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Pune: Casting aside their shattered title defence dream, England will now set sights on restoring their pride and secure a berth in the 2025 Champions Trophy when they face a plucky Netherlands in the World Cup here Wednesday. England have cut a sorry figure, managing...

Mumbai: Opener Ibrahim Zadran became the first Afghanistan batter to score a World Cup hundred and guided his team to 291 for five against Australia here Tuesday. Zadran carried his bat through the innings and finished on 129 not out off 143 balls. Opting to...

New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team has reclaimed its best-ever sixth-place ranking in the world following its stupendous show in the just-concluded Asian Champions Trophy and the Hangzhou Asian Games. India are now placed sixth ahead of England with 2368.83 rating points. The Indian...

New Delhi: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the remainder of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Tuesday due to an injury to his left Index finger. Shakib suffered the injury while batting in Bangladesh's penultimate league stage game against Sri Lanka...

London: Tottenham Hotspur’s players lost their heads and the remaining unbeaten record in the English Premier League. A late hat trick by Nicolas Jackson sealed a 4-1 victory for Chelsea in a chaotic London derby Monday featuring two red cards — to Tottenham defenders Cristian...

Mumbai: Former Indian cricketer and ICC Global Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar addressed the history-making Afghanistan cricketers ahead of their crucial ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 clash against Australia Tuesday. Afghanistan’s dream run in the ongoing CWC sees them placed at sixth with eight points, and...

Mumbai: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in their World Cup match here Tuesday. Veteran Australian batter Steve Smith missed out with a vertigo and was replaced by Mitchell Marsh, while Glenn Maxwell returned to the playing eleven...

Christchurch: Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner was Tuesday recalled to the Test squad after more than two years as New Zealand selectors picked a spin-heavy side for the two-match series in Bangladesh, beginning later this month. Santner, who played the last of his 24 Tests against...

New Delhi: Angelo Mathews Monday called the actions of Shakib Al Hasan and the Bangladesh team "obviously disgraceful" after he was given timed-out against Bangladesh. "I had never seen a team or player stoop so low in his 15 years of playing international cricket. It...

New Delhi: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan stated that he felt he ‘was at war’ after the controversial timed-out dismissal of Angelo Mathews in the World Cup match against Sri Lanka Monday. Mathews became the first international cricketer to be given timed out in international...