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Lucknow: Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in their ICC World Cup match here Monday. Sent in to bowl, Australia dismissed Sri Lanka for 209 in 43.3 overs and then returned to overhaul the target in 35.2 overs, scoring 215 for five in a...

Lucknow: Sri Lanka were all out for 209 in 43.3 overs against Australia in their ICC World Cup match here Monday. Opting to bat, Sri Lanka were off a great start with openers Pathum Nissanka (61) and Kusal Perera (78) adding 125 runs in 22...

Kolkata: Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the football-crazy denizens of Kolkata as his arrival for a two-day visit here ushered in an early onset of the Durga Puja festival. The Durga Puja, the grandest festival in the region,...

Odense (Denmark): Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament due to a back injury that troubled him during his maiden bronze medal-winning run at the recently-concluded Asian Games. The 31-year-old Indian had battled excruciating back pain to...

New Delhi: Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has expressed keen interest in seeing the young and talented batter Rinku Singh don the Indian jersey for next year's T20 World Cup. Rinku has came into the limelight after smacking five sixes in an over of Gujarat Titans...

New Delhi: Spain, Scotland and Turkiye are the three latest teams to earn places at UEFA EURO 2024 after Spain's 1-0 victory in Norway secured their own qualification and Scotland's, while Türkiye downed Latvia 4-0 to join them. Gavi's precise winner in Oslo sent Spain...

New Delhi: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi has hailed his team's upset win over the defending champions England in the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 as the "best win" his country's cricket history and it gives them confidence in the upcoming games. Afghanistan defeated England by...

New Delhi: 'Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee' is famously attributed to legendary boxer Mohammad Ali. While the first part of the quote talks about having nimble footwork a boxer should have to outsmart the opponent, the second phase refers to giving...

Mumbai: Cricket was Monday officially included in the programme for the 2028 Los Angles Olympics, marking the sport's return to the Summer Games after 123 years. Besides cricket, which will be played in T20 format, the other sports approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

New Delhi: England will have to play some of their "best cricket" to come out of the hole they find themselves in following their shock defeat to Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup. England suffered a shock 69-run defeat to the Hashmatullah Shahidi-led side with...