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New Delhi: Hockey India Thursday announced the 24-member men's squad that will participate in the Bhubaneswar and Rourkela legs of the FIH Pro League 2023-24. The Bhubaneswar leg will begin February 10 and end February 16 while the Rourkela leg will commence February 19 and...

Visakhapatnam: Ahead of the second Test against England at the ACA-VDCA Stadium starting Friday, India batter Rajat Patidar said receiving his maiden Test call-up after recovering from an Achilles injury has been the happiest moment for him. Patidar was recently with India ‘A’ squad, currently...

Sydney: Australia legend Ricky Ponting is all set to coach Washington Freedom in USA's Major League Cricket, making him the biggest name till date to be associated with the tournament. The second edition of the MLC is scheduled to begin in early July, a few...

Melbourne: Australia pacer Lauren Cheatle has been ruled out of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 after undergoing a medical procedure to remove skin cancer from her neck. Cheatle, who made her Test debut against India in last December, underwent the procedure Wednesday. This year's...

Visakhapatnam:  England has suffered a major injury blow as experienced left-arm spinner Jack Leach will miss the second Test against India due to injury. England had been hoping that the injury would settle down and Leach would be available for the second Test that commences...

Dubai: Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin maintained the top spot, while compatriot Jasprit Bumrah jumped to fourth in the latest ICC Test bowling rankings released Wednesday. Ashwin, who had grabbed a match haul of six wickets in India's 28-run loss in the opening Test against...

New Delhi: Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah was Wednesday appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council for a third consecutive term. Shah's extension was proposed by the Sri Lanka Cricket president Shammi Silva for the second time and the nomination was...

New Delhi: Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan secured the country's first Paris 2024 Olympics quota in sailing at the ILCA World Championship 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. Competing in the one person dinghy event at the Adelaide Sailing Club, Saravanan accumulated 125 net points over six days...

Geneva: FIFA has released the 2023 Global Transfer Report, which confirms a record of 74,836 cross-border transfers last year. About 31.7 percent of these moves involved professional male and female players, which accumulated a record spending of 9.63 billion US dollars in total. The top...

Brisbane: Former Australia fast-bowler Rodney Hogg said he was glad the West Indies used his comments of them being 'hopeless and pathetic' as inspiration for securing a magical eight-run win at the Gabba. Following West Indies' ten-wicket loss to Australia in Adelaide, Hogg made headlines...