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London: Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. The three-time Wimbledon champion was convicted earlier this month on four charges under the Insolvency Act and...

Pune: Punjab Kings bowler put up a disciplined effort to restrict Lucknow Super Giants to 153 for 8 in the Indian Premier League here Friday. Put to bat, opener Quinton de Kock scored a 46 off 37 balls while Deepak Hooda pitched in with a...

Pune: Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League here Friday. Punjab did not make any changes from the previous game while Lucknow brought in Avesh Khan in place of Manish Pandey. Teams: Lucknow Super...

Liverpool: Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at the Premier League club until 2026. If he sees out the deal announced Thursday, Klopp will have been at Liverpool for more than a decade after joining in October 2015....

Mumbai: With Kolkata Knight Riders slumping to their fifth successive defeat in the match against Delhi Capitals on Thursday, skipper Shreyas Iyer said the players need to play fearless cricket in the remaining matches. On Thursday, Kolkata Knight Riders were restricted to 146/9 in their...

Pune: Punjab Kings would be keen to put brakes on Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul's rollicking batting form and notch up a win when the two sides clash in an IPL game here Friday. Lucknow are currently in fourth spot, having five wins and...

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals made rough weather of an easy chase due to a middle-order collapse before recording a comfortable four-wicket victory over a lacklustre Kolkata Knight Riders here Thursday, keeping their IPL play-off qualification hopes alive. Chasing an easy target of 147, DC were 84...

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders scored 146 for nine against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League match here Thursday. With the exception of skipper Shreyas Iyer (42), the KKR top-order struggled to get going against the Capitals' bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting at number...

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here Thursday. DC made two changes, bringing in Mitchell Marsh and Chetan Sakariya in place of Khaleel Ahmed and Sarfaraz Khan....

London: Ben Stokes was appointed as captain of England's Test cricket team Thursday. The all-rounder replaced Joe Root, who quit the role two weeks ago with England having only won one of its last 17 Test matches. Stokes has just returned to the team after...