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Indian Well: Iga Swiatek avenged her Australian Open ouster at the hands of Linda Noskova, beating the Czech teenager 6-4, 6-0 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and third-seeded Jannik Sinner each advanced in straight sets in the men's...

Christchurch: A brave innings from Alex Carey alongside Mitchell Marsh's 80 and Pat Cummins' late heroics helped Australia beat New Zealand by three wickets in the second Test in Christchurch Monday. Carey finished on 98* as Pat Cummins (32*) struck the winning runs off New...

New Delhi: Hockey India Monday announced the 28-member core probable group for the Senior Men’s National Coaching Camp, scheduled to commence March 12 and last until March 30 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The upcoming camp is significant as the Indian Team will...

Mumbai: Seasoned duo Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane's run drought continued but Shardul Thakur's all-rounder utility helped hosts Mumbai to claw their way back against a gutsy Vidarbha on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final. After scoring a counter-punching 75 off only 69...

Sonepat (Haryana): Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya -- the Tokyo Games medallists -- were Sunday eliminated from the race for the Paris Olympics qualification after losing their respective bouts in the selection trials for the national team. Punia, who was a prominent face of protest...

Dubai: Following a 4-1 series win over England, India reclaimed the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings, taking over defending Australia. India now has 122 rating points in the rankings table. Australia are second with 117 rating points, while England are in...

Paris: India's world number one pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles final of the French Open Super 750 tournament after beating South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk in straight games here. This is the duo's third...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday inaugurated India's first indoor athletics centre at Kalinga Stadium here, an official statement said. He also inaugurated an indoor aquatic centre, and laid the foundation of an indoor diving centre at the stadium. The indoor athletics centre, which...

Mumbai: With Indian Premier League (IPL) legend Virat Kohli leading them, the focus is always on Royal Challenger Bangalore's (RCB) batting, but former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan believes the bowling unit of the current squad can help RCB lift the trophy in the 2024 edition...

New Delhi: Walking the talk about giving highest priority to Test cricket, the BCCI has decided to increase the match fee to up to Rs 45 lakh from the existing Rs 15 lakh for all those who play at least seven long-form games per season,...