ABU DHABI: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma believes that T20 is a format in which one has to be at his best on the day. He added that the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Thursday will not be a cakewalk for his team.

KOLKATA:Local favourites Mohammedan Sporting Club have reached the 130th Durand Cup semi-finals, knocking out defending champions Gokulam Kerala with a 1-0 victory in front of a limited capacity home crowd at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK).

DUBAI:  It's raining milestones in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Wriddhiman Saha crossing batting marks in the league and the T20 format.

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja has said that if one goes by the statement shared by the England and Wales Cricket Board on pulling out of their tour in October, there is "no quote related to security".

LONDON:The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) announced on Wednesday that the gender-neutral terms 'batter' and 'batters' will replace 'batsman' and 'batsmen' after amending the Laws of Cricket. The changes have been approved by the MCC Committee after initial discussion by the Clubs specialist Laws sub-committee.

DUBAI: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match against Punjab Kings at the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday (September 21).

CHANDIGARH: Firing eight aces Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan caused a mild upset as he shocked fourth seed and 138th ranked Tomas MacHac of Czech Republic in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in the singles first round match of the € 44,820 ATP Challenger FlowBank Challenger Biel in Switzerland.

DUBAI: Punjab Kings coach Anil Kumble was left distraught following the two-run loss to Rajasthan Royals despite the fact that they had to score just eight runs in the final two overs to snatch a win in the crucial Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.

DUBAI:  Delhi Capitals' (DC) South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who has taken eight wickets in seven matches in the IPL 2021 season so far, expressed that the team has given itself a good chance of qualifying for the 'playoffs' following a brilliant performance in the first half of the season in India.

DUBAI:Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) announced on Sunday that Virat Kohli will step down as the captain of the team after the end of IPL 2021 season. The announcement was made through a video posted by the franchise on social media, three days after Kohli said that he will be quitting as Indias T20I captain after the mens T20 World Cup in the UAE next month. Kohli will continue to be a part of the RCB squad.

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through the water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle.

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli said on Saturday that the skillsets provided by the Sri Lankan duo of Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera will help the side in UAE conditions. He also said that Hasaranga and Chameera are players who know these conditions, which are similar to the sub-continental conditions during this time of the year.

SRINAGAR:Delhi's Honey Baisoya returned to his best as he ended a three-year title-drought with his determined display at the J&K Open 2021 played at the Royal Springs Golf Course here.

DUBAI: The Indian Test team members in the Delhi Capitals squad, who have arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from England, started their training ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021's second leg that is set to begin here from Sunday night.

MOHALI:Raninder Singh was re-elected as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) - the governing body for the sport of shooting in the country at the elections held within the premises of Punjab Cricket Association, here on Saturday.

DUBAI:Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the two most successful Indian Premier League franchises (in terms of titles won), will clash in the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021's second leg here on Sunday.

KOLKATA:With a spot in the knockout phase for the taking, ISL side Hyderabad FC meet a confident Army Red Football Team in a Group D game at the 130th Durand Cup on Sunday, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK). A win will ensure either team's passage to the knockout stage of the iconic tournament.

LONDON: Indian cricket team coach Ravi Shastri has given a big hint that he is likely to step down from the hot seat after the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman when he said that "I believe one thing -- never overstay your welcome."

HAMIRPUR (HP): Time has come when each government has realized the importance of water sports of larger economic policy. As of now, lakes are largely restricted to sight seeing and pleasure trips while it demands from us more than of that on the other hand the low sensibility of arm-chair administration produces stagnation. Perhaps it is against the background of highly comprehensive and highly fragmented character of water sports that the government of Himachal Pradesh attempted to go ahead with a number of innovative plans.

SRINAGAR:Honey Baisoya of Delhi, struggling for form for most of the season, is looking for a turnaround in fortune at this week’s J&K Open 2021 Presented by J&K Tourism at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar.

CHANDIGARH:Dr. Rakesh Malik and Jayant Kumar have been elected president and secretary general in the annual general meeting of the Kayaking & Canoeing Association Chandigarh at Amara Hotel today.

INDIANAPOLIS:Fourth seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchechiyan and Purav Raja side-stepped Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia an Maxme Janvier of France in a hard-fought doubles quarter-final victory by 3-6, 6-1, 10-5 in the €66,640 Open Blot Rennes, France.

SRINAGAR:Delhi golfer Honey Baisoya and Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi moved into the joint halfway lead after round two of the J&K Open 2021 Presented by J&K Tourism at the Royal Springs Golf Course here.

DUBAI:Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli announced on Thursday that he will be stepping down as the T20I captain after the completion of the men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE in October.

Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots claimed their first ever Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title as they defeated the Saint Lucia Kings by three wickets in a closely contested encounter at Warner Park.Roston

SRINAGAR: Pune-based Udayan Mane, who recently represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, fired a sublime seven-under 65 in round one of the J&K Open 2021 Presented by J&K Tourism to take the early lead at the Rs. 40 lakh PGTI event being played at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar.

INDIANAPOLIS: N Sriram Balaji of India, combining with Japanese Hiroki Moriya, outpointed Chun-Hsin Tseng and Tung-Lin Wu of Chinese Taipei in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 in the doubles first round match in the $ 52,080 Istanbul Challenger Ted Open, Turkey .

CHANDIGARH:The trials for selecting state teams for the All India Civil Services Volleyball Tournament will be conducted on September 16, 2021 at Sport Stadium Mohali.

NEW DELHI:  The second leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 will witness the return of fans inside the stadiums in UAE, confirmed the IPL in a statement on Wednesday.

Basseterre:  St Kitts and Nevis Patriots defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets to enter the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final where they will meet Saint Lucia Kings who beat defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders by 21 runs in the other semi-final.

Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots secured a place in the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final with a dominant seven-wicket victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors. The final line-up is Saint Lucia Kings vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots tomorrow at Warner Park

  Saint Lucia Kings storm into final of Hero CPL

CHANDIGARH: Fourth seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchechiyan and Purav Raja recorded straight sets 6-4, 7-5 verdict against French pair of Kyran Jacquet and Harold Mayor in the doubles first round match in the €66,640 ATP Challenger Open Blot Rennes, France.

MUMBAI: The Virat Kohli Foundation has inaugurated a trauma and rehab centre for stray animals at Madh, Malad here.Earlier this year, Indian skipper Virat Kohli had said that he was setting up two animal care facilities in Mumbai. Kohli credited his wife Anushka Sharma for making him see the difficulties faced by stray animals in the city.

TURIN:  Russia's Daniil Medvedev and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas are the second and third singles players to qualify for this year's Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin from November 14-21, following their showing at the US Open. Both players will compete in the season finale for the third consecutive year.