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Tarouba: West Indies won the toss and opted to bat in the first T20 against India here Thursday. Young batter Tilak Varma was handed his debut India cap while pacer Mukesh Kumar will be playing his maiden T20 after making his Test and ODI debut...

Canberra (Australia): FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proclaimed the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand a great event. Infantino Wednesday night joined Football Australia (FA) executives at an event hosted by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Parliament House in Canberra...

London: Recently-retired England fast bowler Stuart Broad has admitted that the feeling of him not bowling or batting anymore "still hasn't sunk in", adding that finishing on top at the end of an Ashes series was all he wanted. Broad announced that he would retire...

Marid: FC Barcelona midfielder Pedri had good news for the club on the day that coach Xavi Hernandez admitted that winger Ousmane Dembele had said he wanted to join Paris Saint Germain. Pedri, the 20-year-old Spain international, has also been the subject of transfer speculation,...

New Delhi: Olympic medalist wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat have returned to India after completion of their respective training camps in Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul and Budapest. However, Bajrang came back a little early as his date of returning was August 5-6. A source told IANS...

Dubai: The latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings have seen significant movement following the conclusion of the fifth and final England-Australia Test at The Oval as well as the second Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test in Colombo with Joe Root and Steve Smith moving closer to top...

New Delhi: India and veteran Bengal batter Manoj Tiwary has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Tiwary represented India in 12 ODIs and three T20Is, with his best knock in international cricket being an unbeaten 104 against West Indies in a 50-over game...

London: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain expects pace bowler James Anderson to tour India for the gruelling five-Test series early next year, saying that with pacer Stuart Broad and all-rounder Moeen retiring, the experience of the 41-year-old will come in handy in sub-continental conditions. Anderson,...

Sydney (Australia): India's two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth advanced into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open badminton championship, winning their respective second-round matches in straight games. Sindhu, who won a silver medal in the Rio Olympic Games in...

Fort Lauderdale: Lionel Messi scored in his third straight game and had his second consecutive multi-goal performance for Inter Miami after the start of the Leagues Cup contest against Orlando City Wednesday night was delayed 95 minutes because of thunderstorms. Messi scored seven minutes into...