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Warsaw: Cezary Kulesza, the President of the Polish Football Association, announced on Saturday that the Poland side will not play their FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Russia, scheduled for March 24, due to its invasion of Ukraine. Kulesza, through the announcement on Twitter, also indicated...

London: Images of former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko -- who is also the mayor of Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv -- in battle fatigue and loading a machine gun to defend his country from Russian aggression -- have gone vital. Images of Vitali Klitschko with...

Gijon (Spain): Vasyl Kravets, the Ukrainian defender in Spain's second-division league club Sporting Gijon, has placed all the blame of the events happening in his country on Russia's president Vladimir Putin. He added that, if needed, he will go to the war despite admitting that...

Dharamsala: India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad was Saturday ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka owing to a wrist injury. The BCCI has added Mayank Agarwal to India's squad for the remaining two T20Is. India lead the three-match series 1-0, with the...

New Delhi: The BCCI Friday constituted a three-member committee to investigate the matter of Indian wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha receiving 'threats' allegedly from a journalist for not agreeing to give an interview. Saha, the 37-year-old centrally-contracted cricketer, had tweeted a screenshot of messages from a journalist...

Dharamsala: After a thumping victory in the first T20I, the Rohit Sharma-led Team India will look to continue the winning momentum and clinch the three-match series when they face Sri Lanka in the second T20l, here on Saturday. Team India took a lot of positives...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha found themselves in dire straits at 52 for three at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy tie against Saurashtra at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Earlier Saurashtra riding on a double hundred by Chirag Jani (235, 373b, 33x4, 4x6)...

London: Russia was stripped Friday of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA with St Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Champions League men’s final will still be played May 28 but now at the 80,000-seat Stade de France after the...

New Delhi: The 2022 Indian Premier League (PL) will see a tweak in format as 10 teams will be divided into groups of five. However, the number of matches per side will remain 14. The groupings were released Friday by BCCI. Group A comprises Mumbai...

Bhubaneswar: Consistency will be key for the Indian men’s hockey team, while the women’s side would look to build on the momentum gained from a fantastic debut. Both the Indian teams are scheduled to take on Spain in their respective FIH Pro League campaign ties...