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Bhubaneswar: India have been drawn with England, Spain and Wales in Pool D of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in January next year. The draw of the 16-team tournament was held here Thursday, with four teams making...

Dubai: India will face reigning champions Australia and New Zealand in their ICC T20 World Cup warm-up games October 17 and October 19 respectively. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian side will play both their warm-up games at the Gabba in Brisbane. The International Cricket Council (ICC)...

Cairns: Trent Boult took four wickets and held the catch to remove top scorer Steve Smith as New Zealand restricted Australia to 195 in the second one-day cricket international and enhanced its prospects of leveling the series. Skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and sent...

Sharjah: Pakistan tail-ender Naseem Shah credited self-belief and practice sessions in the nets for his final over heroics against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup. Naseem struck two consecutive sixes in the last over of the game to help his side beat Afghanistan and qualify for...

Zurich: Another historic feat awaits Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as he will start as favourite in the prestigious Diamond League Finals here Thursday. Chopra had made a spectacular return from a one-month injury lay-off by winning the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League...

Dubai: All but out of reckoning for the summit clash, a dishevelled India would like to put their house in order before facing a gutsy Afghanistan team which could prove to be a proverbial banana peel in the final Super 4 clash of the Asia...

Rourkela: A high-level team of hockey officials visited the under-construction stadium in Odisha's Rourkela Wednesday to take stock of the situation ahead of the men's world cup next year. The team, comprising members of the International Hockey Federation or the FIH and Hockey India, expressed...

Dubai: India captain Rohit Sharma gained three slots to be at 14th while Suryakumar Yadav dropped a place to fourth among batters in the ICC T20I rankings issued Wednesday. Rohit (612 rating points) climbed three spots after scoring a 41-ball 72 against Sri Lanka in...

New Delhi: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar Tuesday backed Arshdeep Singh and urged the fans to keep cricket "free from personal attacks" after the young pacer faced vitriolic online abuse in the aftermath of India's five-wicket loss to Pakistan in the Asia Cup. The 23-year-old left-arm...

Dubai: Defending champions India went perilously close to elimination after a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their super four stage match of the Asia Cup here Tuesday. The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a...