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Kuala Lumpur: With the Paris Olympic qualification at stake, top Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen, will hope to begin the new season on a bright note when they start their campaign at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here Tuesday. A...

Ranchi: Indian women's team is confident of booking a third successive Olympic berth and its knowledge of the conditions here will put it in good stead ahead of the eight-team hockey Olympic Qualifiers, said attacking midfielder Navneet Kaur Monday. The Indian team, led by Savita...

Johannesburg: South Africa wicketkeeper batter Heinrich Klaasen announced Monday that he will be retiring from Test cricket. Klassen steps away from the format after featuring in four Tests for South Africa between 2019 and 2023. He is the second South Africa player to retire from...

Jakarta: Indian shooters secured a gold medal in men's 10m air pistol team event to make a bright start to their campaign at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers here Monday. The Indian team of Varun Tomar (586), Arjun Singh Cheema (579) and Ujjawal Malik (575) produced...

Cape Town: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Sunday made a high-profile comeback to India's T20 squad for the three homes against Afghanistan with the former also named captain for the series beginning in Mohali January 11. Rohit and Kohli last appeared in a T20 for...

Kolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly Sunday backed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to feature in India's squad for the T20I World Cup in June. The duo, who have not featured in any T20I for about 14 months, have made themselves available for the sport's...

Melbourne: Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Australian Open with an injury after playing just one tournament in his comeback from 12 months on the sidelines. Nadal said he had concerns over his surgically repaired hip after needing a medical timeout in the third set...

Durban: Legendary all-rounder AB de Villiers is annoyed that India and South Africa played only a couple of Test matches in the just concluded series and blamed proliferation of T20 leagues across the world for the situation. De Villiers said "something has to change" if...

Brisbane (Australia): Elena Rybakina claimed her sixth career title with a 6-0, 6-3 rout of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the the Brisbane International in a perfect tune-up for the first major of 2024. Sabalenka, who had won five of her seven previous meetings against...

New Delhi: Hockey India Sunday named a 41-member core probable group for the junior women's national coaching camp that begins Monday at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre, Bengaluru. The players were picked based on their performances in the domestic championships held in 2023,...