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New Delhi: Battling injuries, both South Africa and Sri Lanka will hope their experienced players rise to the occasion and give them a winning start when they square up against each other at the World Cup here Saturday. South Africa are without pacers Anrich Nortje...

Hyderabad: Star Netherlands all-rounder Bas de Leede did all he could, but Pakistan put up an improved bowling effort to pick up an 81-run victory in their World Cup opener here Friday. De Leede (4/62) took four wickets with his medium-pace to restrict Pakistan to...

New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) president Dilip Tirkey termed the Asian Games gold-medal winning effort by the Harmanpreet Singh-led side as a ‘team effort’. Dilip Tirkey added that while one mission has been accomplished, preparations will start immediately for the 2024 Paris Olympics. India defeated...

Chennai: The Indian team’s worries ahead of their opening World Cup game against Australia have been compounded with in-form Shubman Gill suspected to be suffering from dengue. Officials said that Shubman Gill is a doubtful starter for Sunday’s match against Australia here. Ishan Kishan could...

 Bhubaneswar: Congratulating the Indian men’s hockey team for winning the gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Friday cash awards of Rs 5 lakh each for players and support staff of the team. India beat defending champions Japan...

Hangzhou: India are poised to celebrate a historic century of medals at the Asian Games after wrestlers bagged three medals, the sport of sepaktakraw added a historic bronze and the men's hockey team reclaimed the gold to take the country's tally to 95 here Friday....

Hangzhou: Star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a badminton master-class to storm into the final and inch closer to India's first-ever badminton gold at the Asian Games here Friday. The world No.3 pair, which was part of the silver-medal winning...

Hangzhou: Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing defeats to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou even as three other Indian wrestlers, including the talented Aman Sehrawat, won bronze medals here Friday. An under-prepared Bajrang, who spent a...

Hyderabad: Pakistan were all out for 286 against the Netherlands in their opening match of the ODI World Cup here Friday. Asked to take first strike, Pakistan rode on half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan (68) and Saud Shakeel (68) to post a solid total on the...

Hangzhou: The Indian men’s hockey team won the gold medal Friday here defeating Japan 5-1 in the final. The goals for India were scored by Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (2) and Odisha’s own Amit Rohidas and Abhishek. The win also helped India seal their spot...