'Cricket may be stressful and very difficult, but when it's your passion, you learn to love it.'
Australia may have made batting look easy while chasing 300-plus totals against India successfully twice, but opener Aaron Finch credited the team's inexperienced bowlers for it, pointing out that the current attack combined has played less ODIs than the now retired Mitchell Johnson.
Pune Warriors pacer Ashish Nehra has blamed the fielding lapses and not playing the full quota of 20 overs for his team's seven-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab in their IPL match at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, on Thursday night.
Usain Bolt has finished his football trial at Central Coast Mariners and will leave the club after failing to agree commercial terms
A lethargic Manchester United lost 1-0 at lowly Wigan Athletic to open the door for Manchester City to cut their Premier League lead to five points with a thumping victory over West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 3:
Sachin Tendulkar is likely to miss Wednesday's Indian Premier League game against Rajasthan Royals but cannot be ruled out of the entire tournament, Mumbai Indians' team mentor and bowling coach Shaun Pollock said in Mumbai.
Justin Langer is sweating over the fitness of David Warner but insists he will take no chances over the health of his opener. Australia kick off their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 campaign against Afghanistan in Bristol on Saturday, with Warner hoping to shake off an injury to his glute muscle.
Manchester United are all but certain to retain their Premier League title after opening an eight-point lead by beating Queens Park Rangers 2-0 on Sunday while second-placed Manchester City crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was on Tuesday named captain and ambassador of Libra Legends in the upcoming Masters Champions League to be played in Dubai and Sharjah from January 28 to February 13. Ganguly will lead a team which will have South African iconic all-rounder Jacques Kallis, left-arm spinner Nicky Boje, English spinner Graeme Swann, Aussie speedster Shaun Tait, spinner Brad Hogg, Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate among others.
Usman Khawaja scored 75 runs to lead an Australia fightback on the third day of the second Test against South Africa at St George's Park, but succumbed just before close of play after seeing the tourists cancel out a first innings deficit.
Arsenal 'keeper Petr Cech has the answer...
'He has real technical quality and crucially, pace. But we can't be overly concerned with one player though because they have match winners all over the pitch. We need to nullify them on Wednesday.'
South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn is targeting a return to Test cricket in the third match of the series against Australia this month, he said on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians coach Shaun Pollock on Thursday lauded Harbhajan Singh's captaincy in the Champions League T20 tournament, saying the offspinner thrives on responsibility and "lead the team from the front".
The 37-year-old left-hander was forced to retire on 49 not out on the fourth day of Australia's 405-run second Test victory against England at Lord's, which levelled the series 1-1.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola finds nothing abnormal in his team's 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur but wants the side to learn from Sunday's loss and put their Premier League campaign back on track.
For former Australia fast bowler Mike Whitney, dismissing Sachin Tendulkar twice during the iconic Indian batsman's debut tour Down Under in 1991-92 remains the happiest moment of his short 12-Test career.
Injuries are not the only factor that have hampered Shaun Marsh in a rollercoaster career so far, the opener also battled drinking problems before the slide of a fellow player, Luke Pomersbach, prompted him to mend his ways.
Embattled former Australia captain Ricky Ponting managed to retain his place in the 13-member squad for the first cricket Test against India, starting in Melbourne on Monday.
Ed Cowan will open the batting on his debut for Australia in next week's first Test against India after being included in an extended squad announced on Wednesday.
Rediff.com brings a preview of the main matches coming up this weekend in the English Premier League.
Shannon Gabriel extends unreserved apology to Joe Root for sledging
The much-awaited return of David Warner and Steve Smith from their one-year bans has bolstered the team
England beat France 2-0 in an emotional friendly at Wembley on Tuesday when more than 70,000 fans paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks with English fans roaring out a spine-tingling rendition of the visitors' national anthem.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini could face a six-year ban from football-related activities due to corruption proceedings against them.
Holders Real Madrid breezed into the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare when a Karim Benzema strike secured a 1-0 win in their Group B match at home to a toothless Liverpool on Tuesday.
World No 1 Serena Williams has backed Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki's accusations of ' sexist scheduling' at the Wimbledon Championships.
Sri Lanka's Australian cricket coach Geoff Marsh has drawn criticism after the team's loss to Pakistan in the recent Test and ODI series in the UAE with media reports here stating that he was more focussed on his son Shaun's progress in the Aussie team.
'If the conditions change and we can have the Asia Cup, it must be held as earnings from it are distributed as development funds to member countries for next two years'
A Manchester United fan aims to block rival Manchester City's 'goals of football domination' by selling off thousands of parcels of a site earmarked by the world's richest club for a 100-million-pound training complex.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back over former striker Thierry Henry's comments that he had never seen the club's supporters as angry as they were during the club's defeat to Swansea City.
New TV technology to take fans 'inside the game'
World No 5 Roger Federer's possible records aside, it is the first time since 2003 that the semis have featured four men outside the top four in the world rankings.
Penpix of players in Australia's Ashes squad.
Should international cricket 'toss away' the toss to ensure an even playing field?
Images from the second and final Twenty20 International between India and Australia in Melbourne, on Friday.
Mitch Marsh has said that he is in no hurry to make his entry into the Australian Test team in the wake of failures from his older brother, Test batsman Shaun.
Australia have dropped struggling top order batsman Shaun Marsh and rested wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for the first three matches of the one-day Tri-series against India and Sri Lanka, which starts next week.
Danny Gabbidon headed in the winner as Queens Park Rangers weathered a spirited performance from third tier MK Dons to win 1-0 in their FA Cup third round replay on Tuesday and give new manager Mark Hughes his first victory.
