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Kolkata: Defender Pritam Kotal is set to stay at ATK Mohun Bagan for a third successive season, the club announced his extension through their social media posts Friday. Having a commanding presence in the Mariners' backline, Kotal is a bankable defender and shapes the defence...

Birmingham: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made the first fifty in the women's T20 cricket events in the 2022 Commonwealth Games as India made 154-8 in their 20 overs in their first Group A match against Australia at Edgbaston. Apart from Harmanpreet's 52 off 34 balls, laced...

Birmingham: India's former World Championship bronze medallist, Shiva Thapa made a strong start in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games here Friday, outplaying Pakistan's Suleman Baloch 5-0 in a Round of 32 bouts in the men's light welterweight division (60kg-63.5 kg) to make it to the pre-quarterfinals...

Port of Spain (Trinidad): Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson Friday was named as KL Rahul's replacement in India's squad for the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Samson was already in the Caribbean as a member of the ODI team which recently won three-match series 3-0,...

Birmingham: The Indian women's table tennis team started its defence of the title it won four years ago at Gold Coast by outplaying South Africa 3-0 in a Group 2 preliminary round match at Hall 3 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Solihull, here Friday....

Birmingham: Pacer Meghna Singh makes her T20I debut as India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in their first Group A match of the women's T20 event in the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston Friday. Under bright morning...

Birmingham: Former India skipper Virat Kohli has extended his best wishes for the Indian women's cricket team ahead of their first match of the Commonwealth Games. India will lock horns with reigning ICC Women's T20 World Cup champions Australia in Group A Friday to kick...

Dubai: Two-time World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting has backed Steve Smith to come out of his "indifferent" form as Australia gears up for the much-anticipated tour of India early next year, saying there is nothing wrong with the star batter's technique. Ponting reckons the opposition...

Mumbai: Indian racer Jehan Daruvala will be looking to secure his seventh top-three finish as he heads to his next event in Hungary's Hungaroring race track this Sunday. The 23-year-old chalked up his sixth podium of the season in France when he finished second last...

Mumbai: Wicket-keeping legend Adam Gilchrist Thursday said he wants the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow the Indian cricketers to take part in T20 leagues outside the country. The BCCI, presently, does not allow the Indian players to participate in overseas...