World champion Viswanathan Anand was in for a rude shock as he lost to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of Norway Chess 2013 Super tournament. While Sergey Karjakin of Russia remained on path of creating history after he s...

Not even an injury to Lionel Messi in the 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid could dampen Barcelona's celebrations at winning its 22nd Spanish league title. Messi started his first match in six rounds because of a recurring right hamstring inju...

Rafael Nadal came within two points of defeat before he fought back to progress into the last four of the Madrid Open. Nadal had lost the first set and was trailing 5-6 on his serve and 15-30 down to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer on Friday when Fer...

The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna entered the quarter-finals of the men's doubles event while Leander Paes and Sania Mirza made exit with their respective partners at the Madrid Open on Thursday. The sixth-seeded pair of Bhupath...

Lionel Messi came off the bench to move Barcelona to within two points of clinching the La Liga title with a 4-2 win over Real Betis at Camp Nou. Dorlan Pabon and Ruben Perez had twice given the visitors the lead in the first-half either side of Alex...

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained her second position in the world rankings despite making the second round exit at India Open in the women's singles. However, Olympics quarter-finalist, Parupalli Kashyap dropped out of the me...

Bayern Munich's incredible season continued when they handed Barcelona one of their heaviest defeats for years, hammering the Catalans 4-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday. Thomas Mueller headed the recently-crowned...

Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer entered the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters after registering an easy straight-set victory over local combo of Benjamin Balleret and Guillaume Couillard. Paes and Melzer will next ta...

Paceman S Sreesanth has been warned by the BCCI for raking up the 2008 'Slapgate' issue through a social networking website. The Rajasthan Royals paceman has been told that if he repeats it again, he will be issued a show cause notice, acc...

Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik, who became the leading scorer in the ongoing IPL after a match-winning effort against the Delhi Daredevils, said he enjoys batting at number three as it helps him make the best use of powerplay over...