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Durban: Australia have issued a warning ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup with a clinical 3-0 sweep over South Africa in their T20I series, here. The five-time World Cup champions confirmed the series sweep with yet another dominant performance Sunday as they cruised...

Pallekele (Sri Lanka): India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Nepal in an Asia Cup match here Monday. India made one change, replacing Jasprit Bumrah with Mohammed Shami as the former went back home due to personal reasons. Nepal...

New York: Novak Djokovic did not encounter any of the sort of trouble he did in his previous match, eliminating qualifier Borna Gojo 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Djokovic — who has won three of his men's record 23 Grand Slam...

Melbourne: Star Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell may skip this month's ODI series against India as he takes a cautious approach in the run-up to the World Cup after his ankle flared up. Maxwell was ruled out of the just-concluded T20I series against South Africa after...

Los Angles: Inter Miami has been unbeaten since Lionel Messi arrived at the club in mid-July. On Sunday night it played its best game of the season on the road against the defending MLS Cup champions. Messi had two assists in front of a star-studded...

New York: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals at the US Open with a hard-fought three-set win over Julian Cash and Henry Patten. The sixth-seeded Indo-Australian pair won 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(10-6) against the British duo of...

New Delhi: Indian ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah and his wife Sanjana Ganesan have welcomed a baby boy, with the fast bowler sharing the joyful announcement on social media. Bumrah announced the news of the birth of the baby boy on Instagram, sharing a wholesome picture....

Paris: Kylian Mbappé's two goals put him top of the French league's scoring charts as Paris Saint-Germain won 4-1 at struggling Lyon for its biggest success of the season under new coach Luis Enrique. The glossy-looking result should not disguise the poor quality of defending...

London: Last-gasp wins helped to fuel Arsenal's unlikely title challenge in the Premier League last season. Maybe it's happening again. Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus both scored deep into stoppage time for Arsenal in its 3-1 win over Manchester United that had the Emirates Stadium...

Barcelona: For a second straight game, Robert Lewandowski came to Barcelona's rescue after he earned and converted an 86th-minute penalty to grab a 2-1 win for Barcelona at Osasuna. Lewandowski's winner came 10 minutes after substitute Chimy Ávila equalized for Osasuna. Barcelona defender Jules Koundé...