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Dambulla: Contrasting fifties from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh were complemented nicely by the bowlers as India notched up a massive 78-run win over UAE in their second match of the ongoing women's Asia Cup T20 tournament here Sunday. Invited to bat, Kaur played...

Dambulla: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur hit her 12th T20I fifty, while wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh got her first half-century in the format to carry India to a massive 201/5 against UAE in their second 2024 Women’s Asia Cup match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium Sunday....

New Delhi: The 1996 Olympics was, historically speaking, the pinnacle of Indian tennis as a sport. Against all odds, Leander Paes, at the age of 23, won bronze at the Atlanta Summer Games in 1996 despite not being a major power in the ATP Tour's...

New Delhi: India pacer Mohammad Shami has rebuked a media outlet for putting out false reports concerning him and former India spinner Amit Mishra and urged the media to verify the source of the news before publishing any information regarding it. A media house published...

New Delhi: Spaniard Manolo Marquez, currently in charge of Indian Super League side FC Goa, was Saturday named as the Indian men's football team head coach in place of the sacked Igor Stimac. The All India Football Federation's (AIFF) executive committee, which met here on...

New Delhi: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has questioned spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Abhishek Sharma's exclusion from Men in Blue's squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. Under new head coach Gautam Gambhir, India is scheduled to play three T20Is and three ODIs in Sri...

Bhubaneswar: The newly elected BJP government has renamed Biju Patnaik Sports Award as ‘Odisha Rajya Krida Samman'. Odisha Sports and Youth Services Department Friday issued guidelines for the ‘Rajya Krida Samman' which will be awarded in eight categories annually, subject to availability of suitable candidates....

London: Former England cricket captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been discharged from the hospital following an operation to remove a tumor from his throat. The 83-year-old cricket legend, who was initially treated for throat cancer in 2002 with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, faced a recurrence of...

New Delhi: Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami has strongly defended his teammate Arshdeep Singh after former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq questioned the young pacer's ability to generate reverse swing during the T20 World Cup 2024. Inzamam's comments came after India's Super 8 match against Australia, where...

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada. This decision follows shortly after a similar refusal for Naseem Shah's participation in The Hundred, where he had a...