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Ahmedabad: Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar felicitated Wednesday the India U-19 women’s cricket team for their triumph in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa. Sachin Tendulkar said the feat will encourage many girls to take up the sport and realise their dreams. “I...

New Delhi: With an increase of 334.72 crore, the government Wednesday in the Union Budget allocated Rs 3,397.32 crore to the Sports Ministry for 2023-2024. It is the same period during which the Indian athletes will compete at the Asian Games and prepare for 2024...

New Delhi: The Indian team management could consider playing Shubman Gill in the middle-order ahead of Suryakumar Yadav in the first Test against Australia. This development comes after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the series opener due to a back injury. He is yet...

New Delhi: The Indian team management could consider playing Shubman Gill in the middle order ahead of Suryakumar Yadav in the first Test against Australia after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the series opener due to a back injury. Iyer failing to recover from...

Sydney: Former Australia skipper Steve Smith says his team is better off training on its own rather than playing tour games on "irrelevant" Indian pitches ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series. Australia have decided not to play a single tour game in India during the...

Dubai: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma has climbed to second spot and has the top position -- currently occupied by England's Sophie Ecclestone -- in her sights in the latest ICC T20I bowling rankings announced Tuesday. The 25-year-old off-spinner, who is leading the wicket-taker's list in...

Ahmedabad: India's young top order will be under pressure to deliver in the series-deciding third T20 International against New Zealand here Wednesday. It would be fair to say the trio of Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tripathi has not made their opportunities count in...

New Delhi: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has confirmed that he will be missing the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India as he continues to battle a finger injury. Starc suffered an injury on the finger of his left hand in the Boxing...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic's Australian Open championship returned him to a rather familiar spot Monday: No. 1 in the ATP rankings. His four-place rise from No. 5 to replace Carlos Alcaraz at No. 1 is the largest jump to the top spot in the 50-year history...

New Delhi: Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will felicitate the Indian U-19 women's cricket team for winning the inaugural ICC U-19 T20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad Wednesday. "It is with great delight I share that Bharat Ratna Shri @sachin_rt and @BCCI...