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Jakarta: India's Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat suffered straight-game defeats in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches to crash out of the men's singles competition of the Indonesia Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, here Thursday. Taking on eighth-seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, Sen came...

New Delhi: He has single-handedly raised the profile of Indian athletics internationally and Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra now wants the country to go a notch higher in the pecking order by hosting global events in the next two-three years. India is set to...

Hyderabad: India bowled out England for 246 on the opening day of the first Test here Thursday with the home team spinners sharing eight wickets between them. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors were off to a...

Hyderabad: The Indian spin troika rudely nudged England's tradition-resisting plunderbats back to reality while limiting them to 215 for eight at tea in their first innings on the opening day of the first Test here Thursday. Captain Ben Stokes (43 batting) and Mark Wood (7...

Brisbane (Australia): Mitchell Starc became the fifth Australian bowler to take 350 Test wickets after claiming three on the opening day of the first test against West Indies at the Gabba Thursday. The 33-year-old Starc reached the milestone when he had Alick Athanaze (eight) caught...

Muscat: Mariana Kujur and Deepika Soreng struck a brace each as India secured a 7-3 victory over the United States in their second Pool C game of the Hockey5s Women's World Cup here. The goalscorers for India were Mahima Choudhary (17'), Mariana Kujur (20', 22'),...

Hyderabad:  Indian spinners were at their effective best in exploiting the turn-on offer to jolt England's ‘Bazball' ambitions in the first session of the first Test itself, reducing them to 108 for three at lunch here Thursday. Joe Root (18 batting) and Jonny Bairstow (32...

Hyderabad: Madhya Pradesh prolific batter Rajat Patidar was Thursday named as a replacement for India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli for the first two Tests against England. "Rajat Patidar has joined the team as Virat Kohli's replacement for the first two Tests against England," the BCCI...

Melbourne: Rohan Bopanna earned himself one more opportunity to win a Grand Slam title by reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final with Australian partner Matthew Ebden after prevailing in a tense semifinal against Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen here Thursday. The second seeded Indo-Australian...

New Delhi: Olympic bronze-medallist and six-time boxing world champion M C Mary Kom Thursday refuted reports that she has announced retirement. The 41-year-old, who is already past the age eligibility to compete on the amateur circuit, said she still hasn't made any formal announcement of...