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New Delhi: Newly appointed Punjab Kings skipper Mayank Agarwal believes that the franchise has built a title-winning squad for the IPL beginning March 26. After four seasons with the team, Agarwal has been given the leadership responsibility after the shift of his opening partner K...

Birmingham: World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen showed nerves of steel as he stunned defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia to book a maiden final berth in the All England Badminton Championships here Saturday. The 20-year-old Sen became only the fourth men's singles player...

Colombo: The 2022 edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, which will be a T20I competition this year, will be held in Sri Lanka from August 27 to September 11, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced Saturday after its annual general meeting. All five Test...

Chennai: A friendly banter between Telugu star Nani and cricketer Washington Sundar, who will play for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in this edition of the Tata IPL, is fast winning hearts on Twitter. On Friday, the official Twitter handle of the Sunrises Hyderabad put out pictures...

Colombo: BCCI secretary Jay Shah's tenure as president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was Saturday unanimously extended by a year at its annual general meeting here. Shah had taken over the reins of the ACC in January last year from Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)...

Auckland: Australia made light work of the highest chase in Women's ODI World Cup history to beat an erring India by six wickets and seal their semifinal berth here Saturday. Half-centuries from skipper Mithali Raj (68 off 96, Yastika Bhatia (59 off 83) and Harmanpreet...

Auckland: Mithali Raj, Yastika Bhatia and Harmanpreet Kaur slammed fifties as India posted a competitive 277/7 against Australia in a crucial league match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at Eden Park Saturday. On a fresh pitch at a quirky venue with short square...

Centurion: Bangladesh's top order fired on all cylinders as the tourists notched up a massive 314/7 and then dismissed South Africa for 276 to secure a historic away 38-run win in the first One-Day International at SuperSport Park and take a 1-0 lead in the...

New Delhi: England pacer Mark Wood has been ruled out of the upcoming IPL with an elbow injury. A report in 'Espncricinfo' said that Wood will not represent Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL beginning March 26 after picking up a right elbow injury during...

Birmingham: World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men's singles semifinals of the All England Championships after his opponent Lu Guang Zu of China gave a walkover here on Friday. The 20-year-old from Almora, who had secured his maiden Super 500 title at...