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 Melbourne: Indian veteran Rohan Bopanna, with his partner Matt Ebden, entered the men's doubles semifinal of the Australian Wednesday and is set to become the oldest first-time World No. 1 at the age of 43 when the latest ATP rankings update will be released Monday...

Melbourne: Glenn Maxwell to return for the T20I series against the West Indies while Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins sit out as Australia named a 14-player squad for a three-match series, starts from February 9. Mitch Marsh will lead the side as Australia's preparation for...

Melbourne: India's Rohan Bopanna is set to become the oldest tennis player to achieve the World No. 1 ranking in men's doubles after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open along with his partner Matthew Ebden here Wednesday. The 43-year-old, who had entered the tournament...

Hyderabad: England's uncapped spinner Shoaib Bashir has returned to the UK to sort out the visa delay preventing him from joining the national squad for the upcoming Test series in India. The 20-year-old, of Pakistani descent, was initially left behind in Abu Dhabi while the...

Al Khor (Qatar): India's wait for a maiden knockout round berth in the Asian Cup continued as they crashed out of the continental football showpiece after suffering a 0-1 defeat to Syria in their last group match here Tuesday. Substitute Omar Khribin scored the all-important...

New Delhi: Riding on a stellar show in the last two weeks, India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Tuesday reclaimed the top spot in the BWF men's doubles rankings. The Asian Games champions reached the world no. 1 ranking for a second time after successive...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic held off Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semi-finals for the 11th time Tuesday. When he gets through the quarterfinals in Australia, Djokovic is unbeaten. The 24-time major champion has won all...

New Delhi: Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir believes that the emergence of Arshdeep Singh could bring an end to India's prolonged search for a reliable left-arm pacer. The Indian selectors have tried out several left-arm pacers over the years. But the lack of a consistent...

Dubai: Rohit Sharma was Tuesday named captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year, which featured five other Indians including star batter Virat Kohli and the pace duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj. The team mostly included the World Cup finalists -- India...

Hyderabad: India head coach Rahul Dravid Tuesday said KL Rahul will not be keeping wickets in the five-match Test series against England, and it will be a toss-up between KS Bharat and Dhruv Jurel for the wicketkeeper-batter role. Rahul had kept wickets in the two-match...