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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry Thursday approved Asian Games silver medallist javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena's proposal to train in Australia, while also funding Tokyo Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu's month-long rehab training in the US ahead of the Paris Games. Jena will be training in...

Mohali: India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first against Afghanistan in the first T20 International here Thursday. Sanju Samson, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, and Yashashvi Jaiswal, who was finalised as one of the openers along with the captain on the...

Bhubaneswar: Mumbai City came from a goal down to beat Gokulam Kerala 2-1 in their Group C match of the Kalinga Super Cup here Thursday. An off-colour and youngster-filled Mumbai City were made to struggle for the points and rely on a penalty to seal...

Ranchi: The Indian women's hockey team is focussing on sharpening skills and synchronizing movements of its forwards to form a potent attacking force in its bid to clinch an Olympic berth in the qualifying tournament beginning here Saturday, striker Lalremsiami Hmarzote said Thursday. The top...

Kuala Lumpur: India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their impressive run to advance to the men's doubles quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth failed to cross the second round at Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here Thursday. World No. 2 Satwik and Chirag, who had...

Bengaluru: Contrary to the prevalent notion of it as a backward step, former India all-rounder Suresh Raina Thursday termed the selection of veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli into the national squad for the T20I series against Afghanistan as a wise call with the World...

Ranchi: Indian women's hockey team head coach Janneke Schopman Thursday admitted that the Hangzhou Asian Games were a missed opportunity to seal a Paris Games berth but the country is confident of making the grade in the Olympic qualifiers beginning here Saturday. Having failed to...

Kuala Lumpur: India's Kidambi Srikanth failed to rein in his errors and went down in straight games to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus in the second round of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here Thursday. A series of unforced errors and bad...

Kathmandu: Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was Thursday suspended by the country's cricket body after being sentenced to eight years in prison for raping an 18-year-old woman. The Kathmandu District Court announced the verdict Wednesday and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) issued a statement this morning,...

St. Johns (Antigua): Shimron Hetmyer has been left out of both ODI and T20I squads following his poor run of form with the bat as West Indies announced white-ball squads for the upcoming tour of Australia. Hetmyer, who averages 32.23 in ODIs with a strike...