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Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals' director of cricket and head coach Kumar Sangakkara said Friday that the availability of a full-strength bowling lineup is a real confidence booster for the team at a time when many sides are struggling with their overseas recruits. Boasting one of the...

Mumbai: Umesh Yadav continued his dream run with a four-wicket haul before Andre Russell returned to his brutal best to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to an easy six-wicket win over Punjab Kings here on Friday. Umesh (4/23), coming into the season with just two games...

Mumbai: BookMyShow, the official ticketing partner of IPL 2022, Friday announced that the crowd occupancy in stadiums across Mumbai and Pune has been increased to 50 per cent. The announcement by the ticketing partner comes after the state of Maharashtra said it would be lifting...

Doha: Coaches and soccer officials are gathering in Qatar for Friday's draw for the Middle East's first World Cup. There will be 37 nations involved in the draw ceremony but five teams will ultimately not reach the tournament, which begins Nov. 21. The full lineup...

Christchurch: Australian cricketer Beth Mooney has raised the stakes of the ICC Women's World Cup final against England at the Hagley Park here on April 3, saying her side enjoys "beating them" as there is a "huge rivalry". Australia crushed the West Indies by 157...

Mumbai: Sent into bat, Chennai Super Kings scored 210 for seven against Lucknow Super Giants in their Indian Premier League match here Thursday. Opening the innings, the seasoned Robin Uthappa smashed a 27-ball 50 at the Brabourne Stadium, while Shivam Dube struck an aggressive 49...

Mumbai: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League here Thursday. Andrew Tye replaced Mohsin Khan in the LSG playing XI. For CSK, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius and Mukesh Choudhary come...

Mumbai: Former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden believes that four times Indian Premier League champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are capable of winning IPL 2022 and retaining the title despite a change in leadership. However, CSK succumbed to a six-wicket defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in...

Mumbai: Having recovered from his finger injury, star India batter Suryakumar Yadav has joined the Mumbai Indians ahead of their second IPL game against Rajasthan Royals, the five-time champions said Thursday. Surya, who was undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy after suffering a finger...

London: Will Cristiano Ronaldo be fifth time lucky in achieving the only prize missing in his trophy cabinet… the World Cup and a winner’s medal. Well only time will tell that. However, it was quite evident Tuesday that Cristiano Ronaldo was over the moon with...