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New Delhi: Indian boxer Sumit Kundu (75kg) upstaged World Championship silver medallist Dzhambulat Bizhamov of Russia to enter the second round of the 73rd Strandja Memorial tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. However, three other Indian pugilists lost their respective first round bouts. Sumit is competing in...

Chennai: Director Vignesh Shivan has shared a heartfelt note on the experience of directing Captain Cool MS Dhoni for a small video for Chennai Super Kings. Taking to Instagram, the director, who is a big fan of the cricketer, wrote a detailed post that was...

Rio de Janeiro: Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz made history, becoming the youngest ATP 500 titlist since the category was created in 2009, defeating third-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-4, 6-2 Monday (IST). Interestingly, Alcaraz had won his first ATP Tour match as a 16-year-old at...

Chennai: Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early Monday to halt Carlsen's run of...

Dubai: India's 3-0 whitewash of West Indies in the T20I series has helped them overtake England at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings released Monday. India won the third and final T20I by 17 runs against the Kieron Pollard-led side in Kolkata...

Kolkata: Some fearless hitting by Suryakumar Yadav (65, 31b, 1x4, 7x6) and Venkatesh Iyer (35 n o, 19b, 4x4, 2x6) helped India post a competitive 184 for five in the third T20I against the West Indies here Sunday. The spectators. who were allowed entry in...

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and elected to field first against India in the third and final T20I at the Eden Gardens, here on Sunday. Speaking at the toss, Pollard mentioned that the West Indies have made four changes in their side...

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has reacted to wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha's tweet of slamming an unnamed 'respected journalist'. Saha's tweet came after he was excluded from the squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in March alongside Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara...

Kolkata: Veteran wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, who has been dropped from the Indian Test squad, revealed Saturday that the team management headed by head coach Rahul Dravid had told him to think about ‘retirement’. This is because Wriddhiman Saha he won’t be considered for selection henceforth....

Guwahati: Delhi batter and India's 2022 U-19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull Sunday slammed another century in his first-class debut during the 2021/22 Ranji Trophy. In Delhi's Elite Group H contest against Tamil Nadu at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Dhull scored 113 off 202 balls,...