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Birmingham: Veteran seamer Jimmy Anderson dismissed Indian openers Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara in near identical fashion to reduce India to 53 for two at lunch on the opening day of the rescheduled fifth Test against England here Friday. Lunch was taken early as rain...

A tinge of Bollywood has been added to Ultimate Kho Kho with popular singer Badshah joining the league as co-owner of the Mumbai franchise alongside renowned film producer, developer and sports enthusiast Punit Balan. The Mumbai-based team completes the line-up for the inaugural edition of...

Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton here Friday. PV Sindhu again lost to nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in a hard-fought three-game contest. Sindhu, seeded seventh, squandered a...

Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out in the women's singles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton after losing to nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in a hard-fought three-game contest here Friday. Sindhu, seeded seventh, squandered a game lead...

Birmingham: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the rescheduled fifth Test, starting here Friday. With skipper Rohit Sharma ruled out after testing positive for Covid-19, Jasprit Bumrah will be India's 36th Test captain. Shubman Gill is the...

New Delhi: India's ace javelin thrower and 2020 Olympic Games gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has revealed that while he missed the 90-metre mark in the Stockholm Diamond League 2022 in Sweden Thursday, the fact that it was his best throw ever gave him a really...

Mumbai: India Thursday announced squads for the three-match T20I and ODI series against England, set to be played after the rescheduled fifth Test, with Rohit Sharma returning to lead both white-ball sides. Rohit, who has been ruled out of the Edgbaston Test, starting on Friday,...

New Delhi: Continuing his brilliant form, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra broke the national record again with a throw of 89.94m to finish second in the Stockholm Diamond League 2022 in Sweden on Thursday. The Indian javelin ace fell just six centimetres short of the elusive...

New Delhi: The assistant coach associated with the Indian Under-17 women’s football team has been suspended. He has been called back from Norway for alleged ‘misconduct’ with a minor player during the side’s ongoing exposure trip to Norway. It has been learnt that the Committee...

Wimbledon: Petra Kvitova has plenty of experience on the grass courts of Wimbledon. After all, she’s a two-time champion at the All England Club. But that doesn’t mean everything is easy for Petra Kvitova once she steps onto the green courts in southwest London. Kvitova...