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Paris: Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or for a record-extending eighth time Monday after fulfilling his life's ambition by leading Argentina to the World Cup title in Qatar last year. The list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Adding...

elbourne (Australia): Football Australia Tuesday said it won't bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, clearing the way for Saudi Arabia to host the men's marquee tournament. The chances of Australia hosting the 2034 event appeared unlikely after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) backed the...

Pune: The calm and collective batting effort of the Afghanistan team has found its own set of admirers in the ongoing World Cup and head coach Jonathan Trott has set the next target for his players -- someone needs to bat deep and score a...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Shriyanka Sadangi grabbed India's 13th Paris Olympics quota in shooting when she finished fourth in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea Tuesday. Shriyanka shot 440.5, to bow out after the 43rd shot...

Kolkata: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in their ICC World Cup match here Tuesday. Bangladesh brought back Towhid Hridoy in place of Mahedi Hasan to their playing eleven. Pakistan made three changes bringing in Fakhar Zaman,...

Kolkata: All but out of semifinal race, Pakistan would be desperate to snap their four-match losing streak and add some semblance of respect to their floundering campaign when they take on an equally struggling Bangladesh in their do-or-die World Cup match here Tuesday. Pakistan have...

Pune: Feisty fifties by Rahmat Shah, skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, and Azmatullh Omarzai helped Afghanistan defeat tentative Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their World Cup match here Monday. Rahmat (62), Shahidi (58 not out), who completed 2000 ODI runs, and Omarzai (73 not out) led...

Lahore: The legendary Inzamam-ul-Haq Monday resigned as the chairman of the national selection committee after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) initiated an inquiry to probe if his association with a company that manages a number of national team players pertains to conflict of interest. The PCB...

Islamabad: Pakistan cricket team is going through its worst phase as its performance at the ICC World Cup 2023, has been below average, and has paved the way to its failure to reach the top four in the group stages. While many are criticising the...

Pune: Afghanistan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi made a huge statement by unleashing his full fury to grab four wickets as underwhelming Sri Lanka batters struggled to a below-par 241 all out on an easy-paced pitch in a crucial World Cup match here Monday. While left-armer Farooqi's...