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New Delhi: Experienced drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 23-member Indian men’s hockey team in the upcoming tour of Australia, Hockey India (HI) said Tuesday. Odisha’s Amit Rohidas has been named vice-captain of the team. The only other player from Odisha to feature in the...

New Delhi: One of the most accomplished names in T20 cricket, Kieron Pollard, Tuesday called time on his IPL playing career after 13 seasons with league giants Mumbai Indians. The 35-year-old wanted to carry on playing for a few more years but decided to retire...

Sao Paulo: Wingers, false nines, target men and center forwards in the Brazil squad for the World Cup are giving coach Tite a nice selection headache up front. As the five-time champion aims to win the title for the first time in 20 years, Tite...

Wellington: The seasoned Martin Guptill and Trent Boult were Tuesday dropped from New Zealand's squad for the home limited-overs series against India, beginning here November 18. Opener Guptill has been dropped to accommodate rising star Finn Allen while New Zealand Cricket (NZC) decided to give...

Melbourne: Australia's Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins Tuesday decided to miss next year's Indian Premier League due to a "packed" international calendar. Having made his IPL debut in 2015, Cummins has played 42 games in the world's biggest T20 league. He had taken seven...

Paris: The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed — a Phrygian cap.   The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the...

New Delhi: Five-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and multiple-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected unopposed as members of the IOA Athletes Commission in the polls held here Monday. The other seven members...

New Delhi: Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble feels having totally different squads in limited overs and Test format is the way forward for the country in international cricket. England's roaring success in ODIs and T20Is has ignited debate for different teams and coaches...

Melbourne: Swashbuckling Australia opening batter David Warner has hinted at Test retirement next year but he is likely to continue playing white-ball cricket. Warner's comments came after hosts Australia made an early exit from the T20 World Cup. "Test cricket will probably be the first...

  Melbourne: Tournament's leading run-getter Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav were Monday named in the 'Most Valuable Team' of ICC 2022 T20 World Cup. Indian superstar Kohli ended as the tournament's most prolific batter with 296 runs at a stunning average of 98.66. Kohli kick-started...