Former India head coach Ravi Shastri said that there was a 'gang of people in India', who always wanted him to fail.
India coach Rahul Dravid has indicated that the team management may take some tough selection decisions going forward and emphasised on the need to have clear communication with the players.
Sahim Salim meets Nitin Yadav Sanjana Bharadwaj, who claimed the legendary Brian Lara's wicket at a cricket clinic for budding Delhi players at the Ferozshah Kotla.
So it is over. Two weeks of intriguing tennis where the world's best competed for the year's first Grand Slam. While the match-fixing report cast a shadow over the start of the Australian Open, the tournament gained momentum as it progressed. Rediff.com encapsulates the best moments from the Rod Laver Arena.
Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League following a 3-0 defeat at Bayern Munich on Wednesday, failing to make it past the group stage of the competition for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
She also underlined that 'black laws' like AFSPA would be repealed from the state only when the situation improves.
A desperate Indian team will pray for a rain-free third and final ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday in its bid to finish on an even keel in a series that neither had context nor any major takeaways.
Their home is, not surprisingly, teeming with visitors who are received by the proud father and Azma Khatun, the mother of the 22-year-old.
Ms Zinta looked elegant in a red Patiala suit and nude shoes to match her team colours.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami celebrates his birthday with his Kings XI Punjab team-mates in Dubai on Thursday.
The match lived up to its billing right from the start
We were not good enough, conditions are not an excuse, says Rohit Sharma
KL Rahul was effusive in his praise for 25-year-old Brar.
'This hundred is because of my Abbu (father). The celebration was for Sidhu Moosewala. I love his songs'
"The best team won, we struggled from the beginning and we couldn't deal with their long balls. Usually, you press the ball to win it, but this was different. They defended so deep and so well," City coach Pep Guardiola told the BBC.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic enjoyed a winning French Open start under new coach Andre Agassi on Monday, cruising past Spain's Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round.
A mouth-watering four-Test series between the top two teams in the World Test Championship standings will get underway with a pink-ball conTest at Adelaide from December 17.
The tournament, with eight players in both the men's and women's draw, will resemble regular tennis as much as possible.
The most impressive players at the FIFA World Cup 2022 after Round One.
Bangladesh capitalised on Pakistan's late slump to win their first ever Women's World Cup match on Monday.
The stadiums at Qatar offer plenty of wisdom and chutzpah on how to take our own lives forward.
Paes and Bhupathi will be seen in a unique storytelling of their journey and relationship together
Preity was in mandatory quarantine before this game and her presence surely gave her team the encouragement needed to cross the finish line.
'It's probably something I'll look back on at some point, and it's a nice accolade to have'.
Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic fired 19 aces to topple Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 and set up a second-round clash with either Dan Evans or Russian 10th seed Andrey Rublev.
Should India have included Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan and Yuzvendra Chahal? Tell us!
A pair of autographed shoes worn by basketball star Michael Jordan in the famous 1997 'flu game' during the NBA finals sold at auction on Thursday for a record-breaking $104,765.
'In Mumbai cricket, your scores are only counted only if you score a hundred or more, below that doesn't mean anything.'
His respectable, if not spectacular, legacy in Tests will remain a source of debate in assessing one of the game's most polarising players.
With immense pressure on him to match the late great Diego Maradona and send the trophy back to Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi has lit up the Qatar tournament while others in the superstar stratum - Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo - have underwhelmed and gone home.
Sri Lanka beat India by four wickets to draw level in the three-match series.
'...and the only thing I expect from you guys is to make the most of the time that we spend on the field whether it is a practice session, game drills it is needless to mention'
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Man-of-the-match Shubman Gill, who top-scored with an unbeaten 63 off 49 balls, was pleased with his performance but said he faced a bit of back issues during his knock.
India will face the winners between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who play in the last group league encounter.
Australia wicketkeeper batter Matthew Wade on Thursday said he may "walk into sunset" after the T20 World Cup Down Under next year.
Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santer may have not picked up a wicket in New Zealand's thumping win over India but his tidy spell helped immensely in putting pressure on the opposition batters, said teammmate Ish Sodhi.
Prasidh said he has been practising a lot and the few Vijay Hazare matches he had played helped him to keep in rhythm.
Images from Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
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