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Dubai: The ICC Friday announced new playing conditions across formats, including a minimum seven-day stand-down period for players diagnosed with concussion, trialling a new wide-ball rule in limited-overs cricket, besides changes with regards to boundary catches. Cricket's global governing body said on its website that...

Bridgetown: West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 15% of his match fee and was given one demerit point for his fiery send-off to Pat Cummins on the first day of the opening Test against Australia here. He breached Level 1 of the...

Dubai:  The ICC has introduced a stop clock in Test cricket to deal with slow over rates while allowing fielding teams to decide which batter should be on strike in case of a ‘deliberate' short-run as part of the playing conditions for 2025-27 World Test...

New Delhi: Fast bowler Jofra Archer returns to the England Test set-up for the first time since February 2021 after being named in the squad for the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy game against India, starting at Edgbaston July 2. A recurrence of an elbow injury and...

Paris: Kylian Mbappé has accused Paris Saint-Germain of moral harassment in a legal filing, the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed Thursday. The Real Madrid star is at odds with his former club, arguing PSG owes him 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages. Mbappé is...

Chennai: The race for the title at the inaugural Hockey India Masters Cup (Women) reached its final stretch as Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Punjab sealed their places in the final after registering impressive wins in their respective semifinal matches here at the Mayor...

Birmingham: Young speedster Harshit Rana, who was added as a cover to the Indian squad for the opening Test against England at Leeds, has been released by the team management Wednesday. Rana, who played two Tests in Australia with modest results, was a part of...

New Delhi: Fresh off a blockbuster Season 2 that smashed viewership records, the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL)—India’s tennis-ball T10 cricket league, has announced HIndi film superstar Salman Khan as the new team owner for its upcoming New Delhi franchise. Season 2 drew a record-breaking...

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes the time is ripe for the visitors to play Kuldeep Yadav at the expense of Shardul Thakur in the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Edgbaston, starting July 2, citing that the recent hot weather in England also...

Rio De Janeiro: Neymar has extended his contract with Santos until December, the Brazilian Serie A club said. The 33-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward returned to his boyhood club on a six-month deal in January after parting ways with Saudi Pro League side...