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Stavanger (Norway): Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost to World Champion Ding Liren in the Armageddon tie-breaker after the two played out a draw under normal time control in the second round of the Norway Chess tournament here. The second round of the prestigious event saw...

New York: The Indian men’s cricket team ahead of the T20 World Cup had their first ground session, here Wednesday. Soham Desai, strength & conditioning coach led the Indin team's light running session with some fun activities. However, the team opted out of any cricket...

Trinidad: Nine-man Australia team triumphed over Namibia by seven wickets in their opening T20 World Cup warm-up match, thanks to a sensational new-ball spell from Josh Hazlewood and a blistering half-century from David Warner. Despite being shorthanded, with six of their key players absent due...

Singapore: World No. 1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the Singapore Open after suffering a shock defeat against Denmark's world number 34 Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard in the opening round of men's doubles competition here Tuesday. One of the favourites to...

New Delhi: Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen requested Indian fans to stop abuse towards Ambati Rayudu after he was called ‘joker’ by Pietersen on the finals night at the official broadcaster show. Following Rayudu’s excessive criticism of Virat Kohli, many fans took to social media...

Stavanger (Norway): Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa got off to a flier and defeated Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon game in the first round of Norway Chess tournament here Tuesday. After an easy draw under normal time control, Praggnanadhaa got 10 minutes as white...

New Delhi: Dashing Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant revealed that he was reluctant to visit the airport after his life-threatening injury as he was apprehensive about facing people while wheelchair bound. The 26-year-old had suffered multiple injuries following a near-fatal car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway...

San Francisco: The ICC has granted official List-A status to Major League Cricket matches in the US in only its second season, a move aimed at promoting the game in one of the biggest sports markets. The International Cricket Council's decision comes a week before...

Melbourne: Cricket Australia Tuesday announced the match days and venues of India A touring Australia this summer. Two four-day matches between Australia A and India A and a three-day internal match comprising players from the Indian Test squad and India A will precede the Border-Gavaskar...

Riyadh: Cristiano Ronaldo finished the Saudi Pro League by setting the season goal-scoring record Monday. Ronaldo scored twice in Riyadh as Al-Nassr defeated Al-Ittihad 4-2 and lifted his league tally to 35, one more than the record in 2019 by Abderrazak Hamdallah. In the final...