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Lahore: Fast-bowling great Waqar Younis is likely to become the new Chief Cricket Officer (CCO) of the Pakistan Cricket Board, having joined the PCB as an advisor to the chairman of cricket affairs temporarily. A source aware of the developments said that the former captain...

Paris: Shuttler Lakshya Sen stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a commanding straight-game victory over compatriot HS Prannoy. The all-Indian clash at the La Chapelle Arena Thursday saw Sen dominate from start to finish, winning...

Chateauroux (France): Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale clinched the first-ever Olympic bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions event, taking the country's overall tally to three at the ongoing Paris Games here Thursday. Kusale shot an aggregate of 451.4 in the eight-shooter final to finish third after...

Colombo: Sri Lanka pacers Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka have been ruled out of the three-match home ODI series against India after sustaining injuries. Uncapped right-arm pacers Mohamed Shiraz and Eshan Malinga have been called up as replacements for the two fast bowlers. "Madushanka suffered...

Hyderabad: Legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni picked Jasprit Bumrah as his favourite bowler, but the multiple World Cup-winning former Indian skipper refrained from selecting between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as the batsman of his choice. Bumrah played a vital role in India's recent T20 World...

New Delhi: Whether to have a mega auction ahead of the upcoming season was the major point of contention in the meeting between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the 10 franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The meeting of the...

New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Anshuman Gaekwad as a thorough "gentleman" after the former cricketer passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. Gaekwad, who served Indian cricket as a player, coach and selector, succumbed...

Paris/Chateauroux: There were no medals won or secured Wednesday but Indian sporting heavyweights such as P V Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain and Lakshya Sen remained firmly on course for historic podium finishes in the Olympics, where a new shooting star also emerged for the country at...

Paris: Tokyo 2020 medallist Lovlina Borgohain made an emphatic start to her Paris 2024 campaign with a unanimous 5-0 victory against Norway’s debutant Sunniva Hofstad in the women’s 75kg Round of 16 bout in the boxing competition here Wednesday. Despite Sunniva’s attempt to get off...

Paris: India’s Sreeja Akula outplayed the Singaporean paddler Zeng Jian in the women’s singles round of 32 table tennis match at the Paris 2024 Olympics and joined compatriot Manika Batra in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals. Sreeja, India’s top-ranked singles player, registered a 4-2 (9-11, 12-10,...