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Dubai: Captain Steve Smith and Alex Carey struck fifties to guide Australia to 264 all out in the Champions Trophy semifinal here Tuesday. Smith top-scored with 73 off 96 balls as he stitched two crucial partnerships, first with Travis Head (39) for the second wicket,...

Jamshedpur: Odisha FC will play Jamshedpur FC in their Indian Super League match in Jamshedpur Wednesday, hoping to collect full points as the race for the last play-offs spot has gained steam. Jamshedpur FC have already qualified for the playoffs and are fourth in the...

Lahore: Captain Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam were Tuesday dropped from the Pakistan squad for the five-match T20 series in New Zealand. Salman Ali Agha replaced Rizwan as captain of the T20 outfit, with all-rounder Shadab Khan being recalled and named his vice-captain. Rizwan has...

Lahore: Captain Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam were Tuesday dropped from the Pakistan squad for the five-match T20 series in New Zealand. Salman Ali Agha replaced Rizwan as captain of the T20 outfit with all-rounder Shadab Khan being recalled and named his vice-captain. Rizwan has...

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked former pacer and national selector, Aaqib Javed, to continue as interim head coach for the white-ball tour of New Zealand. A PCB official said due to time constraints between the Champions Trophy and New Zealand tour, Aaqib...

Dubai: Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja snared two quick wickets in the middle overs as India reduced Australia to 158 for 4 in 30 overs in their Champions Trophy semifinal here Tuesday. Jadeja dismissed Marnus Labuschagne (29) and Josh Inglis (11) in the 23rd and 27th...

Dubai: The Indian team players Tuesday wore black armbands during their Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia in the memory and honour of domestic cricket legend Padmakar Shivalkar, who passed away due to age-related illness. Shivalkar was one of the finest spinners who did not get...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar, the prime accused in the murder case of junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar. As per the bail order passed by a bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula, the murder-accused wrestler will...

Dubai: Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Dubai Tuesday. Australia made two changes from their previous match playing XI, bringing in Cooper Connolly for injured Matthews Short and Tanveer...

New Delhi: Former India spin veteran Ravichandran Ashwin shared an antidote to tackle Travis Head in the Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia, suggesting captain Rohit Sharma give the new ball to mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy and ask him to bowl over the stumps to the...