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New Delhi: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar will be designated as a ‘national icon’ of the Election Commission (EC) to encourage greater voter participation in the electoral process. A memorandum of understanding will be signed between Tendulkar and the poll panel here Wednesday. As part of...

New Delhi: Young Indian batter Tilak Varma has said he wanted to play ODI cricket but never dreamed that his debut would be in the Asia Cup after being picked in the squad for the continental showpiece event. Tilak showed his immense promise when amassing...

Dublin: He has played just a couple of international matches so far but Rinku Singh is already a popular name among Indian fans thanks to his five successive sixes in IPL 2023. Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, he smashed five sixes in the final over...

Copenhagen (Denmark): It was a mixed day for India at the 2023 BWF Badminton World Championships here Monday with top stars HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen advancing to the second round while former silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth crashed out the first round. Prannoy, the highest-ranked...

Budapest: Debutant Sha'Carri Richardson outshone several renowned sprinters to clinch the top spot in the women's 100m race at the World Championships Monday. The 23-year-old American, beginning inconspicuously from the ninth lane, surged impressively, clocking a new tournament record of 10.65 seconds, Xinhua reports. In...

Birmingham: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah lavished praises on the Indian blind cricket teams (both men's and women's) after they secured comfortable victories in the ongoing International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games 2023. "Celebrating remarkable victories by our...

Chennai: India’s 18-year old Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa (ELO 2,707) Monday entered the FIDE World Cup final after defeating world No. 3 by rating, American GM Fabiano Caruana (2,782), in the semifinal tie-break games played at Baku, Azerbaijan. The final score stood at 3.5-2.5 in...

Mumbai: India's Shubman Gill was Monday named winner of the Men's International Cricket of the Year award in the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards handed out here amidst much fanfare. Besides being named the Men's International Cricketer of the Year, Shubman Gill was also named the...

Birmingham: Indian men's blind cricket team registered their first win of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games 2023 after defeating Australia by 8 wickets in Birmingham. India had to face a defeat at the hands of Pakistan Sunday but the Men in Blue...

New Delhi: An annoyed Sunil Gavaskar pleaded with those questioning the Indian team selection for the upcoming Asia Cup and asserted that this 17-man squad should form the nucleus of the 15-member World Cup side. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was a notable omission from the squad,...