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Bhubaneswar: With an aim to give a major boost to the development of sports and fitness in the city, particularly Table Tennis, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Odisha Table Tennis Academy in Bhubaneswar. On Tuesday’s occasion, CM Patnaik also declared open the 29th...

Male (Maldives)/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC came from two goals down to defeat Maldives’ Maziya Sports & Recreation 3-2 in Group D of the AFC Cup here at Maldives National Football Stadium Tuesday. The win kept Odisha’s hopes of advancing to the Inter-Zone Semi-finals alive while...

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has sacked its secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran due to "trust deficit", a top official said Wednesday. AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey served the termination letter Tuesday to Prabhakaran, who got the high-profile job September 3 in 2022. "The...

Manchester (England):  The Champions League is European club soccer's most testing stage. Try telling that to Erling Haaland. The Norway striker extended his record in the competition to 39 goals in 34 games as Manchester City advanced to the knockout round with a 3-0 win...

Mumbai: Describing Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten 201 off 128 balls as the greatest ODI innings he has ever seen, Australia captain Pat Cummins said survival was the only thing on their mind when he came in to bat after Afghanistan had reduced them to 91/7 in...

Pune: Casting aside their shattered title defence dream, England will now set sights on restoring their pride and secure a berth in the 2025 Champions Trophy when they face a plucky Netherlands in the World Cup here Wednesday. England have cut a sorry figure, managing...

Mumbai: Opener Ibrahim Zadran became the first Afghanistan batter to score a World Cup hundred and guided his team to 291 for five against Australia here Tuesday. Zadran carried his bat through the innings and finished on 129 not out off 143 balls. Opting to...

New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team has reclaimed its best-ever sixth-place ranking in the world following its stupendous show in the just-concluded Asian Champions Trophy and the Hangzhou Asian Games. India are now placed sixth ahead of England with 2368.83 rating points. The Indian...

New Delhi: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the remainder of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Tuesday due to an injury to his left Index finger. Shakib suffered the injury while batting in Bangladesh's penultimate league stage game against Sri Lanka...

London: Tottenham Hotspur’s players lost their heads and the remaining unbeaten record in the English Premier League. A late hat trick by Nicolas Jackson sealed a 4-1 victory for Chelsea in a chaotic London derby Monday featuring two red cards — to Tottenham defenders Cristian...