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New Delhi: They say boxer Muhammad Ali was arguably the greatest sports personality of all time. Pele was that and more. In his pomp, Pele was Muhammad Ali from the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, Jesse Owens in Hitler’s Olympics. He was Rafael Nadal at Roland...

New Delhi/Dehradun: India's star cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered multiple injuries when his car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, early Friday. The 25-year-old, who was going to his home in Roorkee, was taken to a local hospital. He suffered injuries on his...

Bhubaneswar: The semi-finals of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 (Mens Under 18) Qualifiers came to a thrilling conclusion here on Thursday as Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Madhya Pradesh booked their place in the final of the tournament after defeating Hockey Haryana and...

Mumbai: Called by various names such as 'Gasolina', 'The Black Pearl' and 'O Rei' (The King), the nickname that stuck like glue to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who, as 'Pele', became the greatest footballer the world has ever known. It is with that name he left...

Bhubaneswar: Hockey Madhya Pradesh will take on the Hockey Association of Odisha, while Hockey Haryana will face Hockey Jharkhand in the second semifinal of the Qualifiers - Khelo India Youth Games 2022 (Women's Under 18) here Thursday. Hockey Madhya Pradesh reached the last four of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has deputed several ministers to various states and union territories to invite the Chief Ministers for FIH Hockey Men's Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted by Odisha for the second consecutive time. On behalf of the Chief Minister,...

Dhaka: Russell Damingo has stepped down from his post as Bangladesh head coach, two days after his side lost the home Test series to India. Domingo had taken over as head coach after Steve Rhodes was sacked, in September 2019. The South African was to...

Mumbai: J Arunkumar, a heavyweight in the domestic circuit in the 1990s and 2000s, has been appointed as the assistant batting coach of five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians. A right-handed opening batter and a veteran of over 100 first-class games, Arunkumar represented Karnataka in the...

Melbourne: David Warner's fairytale innings ended abruptly but half-centuries from Travis Head and Alex Carey helped Australia to extend its lead to 290 runs on Day Three of the second test against South Africa. https://twitter.com/CricketAus/status/1607943470500708352   Australia had resumed Wednesday on 386-3 in reply to...

New Delhi: The transition phase in Indian cricket kick-started Tuesday with premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya being named captain of the T20 side for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka starting January 3. The 27-year-old Baroda man has also been named as the vice-captain of the...