Montreal : The thorny issue of creating a new drug-testing authority independent of international federations will be on the agenda here Thursday at a key meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency just eight months ahead of the Winter Olympics. Currently in the fight against drugs, individual international federations wield varying degrees of power over doping […]
Mumbai : Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar today rated the Australian series of 1999 as the toughest in his 24-year long international career. “The toughest series without any doubt was in 1999 when we went to Australia and they had a great side,” said Tendulkar. “In a team of 11, they had seven to eight match-winners […]
Rome : Maria Sharapova retired with injury in her second-round match in Rome, just hours after she was denied a wild card for the French Open, while defending champion Andy Murray crashed to a heavy defeat in his opener against Fabio Fognini. Sharapova, who was wearing a bandage on her left thigh, on Tuesday pulled […]
Mumbai : MS Dhoni and Washington Sundar made match-winning contributions as Rising Pune Supergiant beat Mumbai Indians by 20 runs to reach their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) final here today. Dhoni was at his destructive best, smashing 40 off 26 balls in the death overs to propel Pune to 162/4. And then, young off-spinner […]
Chandigarh : The state government today announced a 12-month amnesty for developers who defaulted on the payment of external development charges (EDC). After Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s nod to accept one of the main demands of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) and other bodies representing realtors, the Department of […]