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Madrid: Real Madrid defender Lucas Vazquez was added to the club's extensive injury list Friday with a muscle injury that will keep him out of its Copa del Rey debut away to Arandina Saturday and next week's Spanish Supercup in Saudia Arabia. "Following tests carried...

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil coach Fernando Diniz was fired by the confederation president, a day after the latter got his job back. The Brazilian Football Confederation said in a statement that president Ednaldo Rodrigues informed Diniz that he wanted to “advance the process of choice...

Navi Mumbai: Titas Sadhu's career-best 4/17, Deepti Sharma's 2/24, and Shreyanka Patil 2/19 helped India Women bundle Australia out for a mere 141 in their opening game of the three-match T20I series here Friday. While Sadhu rocked Australia Women with a three-wicket opening burst, Phoebe...

Rajkot: A five-wicket haul by pace-bowling stalwart Chirag Jani and a half-century by opener Harvik Desai helped defending champions Saurashtra take the honours on day one of their Ranji Trophy Group A first-round match against Jharkhand here Friday. Saurashtra, who had beaten Bengal in the...

Dubai: Despite a seven-wicket win at Cape Town to draw their two-match series in South Africa, India were toppled from the top spot in ICC Test rankings by Australia Friday. Australia's impressive effort to take an unassailable 2-0 lead over Pakistan at home in the...

New Delhi: The riveting cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan will reach planet's biggest show city New York June 9 when the arch-rivals go against each other there in a Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The schedule for the showpiece...

Sydney: A relieved and grateful David Warner Friday revealed that he has been reunited with his cherished baggy greens after the iconic cap mysteriously appeared in the team hotel here. Ahead of day three in the third Test between Australia and Pakistan at the SCG,...

Mumbai: India won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the first women's T20I of the three-match series at the DY Patil Stadium here Friday. "We're going to bowl first. We're going in with 4 seamers and 2 spinners, want to use this...

New Delhi: Bright dreams of a new journey, desperation to stage a comeback, and desire to rediscover old glory will be the dominant themes of this season's Ranji Trophy that begins at various centres across the country from Friday. On the periphery, the latest edition...

New Delhi: India's seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second Test at Cape Town Thursday was the 25th instance when a Test match ended inside two days, dating back to 1882. This was also the third time India were involved in a two-day Test,...