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London: Lionel Messi landed another prestigious award in soccer — barely. The Argentina star needed a tiebreaker with Erling Haaland to win FIFA's best men's player prize  Monday. He has national team captains to thank. The voting breakdown showed Messi and Haaland with 48 points...

Ranchi: Their campaign back on track after a wobbly start, India would look for another spirited all-round performance to outwit lower-ranked Italy in their final pool match and progress to the semifinals of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier here Tuesday. The Indians, ranked sixth in...

New Delhi: Expectations will be high when Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty spearhead the home challenge at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament beginning here Tuesday, hoping to annex their first silverware of the new season. With six titles in 2023, Satwik and Chirag...

Melbourne: Naomi Osaka waved to the crowd and walked back up the players' tunnel past the images of former champions after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss at the Australian Open to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia. It was too soon into her comeback...

Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer is neither losing his sleep over snub for the Afghanistan T20s nor is he overtly worried about the upcoming England Test series after a forgettable run in South Africa. Iyer was not picked for the ongoing T20 series against Afghanistan and people...

Shivamogga: Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi Monday broke Yuvraj Singh's 25-year-old record for the highest score in the U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy final with an unbeaten 404 off 636 balls against Mumbai here. Yuvraj, who went on to become an Indian great, had smashed 358 for Punjab...

New Delhi: Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Monday dismissed as "fake" the video in which he is seen promoting a gaming application that lures users for easy money. The video shows Tendulkar talking about the merits of the application, saying he did not know that money...

Melbourne: With increased confidence in her serve thanks to some advice from Andy Roddick, Coco Gauff began her quest for back-to-back Grand Slam singles titles with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at the Australian Open Monday. The 19-year-old American, who won her...

Melbourne: Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova crashed out of the Australian Open Monday after a straight sets defeat to qualifier Dayana Yastremska in the first round. The World No. 7 was completely outplayed by an aggressive Yastremska of Ukraine, who ran out with a comfortable 6-1,...

Doha: Takumi Minamino scored a brace as top seed Japan came back from behind to beat Vietnam 4-2 in the first round of Group D at the AFC Asian Cup here. Minamino had put Japan in front in the 11th minute, but Vietnam stunned the...