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Gqeberha: South Africa moved to the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) standings, damaging the Sanath Jayasuriya-coached side’s aspirations for qualifying for the WTC final with a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka at St George’s Park Monday. The win secured a dominant 2-0 series...

Singapore: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh clinched his second win over defending champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship, taking a one-point lead by outplaying the Chinese in the 11th round here Sunday. With three more games to go in the 14-round classical format, the...

Dubai: Defending champions Bangladesh beat India by 59 runs to retain their ACC U19 Men's Asia Cup title here Sunday. Opting to field, India, the most successful team in the tournament's history with eight titles, produced a discipline bowling performance to dismiss Bangladesh for 198...

Adelaide: Facing severe criticism for his verbal send-off, Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj has refuted Travis Head's claim of saying ‘well bowled’ during the Pink-ball Test alleging him of gross misrepresentation of what transpired after the southpaw's dismissal. Siraj's fiery celebration after dismissing Head, who scored...

Adelaide: Australia maintained their unblemished record in Pink-ball Tests with an emphatic 10-wicket victory over a completely out-of-sorts India Sunday, levelling the five-Test series 1-1 within just two-and-a-half days. This was the shortest-ever Test between India and Australia in terms of balls bowled. Starting the...

Adelaide: Travis Head struck a sensational century while Marnus Labuschagne returned to form with a resolute fifty as Australia took a 157-run first-innings lead over India on day two of the pink ball Test here Saturday. For India, the peerless Jasprit Bumrah (4/61) and Mohammed...

Adelaide: Local hero Travis Head struck a sensational century as Australia continued to dominate proceedings, extending their lead to 152 runs at dinner against India on day two of the pink ball Test here Saturday. Head struck almost a run-a-ball 140 in front of his...

Wellington: England batter Joe Root became the first English batter and only the fourth in the world to record 100 scores of fifty or more in Test cricket. Root achieved this remarkable feat during the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. Playing...

Adelaide: Marnus Labuschagne finally regained form with a composed half-century before being overshadowed by Travis Head's flamboyance as Australia negotiated the Indian pacers to reach 191 for four at tea on day two of the second Test here Saturday. Head picked the gaps with ease...

Jeddah: Cristiano Ronaldo's goal wasn't enough as Karim Benzema's Al-Ittihad defeated Al-Nassr 2-1 to record a ninth successive win and move five points clear at the top of the Saudi Pro League. Al-Nassr was fourth, 11 points behind the leader as the league takes a...