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Antwerp (Belgium): Last-place Antwerp bid farewell to the Champions League in style with a 3-2 win over Barcelona after 17-year-old forward George Ilenikhena scored in second-half stoppage time. Antwerp had lost its five previous matches and was going to finish last in Group H regardless...

London: A few days ago, when young England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir saw a missed call from a New Zealand dialling code number, he ignored it thinking it could be from "anyone random". All of six first class matches old, Bashir couldn't even imagine in his...

Perth (Australia): David Warner carried a limited-overs mindset into the test arena with an unbeaten 72 from 67 deliveries to help Australia reach 117 without loss Thursday in the first session of the series opener against Pakistan. Usman Khawaja, wearing a black armband, was unbeaten...

Navi Mumbai: India Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat first in the four-day one-off Test against England Women at the DY Patil Stadium here Thursday. With the teams clashing in a Test match for the first time after 2021, there...

Navi Mumbai: After an underwhelming effort in the T20Is, Harmanpreet Kaur-led India will now shift to a format in which they have an undeniable edge over England, and a seasoned spin attack will be their primary weapon to maintain that advantage as the one-off women's...

New Delhi: Hosts and defending champions Odisha Juggernauts will take on Rajasthan Warriors in the lung opener of the Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 which will kick off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha, from December 24, 2023. Meanwhile, runners-up in the...

Kuala Lumpur: Following an exhilarating comeback win against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal of the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Malaysia 2023, the Indian team is set to face the formidable Germans in the semifinal round, here Thursday. In the previous matches, the Indian...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Wednesday signed an MoU with Tata Steel to set up high performance centres in Olympic sports — archery and sport climbing. The pact was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. This will add to Odisha's bouquet of such...

Bhubaneswar: Sports Science India (SSI), a multidisciplinary sports medicine and rehabilitation centre, will organise a day-long sports science conclave at Kalinga Stadium here December 16. The conclave will bring sports and medicine (science) under one roof with an aim to strengthening grassroots-level sports in the...

New Delhi: Former doubles world no. 1 Leander Paes and broadcaster and promoter Vijay Amritraj of India have become the first Asian men to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Besides the duo, renowned journalist and writer Richard Evans have also been...