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New Delhi: Former India medium pacer Joginder Sharma, who bowled the iconic match-winning final over in the 2007 World T20 summit clash against Pakistan, Friday announced retirement from all forms of cricket. The 39-year-old represented India in four ODIs and as many T20s between 2004...

Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former player Yasir Arafat as the national team's new bowling coach and will also serve as the head coach whenever Mickey Arthur is not available, according to a news report. Arthur is set to be unveiled as...

Auckland: New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson is set for an international return after recovering from his back injury as he was named in the 14-member Test squad to face England in a two-Test series at home, starting later this month. Jamieson last played for...

Bengaluru: Australia have roped in Maheesh Pithiya, a 21-year-old spinner with uncanny resemblance to Ravichandran Ashwin, to train in spin-friendly tracks as part of their preparation for the upcoming Test series against India. Off-spinner Ashwin may prove to be a major threat for Australia, who...

East London: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma is pleased with their overall effort and said they will look to take positives from the Tri-series into the ICC Women's T20 World Cup beginning February 10. The Indian women's team, which had secured a maiden final finish in...

Geneva: The IOC stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for next year's Paris Olympics amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies. The International Olympic Committee's move last week to map a pathway to Paris for athletes...

New Delhi: Poland's sport and tourism minister Kamil Bortniczuk has said that nearly 40 countries could boycott the Paris Olympics to make the holding of the Games "pointless". Bortniczuk said he believed it would be possible to build a coalition of 40 countries, including Great...

Canberra: Tennis star Nick Kyrgios was due to appear in an Australian court Friday to apply to have an assault charge stemming from events two years ago dismissed on mental health grounds. His lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith appeared in a court in Kyrgios' hometown of Canberra...

New Delhi: Argentine Max Caldas and Dutchman Siegfried Aikman are in contention to replace Graham Reid as Indian men's hockey team head coach after the recent World Cup debacle, sources in Hockey India said. According to a HI source, the federation is in talks with...

East London: Harleen Deol scored a painstaking 46 off 56 balls on a slow track as Indian women found batting difficult, managing a paltry 109 for 4 against South Africa in the T20 Tri-series final here Thursday. With stylish Smriti Mandhana dismissed for nought and...