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Antigua: The Australian Under-19 team management was finding it difficult to field 11 fit players in the U-19 ICC Cricket World Cup matches due to several COVID-positive cases emerging in the side, according to Australia's national talent and pathways manager, Graham Manou, Tuesday. Ahead of...

New Delhi: Red ball domestic cricket in India will make a much-awaited return after two years. It will happen when the league stage of the Ranji Trophy is played February 16 to March 5. This information is as per the revised scheduled prepared by the...

New Delhi: Virat Kohli now wants to take his career forward like the way Mahendra Singh Dhoni did. Virat Kohli has said one doesn’t need to be a captain of a team to be a leader. Since he is not the India skipper anymore, he...

Muscat: Sushila Chanu scored a brace as the Indian women’s hockey team made a grand debut at the FIH Pro League. They hammered China 7-1 in the first game of the two-leg tie here Monday.  Chanu (47th, 52nd minutes) converted two penalty strokes. The other...

Melbourne: When Grand Slam title No. 21 belonged to him, when the Australian Open final was over after five hours, 24 minutes of twists and turns and he somehow completed a comeback from two sets down, Rafael Nadal dropped his racket to the court. Then...

Birmingham: England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, said his county side Warwickshire Monday. The 36-year-old now ends his 20-year cricketing career which saw him represent England on 142 occasions across all formats, including 23 Test caps. Bresnan was...

Colombo: Uncapped Sri Lanka pacer Nuwan Thushara has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's tour of Australia starting next week, the country's cricket board said Monday. The 27-year-old was a part of the 20-member Sri Lanka Squad to tour Australia for a five-match...

Bhubaneswar: Sachin Tendulkar has always been a tennis buff and as a kid one of his idols was the legendary American tennis player John McEnroe. Later on the cricket icon admired the feats of Boris Becker. Sachin Tendulkar also visited Wimbledon once to catch up...

Dubai: Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Pointing says he was "shocked" at Virat Kohli recently stepping down from Test captaincy but suggested that he must have taken the decision in his bid to do better with the bat and break some records. Ponting, one of the...

Melbourne: Rafael Nadal roared back from two-sets-to-love down to beat Daniil Medvedev in the classic final and win Australian Open 2022 men singles trophy, claiming his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title, here Sunday. Under the lights at Rod Laver Arena, the legendary Spaniard demonstrated his...