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Perth: Australia captain Aaron Finch found himself in the middle of a stump microphone controversy days before the start of the T20 World Cup as he was reprimanded by the ICC for use of "audible obscenity". The incident occurred in the ninth over of England...

Christshurch: Finn Allen and Devon Conway shared a 117-run opening partnership as New Zealand cruised to a nine-wicket win over Pakistan with almost four overs remaining Tuesday in the Twenty20 Tri-Series. Allen made 62 including a half-century from 32 balls and Conway followed his match-winning...

Bhubaneswar: One of the least fancied sides in the tournament, India will begin as clear underdogs in their FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup opening match against the mighty USA here Tuesday. India had booked an automatic berth in the age-group showpiece as hosts. They are...

New Delhi: Newly-elected president of Hockey India (HI), Dilip Tirkey chaired Monday the executive board meeting here. The major focal point of the meeting was the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup the matches of which will be played January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela....

Doha: The fourth single from the multi-song FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 official soundtrack highlights woman power as it features four of the Arab world's most famous female singers -- Balqees, Nora Fatehi, Manal and Rahma Riad. Moroccan-Canadian Nora Fatehi, a known Bollywood actress, has...

Dubai: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan won the ICC Player of the Month awards for September in women and men's categories respectively. Harmanpreet received the award for her memorable showing in the ODI series in England. The Indian skipper beat...

Sylhet: India bundled out Thailand for a paltry 37 in their Women's Asia Cup match here Monday. Invited to bat, Thailand struggled to navigate the Indian spin attack as their innings folded in 15.1 overs. All-rounder Sneh Rana (3/9) led the India bowlers with a...

Ranchi: Man of the Match, Shreyas Iyer’s (113 n o, 11b, 15x4) second ODI ton and Ishan Kishan’s (93, 84b, 4x4, 7x6) blitzkrieg helped India beat South Africa by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare in the second ODI here Sunday. The hosts thus...

Bhubaneswar: Refurbished seats, new pitches and state-of-the-art facilities -- the stage is set for Fifa U-17 Women's World Cup at Kalinga stadium of Bhubaneswar. The stadium will host five Group A matches, in which four countries -- India, the US, Morocco and Brazil -- will...

Ranchi: Shardul Thakur has come to terms with the "big setback" of missing the T20 World Cup cut but the Mumbai medium-pace bowling all-rounder is focussed on doing well in upcoming games as he still has a "lot of cricket" left in him. Thakur did...