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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon set up 100 chess training centres across the state, furthering its mission to turn the state into a sporting hub. While holding a meeting with Dana Reizniece-Ozola, woman Grandmaster and Deputy Chair of FIDE (International Chess Federation) Management Board...

London: Superstar forwards Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé were both on target Wednesday to help boost their teams' chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stage. Haaland scored twice in defending champion Manchester City's 3-1 win at Young Boys in Group G, while Mbappé set...

Bengaluru: England will get a chance, perhaps a final one, to drag their shipwreck of a World Cup campaign, marked by batting and bowling downtime, to less stormy shores when they face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka here Thursday. The defending champions have two points from...

New Delhi: Glenn Maxwell struck the fastest century of the World Cup, while David Warner hit a second successive ton as Australia thrashed the Netherlands by a massive 309 runs here Wednesday. Australia's win was the biggest in the World Cup in terms of margin...

New Delhi: Glenn Maxwell struck the fastest century of the World Cup, while David Warner hit his second successive ton to power Australia to 399 for eight against Netherlands here Wednesday. Maxwell (106 off 44) blew away the Dutch attack to score his century off...

Dubai: Young Indian opener Shubman Gill closed the gap with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam to just six points as the No 1 ODI batter in the ICC rankings that was released Wednesday. The 24-year-old, who became the fastest batter to reach 2000 ODI runs in...

Chennai: Enjoying a good run of form in the ongoing World Cup, star India batter Virat Kohli says his motto has always been to chase betterment and not excellence. Kohli is currently India's highest run-scorer in the tournament, having made 354 runs in five outings...

New Delhi: Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat in their World Cup match against Netherlands here Wednesday. Australia have made one change with Cameron Green replacing Marcus Stoinis. Netherlands are unchanged. Teams: Australia: Pat Cummins(c), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven...

Mumbai: Without uttering a word on the treatment meted out to him by Bangladesh selectors in the run up to the World Cup, senior batter Mahmudullah said while there's lots to say, it is not the right time to be speaking his mind in the...

Bhubaneswar: Mohun Bagan Super Giant's two-match winning run was halted when Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh came back twice to secure a hard-fought 2-2 draw in a Group D AFC Cup clash here. The result meant Mohun Bagan now have a three-point lead at the halfway...