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Sydney: Australian batter Usman Khawaja etched his name in the record books, scoring an unbeaten century (101 not out) in the second innings as well as he put the hosts firmly in command in the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground Saturday. Thanks...

Melbourne: In a bid to combat the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the Big Bash League (BBL), Cricket Australia (CA) has asked all the competing teams to relocate to Melbourne (Victoria). Seven BBL clubs have been affected by the virus and the schedule thrown...

Melbourne: World No 1 Novak Djokovic Friday broke his silence and thanked people around the world for their support amid a visa row over Covid-19 vaccines ahead of this month's Australian Open. Djokovic in his Instagram post Tuesday said that he will be travelling to...

Sydney: Australia quickly wrapped up England's first innings for 294 and then reached 66-2 at lunch to lead by 188 runs on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test. Resuming Saturday at 258-7, England could only muster another 36 runs as Nathan Lyon,...

New Delhi: After registering their first Test win at Centurion, India went to play the second Test at Johannesburg, a place where the tourists hadn't ever lost a match in the longest format, winning twice and drawing thrice. But within four days, South Africa handed...

Zurich: Cristiano Ronaldo was left off the three-man shortlist released Friday for FIFA’s best player award for 2021. Instead, Egypt and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah found a place on the list. The two others who have also been named are six-time FIFA award winner Lionel Messi...

Johannesburg: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar feels Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane repaid the faith shown in them by the team and should continue to be backed as long as they are not getting out badly, adding that sometimes we can be a little bit hard...

Adelaide: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a resounding straight-set win to cruise into the semifinals of the Adelaide International 1 ATP 250 men’s doubles event. However, it was the end of the road for compatriot Sania Mirza and her partner lost in the...

Johannesburg: Rahul Dravid has never believed in ‘rocking the boat’. So he is certainly not going to change his template of giving the longest rope possible to Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. It definitely means Hanuma Vihari’s wait for regular chances in the Test playing...

Christchurch: Veteran New Zealand batter Ross Taylor believes that his team's loss to Bangladesh in the first Test at Mount Maunganui was good for world cricket. In the first of the two-match series, Bangladesh sprung a surprise, defeating New Zealand, the current World Test Championship...