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Hyderabad: The delay in issuance of an Indian visa to rookie England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir snowballed into a major controversy Wednesday. With the first Test of the India-England five-match series, beginning Thursday here, visiting captain Ben Stokes called the turn of events ‘frustrating’. A British...

Jakarta: Kiran George advanced to the second round but star shuttler HS Prannoy made an early exit after suffering a narrow loss to former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore at Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament here Wednesday. The 23-year-old George, who had...

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh batter Rajat Patidar has been called up to the India Test squad against England to replace Virat Kohli, who withdrew from the squad for the first two games of the five-match series, citing personal reasons, say reports. The right-hand batter has...

Hyderabad: Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley is all set to make his Test debut while veteran fast-bowler James Anderson misses out on England’s playing eleven for the series opener against India, starting at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Thursday. England have named four spinners in their...

Muscat: Deepika Soreng and Mumtaz Khan scored a brace each as the Indian women's hockey team eked out a narrow 5-4 win over Poland in its opening Pool C match of the FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup here Wednesday. Mumtaz (4th, 23th minutes) and Deepika...

Lahore: Shah Khawar, an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has taken charge as acting chairman of the country's cricket board (PCB) Wednesday after the resignation of Zaka Ashraf. Zaka Ashraf's resignation was accepted by PCB's patron-in-chief, the caretaker Prime Minister, Anwar ul Haq...

Al Khor (Qatar): India ended their Asian Cup campaign pointless and goal-less, and head coach Igor Stimac admitted that his team needs players with confidence in front of opposition goal, a significant statement considering the likely retirement of talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri in the next...

Melbourne: Daniil Medvedev outlasted ninth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third time in four years. In a grueling four-hour match containing numerous rallies of 20-plus shots, Medvedev held off a comeback...

Brisbane: Left-handed batter Travis Head has tested negative for Covid-19 ahead of Australia’s second match of the series against the West Indies at the Gabba. But fast-bowling all-rounder Cameron Green and head coach Andrew McDonald are the latest members in Australia's squad to test Covid...

Melbourne: Dayana Yastremska's dream run continues as the Ukrainian defeated Czech teenager Linda Noskova Wednesday to become the first qualifier in 45 years to reach the Australian Open semifinals. The 23-year-old Ukrainian scored her eighth win in Melbourne in the last three weeks by beating...