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New Delhi: White-ball specialist Rinku Singh was Tuesday drafted into the India 'A' squad for the second four-day match against England Lions in Ahmedabad starting Wednesday. The explosive middle-order batter, known for his exploits in the T20I format, had made his ODI debut in the...

Jakarta: Singles ace HS Prannoy will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Indonesian Masters Super 500 badminton tournament beginning here Tuesday after the pull-out of crack doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Ran­kireddy and Chirag Shetty. Having finished runners-up in back-to-back tournaments of Malaysia Super 1000 and...

Al Khor (Qatar): Winless, and pointless, after losing two group matches, India need nothing more than a win against a tricky Syria to keep alive their faint hopes of making the knockout stage of AFC Asian Cup football tournament here Tuesday. A 0-2 and 0-3...

Hyderabad: Former India all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri will be honoured with BCCI's Lifetime Achievement Award here Tuesday. Shubman Gill will be presented with Cricketer of the Year award following a memorable 12 months when he became the fastest to cross the 2000-run mark...

New Delhi: India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli has pulled out of the first two Tests against England due to personal reasons, the BCCI said Monday. The BCCI urged the fans and media to refrain from speculating about the reason for his forced break. The five-match...

New Delhi: In the lead-up to the highly anticipated Test series against England, Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has voiced his confidence in young opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, saying the youngster will solidify his position in the Indian Test squad by the end of the...

New Delhi: Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa and 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jaismine are set to spearhead Indian challenge as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) named nine-member squad for the first World Qualification Tournament of Paris Olympic Games 2024. The world qualification...

New Delhi: With three days left for India-England Test series to begin, former left-arm fast-bowler Zaheer Khan believes a lot will be on the mind of Rohit Sharma in his dual roles as the opening batter and leader of the team. During the 2021 Test...

Melbourne: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the men's doubles quarterfinal of the Australian Open with an impressive 7-6 7-6 victory over Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Croatia's Nikola Mektic here Monday. The 43-year-old Bopanna and his Aussie partner, who...

Karachi: Pakistan's embattled men's hockey team has failed to qualify for the Olympic Games for a third consecutive time after losing its final shot at a Paris ticket in the FIH Qualifiers in Oman, a result that left the game's former greats here sad and...