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Bridgetown (Barbados): India head coach Rahul Dravid has defended the decision to experiment excessively with the team combination in the ongoing ODI series against West Indies and the call to rest skipper Rohit Sharma and fellow experienced batter Virat Kohli in the second match, which...

London: The fifth day of the final Ashes Test Saturday began with a humane touch to it as England cricketers wore jerseys with wrong names printed on it, supporting people affected by dementia. Veteran pacer James Anderson wore a jersey carrying the name of Stuart...

Bridgetown: Young opener Shubman Gill has not had the best of outings on India’s ongoing tour of the West Indies. But former India opener Abhinav Mukund believes the right-handed batter’s lean returns on the trip to Caribbean till now, are not a cause for concern....

London: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he is curious to see how England will play in their second innings on day three of the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval Saturday. England will begin their second innings on day three with trailing...

New Delhi: The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup is set to be played from June 4 to 30 next year in the Caribbean and the USA, across 10 venues. According to an ESPNcricinfo report, an ICC team this week inspected some shortlisted venues in the...

Tokyo: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen fought hard before going down in three games against fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the semifinals of the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament here Saturday. A 2021 world championship bronze medallist, world number 13 Lakshya  lost 15-21...

London: Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson has no plans to retire after the ongoing fifth Ashes Test as he still has a "lot more to give" to his team. England's all-time leading wicket-taker Anderson will turn 41 Sunday. Although he has taken only five...

Rome: Italy has announced that it would jointly bid to host the 2032 UEFA European Football Championship with Turkey. Pending approval of the joint bid, which is very likely by all indications, it means the two countries would be virtually assured to host the 2032...

Monaco: Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz has been provisionally suspended from all competitions after a positive doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Friday night. The 29-year-old Brazilian was found to have traces of the performance-enhancing drug ostarine in his urine following a...

Geneva: Juventus was removed from European competition next season and Chelsea was fined USD 11 million in separate UEFA rulings over financial rules breaches. The expulsion of Juventus from the third-tier Europa Conference League Friday was expected because of a false accounting case that already...