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Chennai, April 23: Mike Hussey played a gem of an innings to put to shade Shane Watson’s brilliant ton and help Chennai Super Kings eke out a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling Indian Premier League match here on Monday night. Chasing a stiff 186 for win, Hussey (88) made short work of Rajasthan’s ordinary bowling attack and together with Suresh Raina (52 off 35) added 90 runs

Paris, Apr 22: World champion Viswanathan Anand made a disappointing start as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Englishman Michael Adams in the first round of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament here at the Louvre. On what turned out to be a day of big upsets, Chinese champion Ding Liren caused another big flutter crushing world number three Levon Aronian of Armenia. The 10-player round

New Delhi, Apr 22: Maybe Virender Sehwag heard about Sunil Gavaskar rating Viv Richards higher than him on TV, or maybe he just wanted to impress Delhi's new advisor from the Caribbean. Whatever the spur, Sehwag with unbeaten 95 off only 57 (13x4, 2x6) finally found his timing and his style, breaking his team's run of six consecutive losses with a numbing display of power-hitting that left Mumbai

New Delhi, Apr 21: Sachin Tendulkar has always been showered with the biggest of compliments but former Australia opener Matthew Hayden took it to a new level as he placed the senior batsman above the game itself while calling him India's Don Bradman and a "movement in himself". "They will write books and do movies on him in the coming years because he has taken Indian cricket to a new level, and

Bangalore, Apr 21: Winning convincingly is something new to Royal Challengers Bangalore this year and Saturday was a start. But faced with an easy chase of 118 in their 100th T20 match overall, the hosts nearly threatened another close finish before holding their nerve to seal a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals with 2.1 overs to spare at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Chris Gayle (49 not out

Chennai, Apr 20: Shockingly, as many as 68 foreigners withdrew from the ITF Women’s Future event in Lucknow, scheduled from April 20 to 27, citing security reasons. It is reliably understood that they grew paranoid after hearing stories of mounting violence, especially towards women in the country. In all, 80 players have abstained from it. Uttar Pradesh Tennis Association (UPTA) treasurer, J S

Hyderabad, Apr 20: A clinical Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kings XI Punjab comfortably by five wickets to register their fifth win in the India Premier League to move to the top of the points table on Friday. By virtue of a disciplined bowling effort, Sunrisers first restricted Kings XI to 123 for nine and then rode on Hanuma Vihari’s 46 and Thissara Perera’s quickfire 11-ball unbeaten 23 to

Taipei, April 19: India’s campaign at the Badminton Asia Championships came to an end here Friday after rising shuttler P.V. Sindhu lost in the women’s singles quarter-finals to Japanese seventh seed Eriko Hirose in three games. After beating former World No.1 Shixian Wang in the previous round Thursday at the Taipei Arena, the 17-year-old Indian looked in top form in the first two games but ran

New Delhi, Apr 19: Chennai Super Kings Thursday inflicted a crushing 86-run defeat on Delhi Daredevils, handing out the sixth consecutive loss to the home team whose miseries show no signs of end with a pathetic batting display by the top and middle order in their Pepsi Indian Premier League match here. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings, desperate to get back to their winning ways

Pune, Apr 17: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Pune Warriors by 11 runs in their IPL match here today. Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 119 for 8 in 20 overs (Biplab Samantray 37; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/18) Pune Warriors: 108 all out in 19 overs (Robin Uthappa 22; Amit Mishra 4/19).