cup final between the Hollywoodbets Dolphins and the Imperial Lions was abandoned on Thursday after persistent rain here and will now be replayed on the reserve day on Friday.