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Amritsar: BCCI President Roger Binny could not stop gushing over the warm and friendly treatment they received in Pakistan on their short visit to the neighbouring nation while Board Vice President Rajeev Shukla asserted that cricket could be the bridge between the two countries that...

New Delhi: Najam Sethi, the ex-chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), once again hit out at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for their decision to not relocate the India-Pakistan Super-4 match from Colombo to Hambantota, despite unfavorable weather conditions. According to the Asia Cup...

New York: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden saved seven set points in the opening set before downing Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow to move to the US Open men's doubles semifinals, their second straight last-four appearance in Grand Slams this year. The sixth-seeded Indo-Australian pair...

Lahore: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in a Super 4 match of the Asia Cup here Wednesday. Bangladesh made one change with fit-again Litton Das replacing in-form Najmul Hossain Shanto, who has been ruled out of...

New York: The 20-year-old Ben Shelton scripts history at Flushing Meadows after he knocked out countryman Francis Tiafoe in the topsy-turvy quarterfinal. Shelton needs just one more game to reach his first Grand Slam final after defeating Tiafoe with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 scoreline....

New York: The 19-year-old Coco Gauff of the United States stormed past No. 20 seed Jelena Ostapenko to seal her maiden entry into the women's singles semifinals at the US Open here Tuesday. Gauff came up with a dominant display as she defeated Ostapenko 6-0,6-2,...

Dalian (China): India’s opening encounter in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, Group G, which was scheduled to be played Wednesday, has been cancelled following last-minute withdrawal by The Maldives from the tournament. The meet has now been reduced to a three-team group featuring India,...

Changzhou: Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered an opening-round defeat in the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament, here Wednesday. The Indian pair, ranked two in the world, lost to the 13th-seeded Indonesian duo of Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and...

Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi could continue playing for Argentina until the 2026 World Cup, the country's top football official said. Messi has previously ruled out the prospect of extending his international career until the next edition of football's showpiece tournament but he could be convinced...

New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has replaced all four deputy chefs de mission for the Hangzhou Asian Games appointed by the previous dispensation led by Narinder Batra. However, Wushu Association of India chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa, who was appointed chef de mission for the...