Sports

Mumbai: Tilak Varma and Arshdeep Sing get called up in the India A squad for the final two four-day encounters against the England Lions in Ahmedabad as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a 14-member squad Friday. The spotlight shifts to Rinku...

Lahore: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Cricket Management Committee, Zaka Ashraf, has stepped down from the post just two weeks before his extension was to expire. Zaka had been heading the CMC since July and the government gave it an extension in...

Bloemfontein: The most successful team in the Under-19 World Cup history, defending champions India will embark on a quest to add another trophy to their collection when a fresh bunch led by Uday Saharan takes on Bangladesh in their tournament-opener here Saturday. Placed in Group...

Ranchi: India coach Janneke Schopman Friday said her team played its best, fought bravely, and dominated the entire game but was unlucky not to score a goal as it went down 0-1 to Japan in the women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers and missed a chance...

Ranchi: The Indian women's hockey team failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics after going down 0-1 to Japan in the third-fourth place match of the FIH Olympic Qualifier here Friday. Kana Urata scored for Japan off a penalty corner in the first quarter and...

Texas: Two-time National champion Sreeja Akula clinched the women's singles title at the WTT Feeder Corpus Christi, her maiden international trophy, to start the new season on a promising note. The Indian beat World No. 46 Lily Zhang of the USA 3-0 (11-6, 18-16, 11-5)...

Melbourne: Sixteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva extended her impressive run at the Australian Open by staging a remarkable comeback in the third round Friday. Trailing 1-5 in the final set and facing a match point, she displayed incredible skills to overcome France's Diane Parry with a thrilling...

Melbourne: Jannik Sinner booked a ticket into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 masterclass over 26th seed Sebastian Baez Friday here at Margaret Court Arena. The fourth seed was in the driver's seat throughout, dropping just ten points on...

Melbourne: Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka moved into the final 16 with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Lesia Tsurenko in Rod Laver Arena Friday. Sabalenka, who claimed her first Grand Slam title 12 months ago Down Under, needed just 52 minutes to double-bagel 28th-seeded Tsurenko and...

Ranchi: India women's team head coach Janneke Schopman admitted Thursday that it would be difficult for her players to take the field Friday after the nerve-wracking defeat to Germany in the sudden-death shoot-out but said her girls will be ready for the clash with Japan...