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Melbourne: A glance at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2024: Surface: Hard courts Site: Melbourne Park Schedule: Play begins Sunday morning in Australia (Saturday night ET) at what will be a scheduled 15-day tournament for the first time. That's because...

Melbourne: All-rounder Cameron Green will play in the first Test of a two-match series against West Indies as Australia named a 13-player squad for two-match series, beginning January 17. Matt Renshaw, who Warner has tipped as a potential successor, edged out fellow Test-capped openers Marcus...

Christchurch: Former all-rounder Andre Adams has been appointed New Zealand's bowling coach for the upcoming T20 series against Pakistan at home Adams will work for the five-match series as part of head coach Gary Stead’s coaching group, which also features regular batting coach Luke Ronchi....

Liverpool: Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold will be sidelined for three weeks because of a slightly torn knee ligament, the team said Tuesday. The right-back hyperextended his knee during Liverpool's 2-0 win over Arsenal in an FA Cup third-round game Sunday. Tests showed a “little tear”...

Mumbai: India batter Shreyas Iyer was Tuesday added to the Mumbai squad for their next Ranji Trophy game against Andhra to be played here from January 12-15. Having struggled with the bat largely during India's two-match Test series in South Africa in challenging conditions, the...

Bhubaneswar: East Bengal FC rode on Cleiton Silva's brace to start their Super Cup football campaign with a fighting 3-2 win over Hyderabad FC at the Kalinga Stadium here Tuesday. The Group A fixture saw Hyderabad draw level twice through Ramhlunchhunga and Nim Dorjee Tamang...

Mumbai: Australia won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the series-deciding third and final women's T20 here Tuesday. Both India and Australia named unchanged eleven for the match. Playing XI: India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh...

Berlin: By taking a step back, Franz Beckenbauer put himself a step ahead. The "libero" — taken from the Italian word for "free" and describing a player who had a covering role behind a defensive line — was not an entirely new concept to soccer...

New Delhi: India's best-performing athletes were Tuesday conferred with the national sports awards by President Droupadi Murmu in a regal ceremony where cricketer Mohammed Shami and para-archer Sheetal Devi walked in to rapturous applause at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were...

New Delhi: Recovering from a knee injury, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will return to action at the Asian Team Championships as she was Tuesday named in the Indian squad for the prestigious tournament. Sindhu, who suffered a knee injury at the French Open last...