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Villarreal: Villarreal pulled off another surprising Champions League result, this time against sixth-time champion Bayern Munich to boost its hopes of returning to the semifinals for the first time in 16 years. After making it past the group stage and eliminating Juventus in the round...

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders batter Nitish Rana has been reprimanded and fined 10 per cent of his match fees for a level 1 offence during his team's IPL match against Mumbai Indians. Senior MI pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been let off with a reprimand for...

Naihati: Kingslee Fernandes netted the winning goal for the Churchill Brothers FC Goa in the dying moments as they edged past Real Kashmir FC to record their fourth victory of the season in the Hero I-League, here. Real Kashmir and Churchill Brothers FC Goa began the...

Pune: A scintillating joint fastest half-century by Pat Cummins along with a gutsy innings by Venkatesh Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders to a convincing five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2022 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here Wednesday. It was KKR's third...

New Delhi: The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra for alleged misuse of Rs 35 lakh of Hockey India (HI) funds, officials said Wednesday. The central probe agency had received a complaint against Narinder Batra following which...

Pune: Kieron Pollard (22 n o, 5b, 3x6) produced some 20th over batting histrionics which propelled Mumbai Indians (MI) to 161 for the loss of four wickets in their IPL encounter with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) here Wednesday. A 150-plus total distinctly looked improbable for...

Mumbai: Australian opener David Warner is back to the franchise where his IPL journey began in 2009. He made his IPL debut with a Delhi franchise that had a different name to the present Delhi Capitals. David Warner is looking forward to the stint. He...

Mumbai: Film producer Karnesh Ssharma has said that his actor sister Anushka Sharma was the obvious choice for their upcoming film Chakda Xpress. The film is inspired by the life and times of former Indian cricket captain and fast bowler Jhulan Goswami. The siblings co-founded...

Mumbai: It was in 2006 that a young Dinesh Karthik won ‘Player of the Match’ award for his 30-odd runs in India’s first ever T20 International.           Sixteen years have passed since. Now Dinesh Karthik nearing 37, has 330 shortest format matches under his belt....

Dubai: Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins, Pakistan captain Babar Azam and West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite Wednesday were announced as the nominees for the ICC Men's Player-of-the-Month award for March 2022, said the International Cricket Council (ICC). Cummins gets his name in the nominations after...