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Auckland: Led by a surprising new star, Japan has emerged as a FIFA Women's World Cup favorite. Hinata Miyazawa has scored fives times in four games and leads the Golden Boot race headed into Japan's quarterfinal game against Sweden in Eden Park Friday. The 23-year-old...

Sydney: England midfielder Lauren James was handed a two-match ban Thursday following her sending-off against Nigeria in the round of 16 at the Women's World Cup. James was red-carded for violent conduct after standing on Nigeria defender Michelle Alozie. She will now miss the quarterfinal...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the eligibility condition of minimum 75% marks does not promote the object of introducing the sports quota, and such criterion subverts the object and falls afoul of the equality clause in Article 14 of the Constitution. A...

Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw held here Thursday. This year's BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21...

New Delhi: Legendary India leg-spinner and former captain Anil Kumble revealed that in his playing career, the hype around India-Pakistan matches was at such a high level that fans would have been okay even if the side lost to Kenya, but not against Pakistan. India...

Northampton: Fresh from scoring his second double hundred in List A cricket, out-of-favour India opener Prithvi Shaw has asserted that he is currently not thinking about his future in the national team and just wants to enjoy his stint in country cricket. At his fluent...

Chennai: Veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh is taking one tournament at a time as far as his future is concerned and says he will "see how things happen" after the Asian Games in China in September-October. The 35-year-old goalkeeping legend is nearing 300 international...

London: Anthony Joshua described being confronted with a late change of opponent for a heavyweight fight in London Saturday as “another rock in my shoe towards the top of the mountain.” Joshua, a two-time former world heavyweight champion, was scheduled to fight Dillian Whyte in...

Canada: World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz made his Toronto debut on Centre Court against promising American Ben Shelton, winning in straight sets, here. Alcaraz has played once before in the Canadian Masters 1000 event, last summer in Montreal, falling in his opener to Tommy Paul....

Madrid: As they gear up for the upcoming La Liga season, Almeria have bolstered their forward line with the acquisition of Sergio Arribas from Real Madrid. The 21-year-old standout, who clinched the top-scorer title for Real Madrid's B-team, Real Madrid Castilla, over the last two...