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New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medallist badminton star P V Sindhu and Tokyo silver winner weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu were among the five nominees for the BBC Indian Sportswoman (ISWOTY) of the Year award announced here Tuesday. Besides Sindhu and Mirabai, star golfer Aditi Ashok, multiple...

New Delhi: The India U-19 squad returned home Tuesday after winning a record-extending fifth World Cup trophy. The squad took the long flight back from the Caribbean with connections in Amsterdam and Dubai before reaching Bengaluru Tuesday morning. The players will head to Ahmedabad later...

New Delhi: Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has said that Virat Kohli will continue to score runs despite not being the captain of the team anymore, and rubbished speculation about a rift between Rohit Sharma and the former skipper. Earlier in December last year, Kohli had...

St. Petersburg (United States): Though there were no major events on the WTA Tour last week, the women's rankings still saw a shakeup with ranking points from last year's Adelaide 500 event dropped as it was held 12 months ago. Iga Swiatek, who had collected 470...

Ahmedabad: Vice-captain KL Rahul and batter Mayank Agarwal have joined the India camp after missing the first ODI against West Indies. Meanwhile, Navdeep Saini, who was in isolation after contracting Covid-19, is also back with the team. On Monday, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) took...

Ahmedabad: Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets in the ODI against the West Indies played Sunday. He however, credited new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma for the performance.  Yuzvendra Chahal said the star batter made him realise that the more googlies he bowled, the...

Ahmedabad: Like hundreds of others who would ply their trade in the very competitive Kanga League during Mumbai monsoons, Sunil Tambe also nurtured a dream of making it big in professional cricket. But just like hundreds of dream gets crushed in Mumbai by the second,...

Potchefstroom (South Africa): Carrying the mantle of Olympic bronze medallists has added ‘some pressure’ as India begin their campaign in the 2021-22 FIH Pro League Hockey with a match against France here Tuesday. Then the very next day, the Manpreet Singh-led side will face hosts...

New Delhi: Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli has revealed that he was ‘approached a few times’ by few IPL franchises in the past to put himself in the auction. However, he preferred to stay at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Virat Kohli stepped down as RCB...

Vasco: Javier Hernandez scored a decisive goal as Odisha FC (OFC) beat SC East Bengal 2-1 to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the Indian Super League (ISL) here Monday.          The result elevated Odisha to the sixth place in the points table. Jonathas (23rd) gave...