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Karachi: Pakistan captain Babar Azam hit his ninth test hundred and alongside the recalled Sarfaraz Ahmed helped his team recover against New Zealand Monday in the first Test. Babar raised his hundred off 161 balls with a six off Michael Bracewell (2-52) over midwicket just...

Melbourne: Australia's men's Test Player of the Year award has been renamed to honour legendary spinner Shane Warne, the country's cricket board announced Monday. The Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year award will be presented annually at the Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia...

Karachi: Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat on a dry and slow wicket in the first Test against New Zealand Monday. Pakistan made three changes from the team which was beaten by England at the same venue last week and...

Kochi: Odisha FC head coach Josep Gombau feels that it will be an equal game on Monday evening when his team faces Kerala Blasters FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here. Both teams will look to go all...

Bhubaneswar: After travelling across 13 states and one Union territory, the men's Hockey World Cup trophy made its way back to Odisha, which is gearing up to host the sporting extravaganza next month. Elaborate security arrangements were made at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here,...

Bhubaneswar/ Rourkela: As the clock nears the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, the excitement and enthusiasm among hockey fans around the world have already reached beyond its peak. The tournament, which is set to begin on January 13, 2023, will see 16...

Mirpur: A dogged 71-run stand between Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin came to India's rescue as the visitors fought back from a hopeless situation to pull off a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second Test and clinch the series 2-0 here Sunday. With India...

New Delhi: When the BCCI mandarins opened the mailbox to check the CVs of prospective national selection committee candidates, they were in for a shock to find applications from Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag. And if that wasn't enough, there was Pakistan...

Rourkela: The razzmatazz of the coming Men's Hockey World Cup has not touched remote Saunamara, the ancestral village of legendary player Dilip Tirkey, in the hinterland of  Sundargarh, which is considered the cradle of the game. The interest in hockey is high among the people...

Mirpur: Bangladesh spinners, led by their talismanic skipper Shakib Al Hasan and young Mehidy Hasan Miraz, forced Indian batters to press the panic button in a tricky chase of 145 as the visitors ended an engaging third day's play, tottering at 45 for 4 in...