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Mumbai: Seamer Pooja Vastrakar and off-spinner Sneh Rana showed enough craft to exploit a pitch offering variable bounce to bundle out Australia for a modest 219 in their first innings on the opening day of the one-off Test here Thursday. In their first essay, India...

New Delhi: Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik Thursday announced her retirement from the sport, protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) election for the top job, here. Sanjay, a close associate of outgoing WFI chief...

New Delhi: Indian women's hockey team captain Savita Punia Thursday said her third consecutive FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award is a testament to her progress on the right path. Savita won the recognition for the third successive time Tuesday. "This acknowledgment serves as positive...

Paarl (South Africa): South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final ODI against India here Thursday. The series is poised at 1-1. For India, Rajat Patidar will make his ODI debut as he came in for opener Ruturaj Gaikwad....

Mumbai: Pooja Vastrakar continued to torment Australia as she struck two vital blows as India reduced Australia Women to 180/8 in 60 overs in their first innings at Tea on the opening day of the only Test of the multi-format series at the Wankhede Stadium...

Melbourne: Without a professional cricket contract, Australia's Spencer Johnson was a landscape gardener till last year but fast forward 18 months the pacer is proud that he put a smile on his mother's face, by bagging a hefty IPL deal with the Gujarat Titans. Johnson's...

New Delhi: Sanjay Singh Thursday became the new President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with his panel comfortably winning most of the posts in the delayed polls as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gained indirect control over the sports body. Sanjay, who...

New Delhi: Legendary fast-bowler Jason Gillespie has questioned whether Australian captain Pat Cummins deserves a $3.67 million (INR 20.5 crore) Indian Premier League contract, and labelled the huge deal "massive overs". Cummins, who led Australia to a World Cup title last month, was signed by...

New Delhi: Hockey India Thursday extended its heartfelt congratulations to Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Shivendra Singh, and Vineet Kumar Sharma for being named for the prestigious National Awards for 2023. Krishan and Sushila have been awarded the Arjuna Award while Shivendra has been...

St. John's (Antigua): Seven uncapped players will travel to Australia among a 15-man West Indies cricket squad to play two test matches Down Under in January. Cricket West Indies said Wednesday that the team will again be led by Kraigg Brathwaite, with fast bowler Alzarri...