Sydney : Former England batsman Graeme Hick was today promoted to be Australia’s specialist batting coach starting with the upcoming series against South Africa. Hick, who played 65 Tests and 120 one-dayers for England, was appointed Cricket Australia’s high performance coach in 2013. Head coach Darren Lehmann paid tribute to Hick’s abilities. “Graeme worked with […]
New Delhi : The star-studded Spanish tennis squad arrived here on Monday ahead of their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India. The 20-member squad, which includes the likes of 14-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal and World No.13 David Ferrer, got down to business straight away after landing in the capital in the […]
Lausanne : The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said today it would deliver an appeal verdict on the two-year doping ban for Maria Sharapova in early October. The 29-year-old Russian tested positive for the banned medication meldonium during January’s Australian Open. In a severe blow to her reputation, the infringement was revealed in March. […]
New Delhi : So, the New Zealanders are back in India for yet another trial by spin in the upcoming three-Test series, staring with the first match in Kanpur from September 22. As has been the case in their previous series against India in 2012, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, along with Pragyan Ojha, had knocked the […]
New Delhi : Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is not keen to collect the upgraded silver medal from 2012 London Olympics on humanitarian grounds given that the original second place finisher’s positive dope test came after his death. “Besik Kudukhov shandaar pehelwaan the (Besik Kudukhov was a magnificent wrestler). Unke mirtyu ke baad dope test mein fail […]