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New Delhi: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, and Rishabh were retained by respective franchies -- Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals as BCCI unveiled the retention lists Tuesday ahead of the IPL mega auction. KL Rahul, Rashid Khan, Hardik...

Mumbai: India and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Shardul Thakur got engaged to long-time girlfriend Mittali Parulkar in a private ceremony in Mumbai Monday. Sharing pictures of the event, Shardul wrote on his Instagram account, "The beginning of forever". Rohit Sharma, captain of Mumbai Indians and the India T20I...

Paris: Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar will be out of action for at least eight weeks as he was forced to leave the field on a stretcher after landing awkwardly during the Ligue 1 clash with Saint-Etienne Sunday. When leaping over a challenge, Neymar planted his...

Bhubaneswar: Having finished second in their preliminary round group following a defeat to France in their opening match, defending champions India take on top contender Belgium in the quarter-finals of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup here Wednesday in a match that could...

New Delhi: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar slammed New Zealand for their timid batting in the second innings of the first Test at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur. Despite Tom Latham and William Somerville setting up a superb platform for their team in the second innings,...

Kanpur: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has thanked Harbhajan Singh for inspiring him to bowl off-spin, saying that he picked up the ball only after seeing Bhajji's "wonderful spell" against Australia in 2001. Ashwin Monday moved past Harbhajan's tally of 417 wickets, becoming India's third-highest wicket-taker...

Chattogram: Pakistan secured a convincing eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the opening Test here with skipper Babar Azam and Azhar Ali guiding the tourists to victory after fine half centuries by Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique had laid the platform for a win Monday evening....

Bhubaneswar: Their mojo back after two resounding wins, defending champions India would bank on their attacking instinct and drag-flicking prowess to outwit European giants Belgium in the quarterfinal of the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup here Wednesday. One of the title favourites, India were...

Paris: Argentina's Lionel Messi has bagged the Ballon d'Or award for a record-extending seventh time, as his former club Barcelona's Alexia Putellas clinched the women's award after a stellar season with the Catalan club. Messi, 34, beat another favourite Robert Lewandowski of Poland to receive...

Kanpur: India head coach Rahul Dravid has backed captain Ajinkya Rahane to come good, saying that he is a quality player who did well for India in the past. He insisted that it is a matter of just one innings for Rahane to get back...