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Berlin: Reality seemed to come as quick as nightfall on a tropical island nearby. After one hour and 52 minutes, Germany's tennis icon Angelique Kerber's Australian Open adventures were over. As much as the 2-6, 6-3, 1-6 defeat against Danielle Collings in the first round...

Dunedin: Hard-hitting young gun Finn Allen has equaled a World Record feat here against Pakistan, hitting 16 sixes in the third T20I against Pakistan and posting the highest score by a Kiwi in men's T20I internationals. Allen went on to finish with 137 from 62...

Bhubaneswar: Mumbai City FC extended their winning run in the Kalinga Super Cup to two matches in a row when they edged past Punjab FC 3-2 in their Group C encounter at the Kalinga Stadium Tuesday. Leading 2-1 till the 87th minute, Mumbai City found...

Ranchi: Indian women's team's head coach Janneke Schopman Tuesday praised her defenders for their superb performance in the matches against New Zealand and Italy that sealed hosts' place in the semifinals of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers, and said she was more happy that her...

Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Teenaged Indian chess superstar R Praggnanandhaa defeated world champion Ding Liren of China in the fourth round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament here, a win which also helped him surpass the legendary Viswanathan Anand as the top-rated Indian player....

Bengaluru: With the series already in the bag, India will be eager to perfect their freshly-baked T20 template as a team and hope that skipper Rohit Sharma's bat finally fires when they face Afghanistan in the third and last match of the rubber here Wednesday....

Melbourne: The bugs bothered Carlos Alcaraz in his first match at the Australian Open for two years, and so did the 37-year-old veteran Richard Gasquet. For the first set, at least. After taking an hour and 12 minutes to clinch the opener in a tie-breaker,...

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Tuesday decided that it will seek a dialogue with the Sports Ministry for revocation of its suspension, saying it does not want a clash with the government and the legal options will be explored only if talks...

Ranchi: Elizabeth Yeager converted a penalty corner in the second half as United States eked out a fighting solitary goal victory over New Zealand to storm into the semi-finals of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier with an all-win record here Tuesday. Yeager found the back...

New Delhi: The big three in world cricket, including India, England, and Australia should do more to save smaller Test playing teams and ICC's current revenue sharing model is "completely broken", said Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave. India being the engine of the game...