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London: Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk could be handed a longer suspension after being charged by the Football Association Tuesday for his reaction to being shown a red card against Newcastle in the Premier League over the weekend. The Netherlands center-back was sent off for...

Beijing: Chinese basketball icon Yi Jianlian has announced his retirement from a 21-year professional career. "How time flies. In the blink of an eye, basketball has accompanied with me for 21 years. After prudent consideration, I have decided to end my professional basketball career today,"...

Rio de Janeiro: Vinicius Júnior will miss Brazil's first two World Cup qualifying matches next month because of a right hamstring injury. Brazil's soccer federation confirmed the absence Tuesday after media reported that Real Madrid had estimated that the 23-year-old Vinicius, injured in the team's...

Colombo: Three possible high-octane India versus Pakistan games for the starved fans on both sides of the border along with a final chance for five nations to put their respective houses in order before the World Cup adds context to Asia Cup, starting in Multan...

Multan: Pakistan will begin their campaign in the Asia Cup Wednesday taking on Nepal in the city's sweltering heat as multi-team international cricket returns to the country after nearly 15 years. It has been a long, rough road for Pakistan cricket ever since the militant...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik Sports Award was Tuesday conferred to cyclist Swasti Singh for her exceptional performance in the field of sports. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik presented Singh with a cash award of Rs 2 lakh as a token of appreciation and encouragement for...

Chennai: Weeks before the start of the ODI World Cup, Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli has expressed his fondness for the format, saying it has "always brought the best" out of him. The World Cup begins October 5 in Ahmedabad, and hosts India will enter...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to interfere with the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal asked the petitioner, Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association to approach...

New Delhi: On a high after his maiden World Championship bronze medal, Indian shuttler HS Prannoy soared to career-high world ranking of No. 6 in the latest BWF rankings published Tuesday. The 31-year-old Kerala shuttler, who eliminated world Number 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen...

New Delhi: India women's team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana will skip the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) for the second year in a row as she has not put forward her name for the inaugural player draft, scheduled for September 3. Almost all the top India...