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New Delhi: Badminton ace PV Sindhu says she is ‘going all-out’ in her quest to become the first Indian to win an unprecedented third individual Olympic medal in Paris, drawing on her experience from a successful past. Sindhu stands on the brink of history as...

New Delhi: Right-handed batter Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain for India’s T20I series against Sri Lanka, while veteran opener Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the side in the ODI leg of the tour. While announcing the squad post a selection committee meeting Thursday...

Dubai: Barely a month after hosting its first ICC global event, USA Cricket (USAC) faces significant scrutiny from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for potential non-compliance with its Associate membership status. The ICC has issued a stern warning to USAC, highlighting two primary areas of...

Kuala Lumpur: Odisha FC are drawn alongside Etihad Club (Jordan) and Lion City Sailors FC (Singapore) in Group B of the Preliminary Stage of the 2024-25 AFC Women's Champions League, following the draw conducted at the AFC House here Thursday. Odisha FC, the champions of...

Buenos Aires: Argentina have sacked Undersecretary for Sports, Julio Garro Thursday after he demanded an apology from national football team captain Lionel Messi for alleged racist chanting during his team's Copa America victory celebrations. After Argentina's Copa America title win, a video of their celebrations...

London: Lionel Messi faced calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina's players after they won the Copa America. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country's soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a...

Mumbai: Actor Sidharth Malhotra shared a throwback picture Thursday featuring his wife Kiara Advani and football legend David Beckham from last year’s ODI Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals. Sidharth took to Instagram and posted the selfie-style image where he, dressed in white, held the camera with...

New Delhi: Former World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has said veteran duo Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are "irreplaceable" in the Indian team across formats and called them "as same as Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni". Kohli announced retirement from T20Is after delivering a match-winning...

New Delhi: Ten specially-trained Indian CAPF and special commando force dogs are in France to provide a counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics slated to open next week, official sources said Wednesday. The ten Indian K9 (canine) teams will...

Colombo: In a shocking incident, former Sri Lanka U-19 cricket captain Dhammika Niroshana was shot dead Tuesday night. A fast bowler who led the Sri Lanka U-19 squad in 2002, Niroshana was shot by an unidentified individual near his residence in Ambalangoda where he started...