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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition filed by former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, who had sought a direction for the BCCI to indemnify him for a Rs 10.65 crore penalty imposed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The court declined to...

Lahore: Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was Monday elevated to the post of Pakistan's acting red-ball head coach until the conclusion of his current contract, which runs until April next year. Mahmood had signed a two-year contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board in April last year...

London: When India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was brought into a hospital in Mumbai following grievous injuries suffered in a car crash in December 2022, the first question he asked the attending doctor was "will I be able to play again?" recalled renowned orthopaedic surgeon, Dr...

Iowa (US): Talented Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty moved into the finals of the US Open badminton tournament in contrasting fashion as they continued their impressive run in the Super 300 Tournament in Iowa. The 16-year-old unseeded Indian Tanvi defeated Ukraine's seventh-seeded Polina...

Bridgetown: West Indies coach Daren Sammy has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee after publicly criticising TV umpire Adrian Holdstock during the first test against Australia in Barbados. The sanction followed Sammy's post-play press conference on day two, where he called for...

Berlin: The Indian women's hockey team was Saturday relegated from the FIH Pro League after losing to China 0-3 in its penultimate match, a result which placed it at the bottom of the points table. India's seventh consecutive defeat in their disastrous European leg of...

Berlin: The Indian women's hockey team on Saturday lost 0-3 against China to slump to its seventh consecutive defeat in the European leg of the FIH Pro League here, and is staring at a possible relegation from the tournament. After the defeat, India occupy the...

Nottingham: Regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested from India’s first T20I against England at Trent Bridge as a precautionary measure after suffering a head injury. In her absence, vice-captain and left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana will be leading the side. “Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been...

Colombo: Najmul Hossain Shanto has announced his decision to step down as Bangladesh’s Test captain following the team’s 1-0 series defeat in Sri Lanka, where they lost the second Test by an innings and 78 runs in Colombo. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Shanto...

Chennai: Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu made history Friday by being crowned champions in the women's and men's sections, respectively, of the 1st Hockey India Masters Cup 2025. Odisha defeated Hockey Punjab in the women's section while Tamil Nadu got...