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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...

Colombo: Former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake was arrested Wednesday over match-fixing charges after he appeared before the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Sports Ministry. He will be produced before a court later in the day. Last month, the Colombo Magistrate issued an order...

New York: Novak Djokovic overcame the heat and engineered a lopsided victory over top-ranked American Taylor Fritz to remain undefeated in the US Open quarterfinals. Competing in the 34-degree heat on Arthur Ashe Stadium Tuesday night, the 36-year-old was in no mood to relinquish his...

Melbourne: Australia have named the 15-player provisional squad for the ICC 2023 World Cup with Pat Cummins leading the side and Sean Abbott earning the maiden call-up for the marquee event in India, starting from October 5. Australia had named a preliminary squad of 18...

Lahore: Mohammad Nabi hammered the fastest ODI half-century for Afghanistan but they lost their way in the run chase as Sri Lanka won by two runs and made it to the Super Fours stage in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium here...

Lahore: Sri Lanka made 291 for eight against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup here Tuesday. Opting to bat, Kusal Mendis hit 92 off 84 balls, while openers Pathum Nissanka (41) and Dimuth Karunaratne (32) gave a good start to Sri Lanka's innings. Charith Asalanka contributed...