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Bhubaneswar: With the state of Odisha on high alert for the cyclone that is estimated to hit the state on May 10, the Indian Women's League Round 7 fixtures will now be held on May 8 and 9 respectively. The change in dates has been...

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals comfortably beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in their IPL match here Saturday. Batting first, Jonny Bairstow was back among runs with a fine half-century as Punjab Kings put up a challenging 189 for 5. Bairstow scored 56 off 40 balls with...

Pune: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL match here Saturday. Umesh Yadav missed out due to a muscle pull and Harshit Rana replaced him in the KKR playing XI. The Teams: Lucknow Super Giants:...

London: Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by American sports investor Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the Premier League club. The sale price of 2.5...

Mumbai: Rashid Khan is enduring an ordinary IPL this year with the ball in terms of wickets, but the Gujarat Titans spinner is not to bothered about the scalps as long as he can produce economical spells for his team. Rashid has so far claimed...

Mumbai: Pacer Daniel Sams (0/18) displayed ice-cool temperament as he conceded just three runs in the last over to help Mumbai Indians pull off a stunning five-run victory over table-toppers Gujarat Titans in an IPL game Saturday. MI were seemingly down and out with the...

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah dined Friday at Indian cricketing legend Sourav Ganguly’s residence in South Kolkata. Asked about the dinner meet-up, Sourav Ganguly who is also the BCCI chief, told reporters that though there was a lot of speculation, the dinner was because...

Madrid: Novak Djokovic eased to a 6-3, 6-4 win Friday over Hubert Hurkacz as to advance to the semifinals of the Madrid Open tennis tournament where he faces a tough Spanish test. Novak Djokovic, a three-time champion in Madrid, had little trouble on the outdoor...

New Delhi: From disappointment to relief, Indian athletes showed a range of emotions after finding about the indefinite postponement of the 2022 Asian Games owing to a spike in Covid-19 cases in China.   In a year of Commonwealth and Asian Games, the athletes need to...

Santiago: The Chilean Football Federation has asked FIFA to exclude Ecuador from this year's World Cup for allegedly using an ineligible player. Chile argued that full-back Byron Castillo played for Ecuador despite allegedly holding a false passport for his adopted country. In documents filed with...