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Bloemfontein: Musheer Khan flayed New Zealand attack with his second century of the ICC U-19 World Cup while opener Adarsh Singh struck 52 as India posted a stiff 296–run target in their Super Six contest, here Tuesday. On a perfect batting wicket here at the...

Bloemfontein (South Africa): New Zealand won the toss and elected to field against defending champions India in their super six stage match of the U-19 World Cup here Tuesday. India are fielding an unchanged side. The five-time champions are unbeaten in the tournament so far,...

Mumbai: Players from 31 countries will take part in the Mumbai Open Tennis Championship to be held here from February 5 to 11 following a gap of six years. The tournament will be played at the newly-laid tennis courts at the Cricket Club of India...

Chandigarh: Uttarakhand's Suraj Panwar has achieved the qualifying standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men's 20km race walk event at the Indian Open Race Walking Competition, here Tuesday. Panwar clocked one hour, 19 minutes, and 43 seconds (1:19:43.08) to win the silver medal....

Muscat: Mohammed Raheel's hat-trick went in vain as India suffered a 4-7 defeat to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the FIH Hockey5s Men's World Cup here on Tuesday. Apart from Raheel (1', 7', 25'), Mandeep Mor (11') scored for India. For the Netherlands, Sander...

New Delhi: Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh has alleged that she endured sexist behaviour from spectators at the recently-concluded Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands, saying they "focussed on irrelevant things like her hair, clothes and accent" during the tournament. The 18-year-old International...

Dubai: India's Deepti Sharma rose one place to joint second while team-mate Renuka Singh also moved up a spot to 10th in the latest ICC women's T20I bowling rankings issued Tuesday. Deepti's rise was largely due to South Africa spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dropping three places...

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has thrown his weight behind Sarfaraz Khan to replace the injured KL Rahul in the playing XI of the second Test against England in Vizag, starting February 2. With injuries sidelining both Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul, the...

Dubai: West Indies pace bowler Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of the ILT20 due to a toe injury sustained during the Gabba Test against Australia. Joseph was scheduled to join his team Dubai Capitals after the Test series but the toe injury has altered...

New Delhi: Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson views Cameron Green as one of the country's "most gifted batters" and believes that once he establishes the right approach for scoring at the crease, his full potential will be unleashed. After David Warner's retirement, Cameron Green reclaimed...