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Bhubaneswar: Holders Belgium thrashed a plucky Korea 5-0 to begin the defence of their World Cup title in style while two-time champions Germany beat reigning Asian Games champions Japan 3-0, here Saturday. The Koreans did not allow Belgium to open the scoring till the half...

Bengaluru: Bengaluru FC notched up a comfortable 3-1 win over Odisha FC to spice up the playoffs battle in the Indian Super League here Saturday. Rohit Kumar broke the deadlock before Roy Krishna ended his 10-game goalless streak to double the Blues' advantage. Diego Mauricio...

Benoni: Opener Shweta Sehrawat smashed an unbeaten 92 after skipper Shafali Verma blazed away to a 16-ball 45 as India crushed South Africa by seven wickets to begin their campaign in the inaugural Women's U-19 T20 World Cup on a rousing note here Saturday. Set...

Thiruvananthapuram: The in-form Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav "understand" that they will have to wait for their chances in the ODI format, India's batting coach Vikram Rathour said Saturday. Despite their exploits in T20Is in recent times, both the players were not considered for the...

Abu Dhabi: Thomas Pieters and Alex Noren playing for Continental Europe took down Great Britain & Ireland's top pairing Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry 1-up in the opening match of the inaugural Hero Cup. That was followed by another fine result from the Frenchman Antoine...

Rourkela: The Odisha Government has made special arrangements to make the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela easily accessible for the differently abled to watch the world cup hockey matches without any inconvenience. The Birsa Munda Stadium was completed in just fifteen months, while...

Abu Dhabi: IPL franchise Lucknow Supergiants coach Andy Flower believes that KL Rahul can be an excellent skipper for the Indian team. Rahul has captained India in seven ODI's, three Tests, and one T20I with decent success. He was once considered Rohit Sharma's successor across...

Benoni: The opening day of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa saw Bangladesh open the inaugural edition of the tournament by stunning a much-fancied Australia while UAE got going with a victory against Scotland. At Willowmoore Park in Benoni Saturday,...

New Delhi: Virat Kohli was desperate for ODI captaincy in 2016 before then head coach Ravi Shastri asked him to "respect" MS Dhoni's prudence and wait for the mantle to be passed on to him, former fielding coach R Sridhar revealed in his new book....

Rourkela: Three-time champions Netherlands began their campaign in style, outplaying Malaysia 3-0 while New Zealand defeated Chile 3-1 in Pool C matches of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup here Saturday. In the opening match of the day, Sam Hiha (11th, 18th minutes) scored two...