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Odense: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought her way to the women's singles quarterfinals with a come-from-behind win over world No. 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia at the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament here Thursday. A former world champion Sindhu, who had reached...

Pune: India suffered an early setback in their World Cup contest against Bangladesh when all-rounder Hardik Pandya left the field after twisting his ankle while bowling his first over here Thursday. The incident took place during the third delivery of the ninth over when Pandya...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians, champions of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023, have retained 13 players including skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for the next edition of the event to be held in 2024. Besides Harmanpreet, Mumbai has also retained WPL 2023's Most Valuable Player and Purple Cap...

Pune: Bangladesh stand-in-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat against India in a World Cup match here Thursday. Star all-rounder and skipper Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the game due to a quad injury. "He (Shakib) is struggling a...

Chennai: New Zealand left-arm orthodox spinner, Mitchell Santner, Wednesday, achieved a 100 ODI wickets landmark during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan, here at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Heading into the match, Santner was just one scalp away from reaching the milestone of...

Chennai: Half-centuries from Tom Latham and Glenn Phillips followed by an impressive bowling display from Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson, New Zealand defeated Afghanistan by 149-run in their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match here at MA Chidambaram Stadium Wednesday. Batting first, New Zealand was...

Fort Lauderdale: Lionel Messi says he will play in Inter Miami's season finale Saturday, although the club hasn't confirmed that is the actual plan. Messi — who scored both goals for Argentina in its 2-0 World Cup qualifying win at Peru Tuesday night — wasn't...

Pune: Going by the current form of the teams, the popular pre-match prediction of India's World Cup game against Bangladesh here Thursday will be a romp for Rohit Sharma's men. But if the glossy surface is scratched, one will have to tear away that view...

Chennai: New Zealand recovered well from a mini mid-innings slump to post a commendable 288 for six against a gritty Afghanistan in a World Cup group league match here Wednesday. Will Young (54), Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) scored half-centuries to ensure that...

Bhubaneswar: India's fastest woman Dutee Chand has expressed optimism that the same-sex marriage will become a reality one day. Chand made the remark while expressing her views on the apex court's judgment on the legality of same-sex marriage. A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme...