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Melbourne: The Australian Open draw was delayed indefinitely Thursday amid uncertainty over top-ranked Novak Djokovic's visa status. The draw, to determine men's and women's singles brackets at the year's first tennis major, was scheduled to be held at 3 p.M. Local time in Melbourne, but...

Riyadh: Federico Valverde scored in extra time to give Real Madrid a 3-2 win over Barcelona for its 100th victory over its storied rival and a spot in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Barcelona twice equalized in regular time but...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic has acknowledged that his Australian travel declaration form contained incorrect information, as the government nears a decision on whether to deport the Serbian tennis star, who is not vaccinated against COVID-19, on public interest grounds. The men's tennis No. 1 had his...

Hobart: Marcus Harris has been cut from Australia's lineup for the fifth Ashes test against England and Usman Khawaja will open the batting with David Warner. The day-night test begins Friday at Hobart. Australia won the first three matches in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne to...

New Delhi: The India Open tournament has been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic with as many as seven Indian players withdrawing from the event after testing positive for the dreaded virus, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said Thursday. "The players returned a positive result to...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic knew he'd tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photoshoot in Serbia last month, saying Wednesday he made an “error of judgment" and should have immediately gone into isolation. In a statement posted to his social media accounts,...

Cape Town: South Africa were all out for 210 on the second day of the series-deciding third Test against India here Wednesday. South Africa, who reached 176 for seven at tea, added 34 at the loss of three wickets during the final session of the...

New Delhi: With their sights already set on Paris 2024, India's top para-badminton stars Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam have started their training in Europe and are hopeful that the overseas training stint will benefit in their quest of winning upcoming major championships in the...

Mumbai: Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar was Wednesday ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa after testing positive for COVID-19 and Jayant Yadav was named as his replacement for the assignment starting January 19. Pacer Navdeep Saini was also added to the...

Cape Town: India top-order batter Cheteshwar Pujara believes if the visitors' bowl well in the right areas, then they can restrict South Africa to a total less than 223 made by them in the first innings. He added that India could have made 30-40 more...