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Sydney: Bob Simpson, a former player, captain and coach and one of the most influential figures in Australian cricket, has died at the age of 89. Cricket Australia Saturday confirmed the death of Simpson, who represented Australia in 62 tests and two one-day internationals between...

New Delhi: Former India batter Yuvraj Singh feels Shubman Gill's performance on the recent England tour was nothing short of unbelievable, especially considering the question marks over his batting in overseas conditions heading into the five-Test series. During the Anderson-Tendulkar Test series recently, Gill scored...

Kolkata: Dr Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here Thursday morning owing to age-related ailments. He was 80. Paes, who was also suffering from Parkinson's disease, was...

Trinidad: Shai Hope’s unbeaten century and Jayden Seales’ six-fer led West Indies to register their first series win over Pakistan since 1991 with an emphatic 202-run win in the third and final ODI at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium. Hope led from the front with...

Mumbai: India ODI captain Rohit Sharma Tuesday started training at a suburban Mumbai facility with former national assistant coach Abhishek Nayar amid clamour for a "youth only" policy in the 50-over format following the success of the inexperienced Test squad in England. Rohit had taken...

New Delhi: The National Sports Governance Bill was Tuesday passed by the Parliament with Rajya Sabha giving its nod a mere 24 hours after Lok Sabha, marking a historic first for India's sports administration that is now set to be regulated by a national board...

Dubai: India's Deepti Sharma inched closer to the top spot after rising to second place in the latest ICC Women's T20I bowling rankings, while opener Smriti Mandhana slipped to the second position among batters. Deepti, who now shares the spot with Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal, has...

Washington: Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez are engaged. The 31-year-old Rodríguez announced the happy news on Instagram Monday with a photograph showing a huge ring on her finger. “Yes, I do,” read the caption in Spanish. “In this and in...

New Delhi: The long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha here Monday with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya describing it as the "single biggest reform in Indian sports since independence" amid opposition protests over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The National...

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Sunday feels Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should continue playing ODIs as long as they are performing, given their "phenomenal" record in the fifty-overs format. Reacting to media reports suggesting that the upcoming ODI series in Australia could be...