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Bhubaneswar: South Africa shocked erstwhile Asian powerhouse Pakistan 4-1 in the shoot-out to set up a ninth-10th place classification clash against Korea in the FIH Junior Men's Hockey World Cup here Thursday. Trailing by two goals in the second quarter, South Africa made a remarkable...

Bali: India's two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the knockout stage of the BWF World Tour Finals with a straight-game win over Germany's Yvonne Li in her second group A match here Thursday. The 26-year-old Sindhu, the only Indian to win the prestigious...

Bali: India's Kidambi Srikanth jeopardised his chances of making it to the knockout stage of the BWF World Tour Finals after losing to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in straight games in his second Group B match here  Thursday. World number 14 Srikanth, who had reached the...

Lausanne (Switzerland): Anju Bobby Geroge, the first Indian athlete to win a medal in a World Championships, has bagged the World Athletics' 'Woman of the Year' award for her inspiring role in promoting the sport in India. The World Athletics announced her name at the...

Bhubaneswar: Defending champions India registered a hard-fought 1-0 win over Belgium in the quarter-finals of the FIH Odisha Junior Hockey World Cup, here Wednesday. The hosts will now face Germany in the semi-final on Friday, who defeated Spain 3-1 through penalties after the scores were...

Bali: Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth registered straight-game victories to make impressive starts to their respective women's and men's singles campaigns at the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals here Wednesday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, saw off Denmark's Line Christophersen 21-14...

New Delhi: After being retained by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), India Test and ODI skipper Virat Kohli said that his heart and soul is with RCB and he did not have second thoughts about staying with the team for the...

Mumbai: India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said Wednesday that the team is backing senior batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara to come good ahead of the second Test against New Zealand on Friday. He believes that the duo is just one innings away from bouncing...

Mumbai: Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer has made a strong pitch for pace bowler Mohammed Siraj to be included in the side for the second Test against New Zealand beginning at the Wankhede Stadium here from December 3, saying that he should come in place...

Mumbai: What do you do when you are travelling from one bio bubble to another and are stuck at an airport? You play monopoly if you are the New Zealand cricketers moving from Kanpur to Mumbai for the second Test against India. Both the teams...