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Dubai: Pakistan's first-ever series loss to Bangladesh has resulted in Shan Masood's team slipping down to the eighth position in the ICC Test rankings besides hitting a historic low of lowest rating points since 1965. Pakistan was thrashed by 10 wickets in the first Test...

Paris: Indian para-sprinter Deepthi Jeevanji won her maiden bronze in the women's 400m T20 category in the ongoing Paris Paralympics here Tuesday. Deepthi clocked the timing of 55.82 seconds at the Stade de France to finish behind Ukraine's Yuliia Shuliar (55.16 secs) and Turkiye's world...

Dubai: The third World Test Championship (WTC) final will be played at the iconic Lord's between June 11 and 15 next year, announced the International Cricket Council Tuesday. The ICC has marked June 16 as the reserve day, if required. "The ICC World Test Championship...

Rawalpindi: Bangladesh clinched a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in Rawalpindi Tuesday and achieved a historic sweep of their two-Test series. Needing 143 more runs on the final day with 10 wickets in hand, Bangladesh knocked them off for the loss of four wickets when Shakib...

Bengaluru: The Indian men’s hockey team, in the early hours of Tuesday, left for Hulunbuir, China to participate in the Asian Champions Trophy. The Paris 2024 Olympics Bronze medallists will attempt to mount a title defence in the competition that will also feature Korea, Malaysia,...

Auckland: Allrounders Nathan Smith and Josh Clarkson have been handed central contracts by the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) after Devon Conway and Finn Allen, recently turned down their central contracts to pursue T20 league opportunities. Smith, a 26-year-old from Wellington, has made a strong case...

Paris: India's two-time World Champion Sumit Antil made history Monday by becoming the first para-athlete to win gold medals in consecutive Paralympic Games, claiming the yellow metal in Men's Javelin Throw F64 with a sensational Paralympic Record at the Stade de France Monday. Antil, the...

Paris: Indian shuttlers Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass signed off with maiden silver and bronze medals respectively in women's singles SU5 category at the Paralympics here Monday. The 22-year-old Thulasimathi, the number one seed, put up a fight before going down 17-21 10-21 against China's...

Paris: India's Kumar Nitesh clinched his maiden gold medal at the Paralympics after beating Great Britain's Daniel Bethell in a thrilling men's singles SL3 badminton final here Monday. The 29-year-old from Haryana was rock solid in his defence and spot on with his shot selections...

Paris: India's Yogesh Kathuniya won the silver medal in the Men's Discus Throw - F56 event at the Paris Paralympics, here Monday. Kathuniya, who won the silver medal in the F56 category at the World Para-Athletics Championships in May, recorded the season's best throw of...