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Chattogram: Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh batter to reach 5,000 Test runs, scoring an unbeaten 85 to help the home team cut the first-innings deficit to 12 runs at lunch Wednesday on Day 4 of the series-opener against Sri Lanka. Mushfiqur shared an unbroken...

Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Wednesday announced that their skipper Kane Williamson will be flying back to his home in Tauranga, New Zealand for the birth of his second child. It means that Williamson may not feature in Hyderabad's last league match of IPL 2022 against...

New Delhi: In an unprecedented incident, Services’ wrestler Satender Malik launched Tuesday a physical assault on referee Jagbir Singh after losing the 125kg final during the Commonwealth Games trials. It prompted the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to ban Satender Malik for life. An incident...

Mumbai: The scenario did not change for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing IPL as they suffered their 10th loss going down to the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by a tantalizingly close margin of three runs at the Wankhede Stadium here. Riding on a fine...

Bhopal: Hockey Association of Odisha eves created history of sorts when they won the title at the Senior Women’s Championships Tuesday. In the final played here, Hockey Odisha defeated Hockey Karnataka 2-0 with Poonam Barla and Kanchan Barla getting the goals. The final was a...

Bhubaneswar: Uncertainty looms large over the India-South Africa T20 international which will be played June 12 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) issued Tuesday notices to Cuttack DCP and Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Sanjay Behera over alleged lack...

Mumbai: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has seconded Mumbai Indians' skipper Rohit Sharma's opinion that young Tilak Varma could be an all-format batter for India. Verma, who has been one of the finds of IPL and with 368 runs from 12 games, is the lone...

Mumbai: Legendary cricketers Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers have become the first two players to be inducted into the Royal Challengers Bangalore's Hall of Fame. Former RCB skipper Virat Kohli made the announcement about the inductions of his two dear mates. "AB has truly...

Navi Mumbai: Pacer Shardul Thakur credited his success against Punjab Kings to his decision to mix up deliveries, which paid rich dividends during the "big win" that kept Delhi Capitals in the IPL play-off race. Spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav were inspirational in the...

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar will continue as UNICEF’s ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for a record 20th year, working for the welfare of underprivileged children. “It’s been great working with UNICEF all these years. Wonderful memories of the impactful work the team has executed. The efforts towards giving...