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Kingston: Cricket West Indies (CWI) Friday committed to gender pay equity among its players having signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA). The MoU is for the period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027 and covers...

Melbourne: Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley has congratulated Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins, and left-handed openers Usman Khawaja and Phoebe Litchfield for clinching individual honours in the recently announced ICC awards. Cummins claimed the Sir Garfield Sobers Award as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of...

Miami (US): Lionel Messi has won global futbol's biggest prize. He'll now be part of American football's biggest day. The Inter Miami star, World Cup champion and global soccer icon will headline a Super Bowl ad for Michelob Ultra, the brand announced Thursday. A teaser...

Christchurch: Rachin Ravindra is set to play his first Test at home since 2022 after being selected in the New Zealand Test squad as middle-order batter for the two-match series against South Africa, starting February 4. "Hard on the heels of winning the ICC’s Emerging...

Dubai: In a year that reverberated with the resounding echoes of his cricketing prowess, veteran Indian batter Virat Kohli stood tall as he was crowned the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023, a fitting tribute to his exceptional contributions in the 50-over format....

Melbourne: Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a US Open final loss to Coco Gauff and became the first woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finals at the Australian Open Thursday. Sabalenka attacked Gauff's serve throughout a 7-6 (2), 6-4 semi-final win. She will meet...

Hyderabad: After spinners put England batters through harsh scrutiny, Yashasvi Jaiswal rolled out his own version of ‘Bazball' en route to a crushing fifty as India posted 119 for one to take the upper hand on day one of the opening Test here Thursday. At...

Jakarta: India's Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat suffered straight-game defeats in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches to crash out of the men's singles competition of the Indonesia Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, here Thursday. Taking on eighth-seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, Sen came...

New Delhi: He has single-handedly raised the profile of Indian athletics internationally and Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra now wants the country to go a notch higher in the pecking order by hosting global events in the next two-three years. India is set to...

Hyderabad: India bowled out England for 246 on the opening day of the first Test here Thursday with the home team spinners sharing eight wickets between them. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors were off to a...