England all-rounder Chris Jordan hailed the West Indies cricket team for agreeing to come to England for their three-Test series, starting July 8, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. ....

India's ace sprinter Hima Das has been nominated for the prestigious Khel Ratna award while boxer Lovlina Borgohain has been nominated for Arjuna award by the state government of Assam, a top official said here on Monday. ....

Former England batsman Nick Compton has revealed that he was sledged by Virat Kohli during the team's tour of India in 2012. Compton, who made his Test debut in that series, said that Kohli didn't like the fact that the England opener had chatted with his ex-girlfriend and was thus after him throughout the four-match rubber. ....

If things ended a bit differently in 2014 then hotshot Polish striker Robert Lewandowski would have ended up with Real Madrid instead of Bayern Munich, according to his former agent Cezary Kucharski. ....

West Indies fast-bowler Kemar Roach has stated there won't be any friendship with England fast-bowler Jofra Archer in the upcoming Test series between the two countries. ....

Sushant Singh Rajput was treated just as any other cricketer at the nets while he was preparing for MS Dhoni's biopic and was even hit on the face and body many times during the training, recalls former India wicketkeeper Kiran More, who had trained the deceased actor for the role. ....

Sushant Singh Rajput, who won hearts with his titular role as Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the World Cup-winning former Indian captain's biopic, had coaxed the latter's childhood coach Keshav Banerjee to teach him the famous helicopter shot. ....

Indian sports fraternity expressed their shock at the passing away of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, on Sunday. Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence in Mumbai in an apparent suicide, a police officer said. ....

He was known as a smiling assassin during his playing days, but former Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has revealed how he also did his little prayers and one such time was when he went into the auction for the Indian Premier League. ....

Barcelona face Mallorca as LaLiga returns on Saturday and club captain Lionel Messi posted a photo with his teammates en route to the island. The players can be seen standing away from each other in the bus in accordance to social distancing norms and are wearing protective gear. ....

Former India cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh led the way in paying tribute to Vasant Raiji, who passed away on Saturday, aged 100. Raiji, India's oldest first-class cricketer, played nine first-class matches in the 1940s and scored a total of 277 runs. ....