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New Delhi: India fared really well in sports and it was not just cricket. IANS looks at the top sporting moments of Indian athletes in 2021. 1. Neeraj Chopra strikes gold: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian to win an individual gold...

New Delhi: Captain Rohit Sharma was Friday ruled out of India's upcoming ODI series in South Africa due to a hamstring injury, forcing the selectors to appoint KL Rahul as skipper of an 18-member team for the white-ball leg of the tour. All-rounder Axar Patel...

Centurion:  The opening Test win over South Africa here is a testimony to the ‘all-round side’ that India has become in the longest format, said skipper Virat Kohli. He described Centurion as the ‘the most difficult’ among all venues in South Africa. The visitors however,...

Dubai:  India reaffirmed their supremacy in the U-19 Asia Cup with a record eighth title as they hammered Sri Lanka by nine wickets in a rain-hit summit showdown here Friday. The Indian bowlers were all over Sri Lanka, who were gasping at 74 for seven...

Online games dominate the world, and playing Cricket online is one of many people's best things. Gone are those days of gully cricket and smashing your neighbours' windows; people are primarily into online Cricket in which you can invite your friends and enjoy together. The...

Dubai: England Test skipper Joe Root's individual brilliance with the bat has seen him being nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year 2021, along with young Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, their wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and New...

Dubai: India women's team cricketer Smriti Mandhana is among four players who have been nominated for the prestigious Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2021 Friday. In a field dominated by opening batters, the other three cricketers are England's Tammy...

Kolkata: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly was Friday discharged from hospital here after testing negative for the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron. According to doctors, the former India captain had mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is doing fine...

A lot has been already spoken about how young minds and talents go ahead in their chosen industries and fields across the world. However, it is time to also understand a few stories and journeys that have gone beyond that and achieved tremendously thriving on...

Sydney: The Australian cricket team suffered a major jolt ahead of the fourth Ashes Test at Sydney from January 5 with their key batter Travis Head testing positive for COVID-19. Cricket Australia (CA) issued a statement on Friday morning saying the batter had tested positive...