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Dubai: India will play all their matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai with the marquee clash against arch-rivals Pakistan scheduled February 23, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Tuesday. PTI had reported last week that India will play all their matches in Dubai including...

New Delhi: Paris Olympics' double bronze-medallist Manu Bhaker Tuesday admitted that "there has been a lapse may be on my part" while filing nominations for this year's National Sports Awards amid a raging controversy over her exclusion from the list of Khel Ratna awardees. A...

New Delhi: Double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker's coach Jaspal Rana Tuesday castigated the Sports Ministry, Sports Authority of India and the National Rifle Association of India, holding them responsible for "ignoring" his ward's credentials for the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. The champion shooter's...

Dubai: India batter Smriti Mandhana has moved closer to the top spot in both the T20I and ODI batting rankings as the left-hander sits in second place in both categories after strong performances against the West Indies in the white-ball formats. As per the latest...

Karachi: Pakistan's premier fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi had requested the team management and national selectors to not consider him for the Test matches in South Africa because of workload management since he wants to be "100 percent fit" for the ICC Champions Trophy in...

Melbourne: Ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, India captain Rohit Sharma has backed star batter Virat Kohli to come back strong in the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. Kohli, who scored a hundred in the second innings in Perth, has...

London: England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of cricket for at least three months because of a torn left hamstring. Stokes will undergo surgery on the hamstring next month, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement Monday. He was injured...

It was just the icing on the cake that the country needed when Dommaraju Gukesh became the youngest chess world champion December 12, 2024. The Indian was a shade over 18 years old, beating the record that the legendary Garry Kasparov had set in 1985...

New Delhi: Veteran India fast-bowler Mohammed Shami has been deemed not fit for selection in the remaining two Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to concerns over left knee swelling and the requirement of more time for controlled exposure to bowling loads, the Board...

Johannesburg: Pakistan completed a 3-0 sweep of its ODI series against South Africa, winning the third match by 36 runs under the DLS method. Opener Saim Ayub hit 101 runs in 94 balls as Pakistan scored 308-9 at the Wanderers in a game reduced to...