Uncapped Shardul Thakur has vowed to do his ‘homework’ on the West Indies after the right-arm pace bowler earned his first India call-up for the Test tour of the Caribbean.

Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have their task cut out when the take on Sunrisers Hyderabad for a place in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) second qualifier at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here today.

AB de Villiers scored a spectacular half-century to lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore to a place in the final of the Indian Premier League after a four-wicket win over the Gujarat Lions in their qualifier at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday.

Wu Lei’s dramatic injury-time winner put Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Shanghai SIPG into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals against a dumbfounded FC Tokyo yesterday.

Coach Sabri Lamouchi is urging caution ahead of El Jaish’s AFC Champions League Round of 16 second-leg clash with fellow Qataris Lekhwiya today despite their four-goal lead from the first leg.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes said on Monday he would miss the rest of the Sri Lanka series because of a knee injury.

England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow is ready to move up the order if required for the second Test against Sri Lanka as his coach at Yorkshire, Jason Gillespie, compared him to Australia great Adam Gilchrist.

Qatar Football Association (QFA) and Qatar Shell’s Koora Time initiative has been honoured as the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative at the Sports Industry Awards 2016 held in Dubai in March this year.

HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al-Thani-owned Rawah won the Prix Nefta (Gr2 PA) at Bordeaux on Monday.

Qatar Stars League (QSL) has confirmed that 12 teams will compete in the 2017-2018 season.

Qatar Football Association president Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani congratulated the winners at the QFA Award Ceremony that brought down curtains on the football season on Saturday.

Former Barcelona captain Xavi Hernandez believes his long-time coach Pep Guardiola will transform English football once he takes over at Manchester City this summer.