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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...

Adelaide: Australia reached 86 for 1 in their first innings after dismissing India for 180 at the end of the opening day of the pink-ball Test here Friday. Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne were at the crease on 38 and 20 respectively when the stumps...

Adelaide: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc made the pink ball talk for his maiden five-wicket haul before Nitish Reddy's fearless approach pushed India to 180 all out on day one of the day-night Test here Friday. Having reduced India to 82 for four at tea, Australia...

Adelaide: As many as 36,225 heads dotted the stands at the Adelaide Oval on the first day of the second India-Australia Test here to create a new record for crowd turnout during a five-day game featuring the two sides. According to data provided by Cricket...

Adelaide: Opting to bat, India reached 82 for four at tea on the opening day of the pink ball Test against Australia here Friday. Rishabh Pant and captain Rohit Sharma were on the crease at 4 and 1 respectively at the break after a mini...

Adelaide: Australian players Friday wore black armbands during the second pink-ball Test against India here in memory of former cricketers Phillip Hughes and Ian Redpath. Former Australia opening batter Hughes died in 2014 after being struck on the head by a short ball during a...

Adelaide: Captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin are back into India’s playing eleven as the visitors’ won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the day-night Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the Adelaide Oval Friday. India are leading five-match series 1-0,...

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan celebrated his 39th birthday Thursday and received warm wishes from his loved ones and fellow Indian cricketers. Dhawan’s 39th birthday saw former teammates and friends share nostalgic and heartfelt messages. Suresh Raina, a close friend and former teammate...

Bhubaneswar: Valentin Altenburg, who led Germany to a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was Thursday named the head of Vedanta Kalinga Lancers' coaching staff for the upcoming Hockey India League. A respected figure in international hockey with over a decade of experience, the...

Adelaide: India skipper Rohit Sharma said he will bat "somewhere in the middle-order" in the day/night Test against Australia starting here Friday, allowing K L Rahul to continue in the opening slot. Rahul looked solid with scores of 26 and 77 as he and centurion...