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East London: Deepti Sharma emerged as the star performer as India tuned up for the women's T20 Tri-series final with a dominating eight-wicket win over the West Indies in an inconsequential match here Monday. If the bowlers, led by Deepti (3/11), put up a clinical...

Chennai: Out-of-favour India player Murali Vijay Monday announced he was retiring from international cricket. The right-handed batter who featured in 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals last played for the country in the Perth Test against Australia in December 2018. His Test debut...

New Delhi: Indian men's hockey team chief coach Graham Reid Monday resigned from his position following the host nation's disastrous outing at the just-concluded World Cup. Reid, who was appointed India coach in April 2019, led the team to a historic bronze medal finish at...

Lucknow: India men's head coach Rahul Dravid lauded the U-19 Women's team for winning the inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup trophy in South Africa, calling the victory a landmark moment for women's cricket in the country. At the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom Sunday,...

Lucknow: In a low-scoring second T20I which went down the wire, India's in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav steered his side home with an unbeaten 26 off 31 balls, including slapping Blair Tickner over mid-off for the winning boundary and level three-match series to set up a...

New Delhi: Veteran cricketers Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj lavished praise on the Indian women's team as they became the U19 T20 World Cup champions. With a brilliant bowling performance followed by a calm run-chase, India cruised to victory over England in the final, sealing...

Potchefstroom: Not content with the U-19 T20 World Cup triumph, batting sensation Shafali Verma has already set her sights on replicating the success with the senior women's team in less than two weeks' time. She will get her chance when the Women's T20 World Cup...

Bhubaneswar: In a World Cup of high-quality hockey, the German "culture of resilience" triumphed, ending Belgium's five-year reign as the most successful team, while hosts India's nearly five-decade long wait for a medal continued. The Germans made another stunning comeback from a two-goal deficit to...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday congratulated India's Under-19 women's cricket team for winning the inaugural T-20 World Cup. She termed the feat as the beginning of the Indian women scaling "greater heights" in the coming days. "Heartiest congratulations to India's Under 19...

Bhubaneswar: The FIH Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, successfully wrapped up with Germany taking home the coveted trophy following a thrilling penalty shootout against former champions Belgium. The hotly contested final match was graced by the presence of Governor of Odisha Ganeshi...