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Rourkela: The Indian women’s hockey team failed to take advantage of an early lead and a narrow 1-2 loss to China, starting on a disappointing note in the Rourkela leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 at the Birsa Munda Stadium here Monday. The...

London: The Champions League narrative is so often about Manchester City and Real Madrid. The past two champions of Europe were the only teams to sweep through the group stage with six wins. They also are first in action Tuesday when the most prized competition...

Rajkot: Fresh from a one-week break in their pre-series base Abu Dhabi, the England cricket team Monday returned to India for the remainder of the five-match rubber against the hosts, which is locked at 1-1 after two games. The England team landed in the city...

New Delhi: The 24-year-old Kenyan long-distance runner and the marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road traffic accident. The accident occurred Sunday at 11 pm (local time) on the Eldoret-Kaptagat road, according to Elgeyo Marakwet County Police...

Dallas (US): Tommy Paul defeated countryman Marcos Giron 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 6-3 in all-American final to lift the Dallas Open trophy, his second ATP Tour title and first since 2021 in Stockholm. In a back-and-forth battle on the campus of Southern Methodist University Paul secured an...

Birmingham: Rasmus Hojlund scored for the fifth straight Premier League game and Scott McTominay headed home a late winner as Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-1 to ignite its Champions League qualification hopes. Only five points separates United in sixth and Villa in fifth after...

Chennai: India's top singles player Sumit Nagal Sunday won his fifth Challenger-level singles title, outplaying Italian Luca Nardi in the final of the Chennai Open -- an achievement which will propel him into the top-100 for the first time in his career. Nagal's 6-1 6-4...

Bhubaneswar: The Union ministry of education, in collaboration with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has distributed 6,848 footballs in 1,260 schools of Odisha under the ambitious Football for Schools (F4S) programme. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan...

Benoni (South Africa): Oliver Peake's enterprising 43-ball 46 lifted Australia to 253/7 against defending champions India in the final of the U-19 World Cup here Sunday. Australia skipper Hugh Weibgen elected to bat after winning the toss. Harjas Singh top-scored for Australia with 55 off...

New Delhi: Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin lavished rich praise on fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for being the ‘real show stealer’ for his sensational match haul of nine wickets in the 106-run win over England in the second Test at Visakhapatnam. Bumrah’s nine-wicket match haul,...