India head coach Gautam Gambhir refused to blame an individual or a group after the team's defeat against England in the opening Test.

Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday was appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

Zaheer Khan on Wednesday was appointed as the mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

Three fans breached security at Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday to take a selfie with former India captain Virat Kohli and one returned successful.

His counter-attacking knock put India in the driver's seat in the second Test against Sri Lanka and Shreyas Iyer asserted that batting with a defensive mind-set does not help on difficult wickets like the M Chinnaswamy track.

Robert Lewandowski scored a record-breaking 11-minute hat-trick to send Bayern Munich sailing into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 7-1 win at home to Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday.

Sheriff Tiraspol coach Yuriy Vernydub pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history by beating Real Madrid -- months later he is shouldering arms in defence of his native Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich said his side need to question their mentality after they slumped to a shock 4-2 defeat at Bundesliga minnows Bochum ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Red Bull Salzburg.

Rising T20 sensation M Shahrukh Khan and his state-mate, orthodox left-arm spinner Ravi Srinivas Sai Kishore, will be joining the Indian white-ball team as stand-by players for the upcoming six-match series against the West Indies.

Ashes 4th Test preview: They are facing a 5-0 whitewash, although rain forecast for Sydney could come to England's rescue. Veteran seamer Jimmy Anderson admitted that "the lads are pretty flat at the minute if I'm being brutally honest".