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Leicester: Wicket-keeper Srikar Bharat impressed with an unbeaten 70 (111b, 8x4, 1x6) even as India’s top-order failed to get batting practice on the first day of their warm-up match against Leicestershire here Thursday. Opting to bat after winning the toss, India’s top guns failed to...

New Delhi: The visiting FIFA-AFC team set deadlines Thursday to clean up the Indian football mess. The FIFA-AFC team asked the stakeholders to get the constitution of the national federation approved by July 31 and conduct elections by September 15. If that doesn’t happen the...

Bangalore: Sarfaraz Khan (134, 243b, 13x4, 2x6) completed his transformation from Mumbai cricket’s resident ‘enfant terrible’ to ‘Man Friday’ with a superb hundred that propelled Mumbai to a competitive score of 374 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh here...

Dambulla: The Indian bowlers choked the Sri Lankan women’s team after Jemimah Rodrigues’s (36 n o, 27b, 3x4, 1x6) vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory in the first T20 International here Thursday.         Defending a modest 139, left-arm spinner Radha Yadav (2/22)...

Paris: India’s recurve archers had a nightmarish qualification round in the women’s event. However, the recurve archers bounced back strongly to storm into the final. In the process the archers confirmed their first medal at the ongoing World Cup Stage 3 here Thursday. A day...

New Delhi: Odisha’s Deep Grace Ekka has been named vice-captain of the Savita Punia –led Indian women’s hockey team for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The event will take place July 28 to August 8. Star forward Rani Rampal was left out yet again from the...

Bengaluru: Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan Thursday paid tribute to late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala after smashing a brilliant century against Madhya Pradesh on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy final at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, here. The right-handed batsman brought up his ton off 190...

Leicester: India skipper Rohit Sharma has thanked all the people who have helped him become the player that he is today as the Mumbai batter remembered the day he made his international debut 15 years ago. Sharma, who made his international debut against Ireland in...

New Delhi: In what can be termed as a massive boost to the Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK), the Odisha government has taken ownership of a team in the soon-to-be-launched professional league. It will be the second direct sports venture for the Odisha government, which also owned...

Rotterdam (Netherlands): The Indian women's hockey team registered a comprehensive 4-0 win over the USA to secure third place in their debut FIH Hockey Pro League campaign in Rotterdam on Wednesday. Experienced forward Vandana Katariya (39', 54') starred with a brace, while Sonika (54') and Sangita...