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Perth: Australia bowling coach Daniel Vettori will leave the team during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India, starting on November 22 in Perth, to attend the IPL 2025 mega auction. Vettori will attend the two-day auction proceedings in Jeddah November 24 and 25 as...

Auckland: New Zealand cricketer Doug Bracewell has been handed a one-month ban by the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand after testing positive for cocaine and its metabolite Benzoylecgonine (BZE) following a T20 match in January 2024. Bracewell was provisionally suspended without opposition April 11, following...

New Delhi: Defender Amir Ali will lead a 20-member Indian squad in the men's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament starting in Muscat from November 26. India have won this tournament for a record four times, including 2004, 2008, 2015 and 2023. They beat nemesis Pakistan...

Rajgir (Bihar): Defending champions India beat Japan 3-0 in their final league match to remain unbeaten and qualify for the semifinals of the women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here Sunday. The tournament's highest scorer Deepika (47th, 48th minutes) scored a brace, while vice-captain Navneet...

Bhubaneswar: Founder of KIIT and KISS, Achyuta Samanta has received the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) prestigious Grand Cross Award during the 39th FIVB World Congress held in Porto, Portugal, from Nov 15 to 17. This award is the highest recognition from FIVB. This acknowledges Samanta's...

Chennai: Dubbed as the capital of Indian Hockey for producing a number of India internationals including current Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, Odisha surprisingly didn’t ever win Senior Men National Championship. That jinx was broken Saturday here at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium as Odisha outplayed Haryana...

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the 2025 Men’s Champions Trophy tour will start in Islamabad Saturday. The trophy will also be displayed in the city’s famous landmarks like Daman-e-Koh, Faisal Mosque, and the Pakistan Monument, with legendary speedster Shoaib Akhtar marking his...

Arlington (USA): The boos from a crowd wanting more action were growing again when Jake Paul dropped his gloves before the final bell, and bowed toward 58-year-old Mike Tyson. Paying homage to one of the biggest names in boxing history didn't do much for the...

Mumbai: India captain Rohit Sharma has been blessed with a baby boy and there is a possibility that he makes it to the Perth Test against Australia starting November 22. His wife Ritika Sajdeh gave birth to a baby boy at a local hospital here...

Johannesburg: A brilliant three-fer by left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh after twin centuries by Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma, who shared a 210-run partnership -- the highest for any wicket, helped India thrash South Africa by 135 runs in a record-breaking performance at The Wanderers Stadium...