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Rourkela: The Odisha government directed officials on Friday to expedite the construction work of the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, which will host the Men's Hockey World Cup next year. Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra arrived in Rourkela with a high-level team in the morning...

Indian Wells: World No. 19 Carlos Alcaraz secured a high-quality and intense 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cameron Norrie of the United Kingdom to set up an all-Spanish semifinal against Rafael Nadal for the first time in the history of BNP Paribas Open Friday (IST). This...

New Delhi: Virat Kohli nowadays looks "stress-free" without the burden of captaincy weighing him down, a dangerous sign for the opposition teams in the upcoming IPL, feels Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Glenn Maxwell. Kohli, who relinquished RCB captaincy after last year's IPL, has also resigned...

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals director of cricket and head coach Kumar Sangakkara believes they have a "very competent" squad at their disposal to script a turnaround after three dismal IPL seasons. Rajasthan finished 7th, 8th and 7th in the last three seasons. The IPL's upcoming edition...

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals' batter Rovman Powell is keen to "learn a thing or two" about every aspect of the game from head coach Ricky Ponting when he works with the former Australian skipper during the upcoming season of the IPL. The IPL 2022 will begin...

Hamilton: Marizanne Kapp held her nerve with the bat as South Africa claimed a two-wicket win over New Zealand in their ICC Women's Cricket World Cup clash at Seddon Park Thursday. With this victory, South Africa remained unbeaten at the World Cup, with four wins...

Indian Wells (USA): Rafael Nadal survived a bombardment of big serves by Reilly Opelka at the BNP Paribas Open as he extended his perfect start to the ATP Tour season to 18-0. With his back against the wall, the Spaniard blunted 6 feet 11 inch...

Munich: Athletes from Russia and Belarus were formally banned from the multi-sport European Championships in August. Organizers of the Aug. 11-21 championships in Munich, Germany, said they supported decisions by officials from the nine individual sports not to invite Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials....

Dubai: India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who bagged eight wickets, including his maiden Test five-wicket haul at home in the second India versus Sri Lanka Test at Bengaluru, has jumped six spots to attain fourth ranking in the latest ICC Test Rankings for bowlers released...

Karachi: Australia captain Pat Cummins got the major breakthrough and denied Abdullah Shafique a century in successive Tests as Pakistan moved to 254-3 at lunch Wednesday on the final day of the second cricket Test. Pakistan still needed to bat through a minimum 62 overs...