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Dubai: Hardik Pandya rose two places to become the first Indian to occupy the number one spot in the ICC's T20I all-rounders' rankings Wednesday, as the country's cricketers improved their standings following their title-winning performance in the just-concluded World Cup. The 30-year-old, who handed telling...

Saarbrucken, (Germany): Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra Wednesday clarified that Sunday's Paris Diamond League was never a part of his competition calendar this year. The statement came after a media report stated that Chopra pulled out of the event due to the...

Bridgetown (Barbados): The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team finally departed for Delhi aboard a charter flight from the Grantley Adams International airport here Wednesday after being stranded here for three days due to a category 4 hurricane. The Air India special charter flight AIC24WC...

New Delhi: As Pakistan cricket team faced a lot of flak for their disappointing T20 world cup campaign opening batter, opening batter Mohammad Rizwan admitted the shortcomings and said the criticism his side faced over their dismal performance is "justified". Pakistan failed to make it...

Harare: A youthful Indian team, led by Shubman Gill and having VVS Laxman, the National Cricket Academy (NCA) head of cricket as the coach touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport ahead of the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe starting July 6. In...

Dhaka: Bangladesh allegedly dropped vice-captain Taskin Ahmed from the crucial Super Eights clash against India at the T20 World Cup as he overslept and missed the team bus, a claim the pacer refuted, stating it was for team combination reasons. Bangladesh lost the game, held...

Barbados: The World Cup-winning Indian team's departure from Barbados has further been delayed and now is expected to land in New Delhi Thursday morning 6 am (IST). "The Indian team's special flight from Barbados should tentatively land in New Delhi Thursday 6 am," sources said....

Leipzig: Merih Demiral's double strike was enough for Turkiye to eliminate stubborn Austria 2-1 in a Euro 2024 round of 16 match at Leipzig's Red Bull Arena late Tuesday. The Turks had a fairy tale start to the clash, scoring the fastest goal in the...

Munich: Two late goals from substitute Donyell Malen helped the Netherlands reach the UEFA Euro 2024 quarterfinals for the first time in 16 years, after a comfortable and dominant 3-0 victory over Romania in a Round of 16 match here Tuesday. The Netherlands reached the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association (OSJA) in association with the the Sports and Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha, celebrated the ‘World Sports Journalists’ Day’ at a function in the Kalinga Stadium here Tuesday. Sports & Youth Services Minister Suryabanshi Suraj took to social...