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New Delhi: World no. 1 Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at a ceremony held in Madrid to tie another record, with his fifth Laureus Award (he won in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019). Djokovic had a remarkable...

Jaipur: Sandeep Sharma announced his comeback from an injury with brilliant figures of 5-18, the best by any bowler in this season’s IPL before Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to form with a 59-ball century as host Rajasthan Royals ended their home leg with a nine-wicket victory...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC will take on former winners Mohun Bagan Super Giant in the first leg of their semifinal encounter of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 at the Kalinga Stadium here Tuesday. Redemption will be high on the minds of Odisha players as they...

Jaipur: Sandeep Sharma grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL as Rajasthan Royals restricted Mumbai Indians to 179/9 here Monday. Trent Boult (2/32) dismissed Rohit Sharma (6) in the first over, while Sandeep (5/18) claimed the wickets of Ishan Kishan (0) and Suryakumar Yadav...

Jaipur: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League clash here Monday. MI made three changes to their playing XI with Romario Shepherd, Akash Madhwal and Shreyas Gopal making way for Nuwan Thushara,...

New Delhi: Star batter Virat Kohli was Monday fined half of his match fees for showing dissent towards umpire's decision during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kohli was given out after the he was caught off a waist-height full-toss delivery Harshit...

Kolkata:Under scrutiny for his poor show in the ongoing season, IPL's costliest buy Mitchell Starc Monday received the backing of Kolkata Knight Riders' managing director and CEO Venky Mysore, who said they don't think of him from an "investment standpoint". KKR had bought Starc for...

New Delhi: People from all walks of life, including the chess community, went into a frenzy as they hailed India's D Gukesh as a potential "future world champion" after he etched his name in the history books by winning the prestigious Candidates tournament in Toronto....

Toronto: The 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh scripted history by becoming the youngest-ever player to win the FIDE Candidates tournament Monday after his final round game with Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw. Gukesh scored 9/14 points to clinch the honour and become only the second...

New Delhi: Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran has been fined 50 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct relating to over-rate offences during the match against Gujarat Titans (GT) here at the PCA New International Cricket Stadium Sunday night....