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Bridgetown (Barbados):  After losing the ODI series decider to New Zealand by five wickets and to lose the series 2-1 at the Kensington Oval, West Indies have now been fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate. In accordance with...

Islamabad: England will play a three-Test series in Pakistan as part of the World Test Championship in December, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced Monday. Rawalpindi will host the first Test from December 1-5 while the second Test will be played at Multan from December 9-13....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrator (CoA) to manage the affairs of All India Football Federation (AIFF) and also postponed the election, earlier scheduled August 28, to AIFF by one week, which would allow changed electoral college...

Lille (France):  Kylian Mbappe scored after just eight seconds of play to claim the joint-fastest goal in the history of the French league. Mbappe found the net at the start of a 7-1 win for defending champion Paris Saint-Germain over Lille Sunday. The visitors needed...

Harare: A fancied Indian team is a shoo-in to complete a 3-0 ODI series sweep against a Zimbabwe side that has been struggling to put up even a semblance of a fight. Having done exceedingly well to not just turn up but trump their hapless...

Bhubaneswar: With less than five months left for the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2023 to commence, hockey lovers across the world are excitedly looking towards Odisha, which will host the mega sporting event. As Odisha is not only the hosting state, but also sponsoring the...

New Delhi: A total of seven candidates including the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia are in the fray for the president's post in the upcoming AIFF elections, scheduled for August 28 as the final list of nominees was shared by the Committee of Administrators (COA), currently running...

Harare: Sanju Samson produced a responsible unbeaten 43 after a clinical bowling display, led by pacer Shardul Thakur, as India sailed to a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here Saturday. It was...

Harare: Pacer Shardul Thakur snapped three wickets as India dismissed hosts Zimbabwe for 161 in the second ODI here Saturday. Thakur, who came in place of fellow quick Deepak Chahar, was the pick of the bowlers for India as he finished with figures of 3...

Kolkata: Former India football team captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died here in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 92. Banerjee is survived by his daughter-in-law. Fondly...