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New Delhi: Season 2 of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will begin in Bengaluru February 23. In the opening fixture, reigning champions Mumbai Indians will face the runners-up of the inaugural edition, Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. WPL 2024 will see all five...

Barcelona: Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub, a Spanish court ruled Thursday. The three-judge panel sentenced Alves to four years, six months. Alves, aged 40, denied any wrongdoing during a trial that took...

Srinagar: He aptly called it a "match made in heaven" as Sachin Tendulkar pleasantly surprised a bunch of youngsters playing gully cricket in Uri, turning his bat upside down at one point just to give the boys a shot at dismissing him. On his maiden...

New Delhi: In a significant twist to the IPL sponsorship bidding process, My11Circle has dethroned longstanding sponsor, Dream11, in the fantasy games category. The conclusion of the bidding process Wednesday (February 21) saw My11Circle securing the sponsorship, outbidding Dream11 by over INR 110 crore. According...

New Delhi: Senior pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next month's Indian Premier League owing to a left ankle injury, for which he will undergo surgery in the UK, a BCCI source told PTI Thursday. The 33-year-old, who is not part of the...

Ranchi: England have brought in fast-bowler Ollie Robinson and off-spinner Shoaib Bashir into their playing eleven for the fourth Test against India, starting here at the JSCA International Stadium Friday. The duo replace tearaway pacer Mark Wood and leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed respectively in the starting...

New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer, who was omitted from India’s squad for the last three Tests against England, had opted out of Mumbai’s upcoming Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Baroda, starting on Friday at the BKC Ground, due to back pain. But a report in The Indian...

Riyadh: Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr moved into the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League with a 3-0 aggregate win over Al-Fayha in a Saudi Arabian matchup. Ronaldo scored the only goal in the first leg and then found the net in the return match in Riyadh...

Fort Lauderdale: Lionel Messi had two Real Salt Lake defenders on either side of him, two more a few yards in front of him. He quickly tapped the ball away from them all with his left foot, to a spot that only teammate Robert Taylor...

New Delhi: India's top singles player Sumit Nagal dropped out of top-100 after losing 16 points from his kitty, resulting in him sliding three spots to 101 in the latest ATP rankings. Last year in the same week, Nagal had earned 41 ranking points by...