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Mumbai: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya opted to bowl after winning the toss in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here Thursday. MI brought in Shreyas Gopal in place of Piyush Chawla in a solitary change to their playing XI. RCB rung...

Ningbo (China): Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought valiantly but was outperformed by sixth seed Han Yue of China in a gruelling pre-quarterfinal of the Badminton Asia Championships here Thursday. Sindhu, who is desperately seeking to rediscover her form ahead of the Paris Olympics, fought...

New Delhi: Jyothi Yarraji, who won a silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the Hangzhou Asian Games, will train in Spain ahead of the Paris Olympics as the Sports ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) approved her proposal for financial assistance towards foreign training. Jyothi,...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson has been fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over rate during their last-ball three-wicket defeat to Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Wednesday evening. Samson made an unbeaten 68 off 38 deliveries and...

Jaipur: Gujarat Titans pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL here Wednesday. Riyan Parag (76) and Sanju Samson (68 not out) slammed cracking fifties and shared a 130-run partnership to power RR to a challenging 196 for three. In reply,...

Jaipur: A 130-run third wicket partnership between skipper Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag lifted Rajasthan Royals to 196 for 3 against Gujarat Titans in match 24 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, here Wednesday. Given the chance to bat first...

Jaipur: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Wednesday. In the GT playing XI, Matthew Wade came in for Kane Williamson, and Abhinav Manohar was included in place of BR...

Perth: The Indian men’s hockey team went down 1-2 against Australia in their neck-to-neck third game of the five-match Test series, here Wednesday. Jugraj Singh (41’) was the lone goalscorer for India, while Jeremy Hayward (44’, 49’) netted two goals for the hosts. India started...

New Delhi: Superstar Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will compete in the prestigious Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland June 18, where he will be up against 19-year-old sensation Max Dehning of Germany, the latest entrant in the 90m club, the organisers said. The 26-year-old...

New Delhi: Ajit Agarkar, the current India senior men’s chief selector, said talismanic batter Virat Kohli is one of the few players who has set a benchmark in terms of fitness to play the sport and serve the country for long at the international level....