Hyderabad: The Indian spin troika rudely nudged England's tradition-resisting plunderbats back to reality while limiting them to 215 for eight at tea in their first innings on the opening day of the first Test here Thursday. Captain Ben Stokes (43 batting) and Mark Wood (7...
Brisbane (Australia): Mitchell Starc became the fifth Australian bowler to take 350 Test wickets after claiming three on the opening day of the first test against West Indies at the Gabba Thursday. The 33-year-old Starc reached the milestone when he had Alick Athanaze (eight) caught...
Muscat: Mariana Kujur and Deepika Soreng struck a brace each as India secured a 7-3 victory over the United States in their second Pool C game of the Hockey5s Women's World Cup here. The goalscorers for India were Mahima Choudhary (17'), Mariana Kujur (20', 22'),...
Hyderabad: Indian spinners were at their effective best in exploiting the turn-on offer to jolt England's ‘Bazball' ambitions in the first session of the first Test itself, reducing them to 108 for three at lunch here Thursday. Joe Root (18 batting) and Jonny Bairstow (32...
Hyderabad: Madhya Pradesh prolific batter Rajat Patidar was Thursday named as a replacement for India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli for the first two Tests against England. "Rajat Patidar has joined the team as Virat Kohli's replacement for the first two Tests against England," the BCCI...
Melbourne: Rohan Bopanna earned himself one more opportunity to win a Grand Slam title by reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final with Australian partner Matthew Ebden after prevailing in a tense semifinal against Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen here Thursday. The second seeded Indo-Australian...
New Delhi: Olympic bronze-medallist and six-time boxing world champion M C Mary Kom Thursday refuted reports that she has announced retirement. The 41-year-old, who is already past the age eligibility to compete on the amateur circuit, said she still hasn't made any formal announcement of...
Hyderabad: England skipper Ben Stokes opted to bat in the opening Test of the five-match series against India here Thursday. India picked left-arm spinner Axar Patel ahead of Kuldeep Yadav. KL Rahul is set to bat at No 4 in absence of Virat Kohli, while...
Bloemfontein: India's young turks would be aiming for a more proactive approach while batting when they take on Ireland in the second group league encounter of the ICC U-19 World Cup here Thursday. While India disposed off Bangladesh by 84 runs in what turned out...
Hyderabad: India's unalloyed dominance at home over the last 12 years will be put through its most unique examination till date when Rohit Sharma's side faces a trend-defying England in the first match of what promises to be a stirring five-Test series from Thursday. No...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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