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Ranchi: Devon Conway (52, 35b, 7x4, 1x6) and Daryl Mitchell (59 n o, 30b, 3x4, 5x6) conjured up fluent and fiery half centuries before the spinners choked the hosts as New Zealand outplayed India by 21 runs in the opening T20I to take a 1-0...

Bhubaneswar: Defending champions Belgium will face Germany in the final of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here Sunday in their bid to retain the title. Defending champions Belgium defeated Netherlands 3-2 in penalty shootout in the second semifinal at the...

Ranchi: Put in to bat, New Zealand posted a challenging 176 for six against India in the first T20I here Friday. Opener Devon Conway made a 35-ball 52, while Daryl Mitchell smashed a 30-ball unbeaten 59. For India, Washington Sundar (2/22) scalped two wickets, while...

Bhubaneswar: Argentine-turned-German Gonzalo Peillat struck a second-half hat-trick and Niklas Wellen scored a last-minute goal as Germany fought back from a two-goal deficit to stun World No. 1 Australia 4-3 and reach the final of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup, here Friday. With...

New Delhi: Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has called India middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav a trailblazer, who could inspire a new breed of players to emulate his style of play and take T20 cricket to "another level" globally. Suryakumar, 32, was recently named the ICC...

Bhubaneswar: The FIH Men's Hockey World Cup is nearing its end with the final scheduled to be played January 29. As the teams prepare to vie for the top prize, a dedicated group of individuals, in addition to Hockey India and officials from the Odisha...

Potchefstroom: Opener Shweta Sherawat smashed an unbeaten fifty after Parshavi Chopra's triple strike as India notched up a comprehensive eight-wicket win over New Zealand to storm into the final of the inaugural Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup here Friday. India restricted New Zealand to 107...

London: England white-ball captain Jos Buttler has confirmed that they are planning for the 50-over World Cup to be held later this year without Test captain Ben Stokes, the hero of his country's 2019 ODI World Cup win. One of England's best all-rounders in recent...

New Delhi: Ukraine has threatened to boycott the 2024 Paris Olympics after International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to allow the Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the quadrennial event. The IOC said Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian athletes would participate in competitions as "neutral...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic put aside some shaky play in the early going and took over his Australian Open semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul Friday, winning 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 to close in on a 10th championship at Melbourne Park and 22nd Grand Slam title overall....