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Chennai: Serbian defender Lazar Cirkovic was Tuesday roped in by Chennaiyin FC as their fifth foreign recruit ahead of the Indian Super League season. "We're delighted to bring Laz out to the club. We've chased him. For a whole he's had a lot of interest...

New Delhi: The Indian table tennis and women's football teams left for Hangzhou Monday for the Asian Games, both squads presenting pictures of confidence ahead of the mega event. The Asian Games-bound women's football team was given a heartfelt and enthusiastic send-off at the Indira...

Bengaluru: Indian men's hockey team Tuesday left from Bengaluru airport for Hangzhou to take part in the 19th Asian Games. India will kick off their campaign in the marquee event September 24 against Uzbekistan. India are placed in Pool A, alongside Pakistan, Japan, Bangladesh, Singapore,...

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan reacted to Sanju Samson's omission from the ODI series squad against Australia, saying he would be bitterly disappointed if he was in Samson's position. India announced a 17-man for the three-match ODI series against Australia preceding the World...

Madrid: Girona earned its fourth straight Spanish league win by beating Granada 4-2. Viktor Tsyhankov, Sávio, and David López scored goals 12 minutes apart for the visitors in the first half, and Yan Couto added another near the end of the match to help the...

Colombo: Three weeks back, India arrived in Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup seeking answers for a multitude of riddles. Now, Rohit Sharma's band has left these shores after building a perfect template for the World Cup challenge through middle-order clarity and an all-weather bowling...

Mumbai: The National Cricketer Selectors Monday rested skipper Rohit Sharma, senior batter Virat Kohli and key all-rounder Hardik Pandya for the first two ODIs against Australia while bringing in off-spinner R Ashwin into the World Cup framework in case Axar Patel fails to recover from...

Colombo: Cricket fans and anti-corruption activists have demanded for a police probe on malpractices and alleged match-fixing over Sri Lanka’s humiliating defeat against India at the Asia Cup final Sunday. A civil rights organisation, Citizen Power Against Bribery, Corruption and Wastage filed a complaint at...

Ahmedabad: Rishabh Pant isn't fit to play the upcoming World Cup but former Australian ace Adam Gilchrist is still fascinated by the kind of impact that the burly keeper-batter has had in his six years with the Indian team. Pant, who met with a horrific...

Madrid: Real Madrid remained perfect in the Spanish league after it rallied again for a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad. Federico Valverde and Joselu scored early in the second half at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to give Madrid its fifth straight victory to start the...