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Dubai: Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana dropped a place each to sixth and seventh respectively in the latest ICC rankings for batters in ODIs released here Tuesday. Swashbuckling batter Harmanpreet has 716 rating points while Mandhana has 714. Sri...

London: Australian batter Travis Head has revealed that Jonny Bairstow almost stumped him the exact same way as Alex Carey, when he was walking out after an over in the first Test of Ashes 2023. On the fifth day of the second Test, Bairstow left...

Bengaluru: Washington Sundar will be itching to prove his long-form fitness level after a gap of nearly six months as he takes to the field for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy semi-final against North Zone starting here Wednesday. While North demolished North East Zone...

Alur: Redemption will be the central theme when a clutch of cricketers from the West Zone, including Cheteshwar Pujara and Prithvi Shaw, enter the field for the Duleep Trophy semifinals against Central Zone, starting here from Wednesday. For the crucial clash, the West Zone bring...

New Delhi: Hockey India Tuesday named a 20-member national women's team for the tour of Europe, which includes matches in Germany followed by a four-nation tournament in Spain, starting July 16. Both events will be part of the team's preparations ahead of the all-important Hangzhou...

Wimbledon: Sofia Kenin used to be the up-and-coming American, the one who was a Grand Slam champion at age 21, the one who beat a teenage Coco Gauff on the way to that trophy, the one who right afterward broke into the Top 10 in...

Wimbledon: Andy Murray will be back at the site of some of his greatest triumphs Tuesday: Centre Court at Wimbledon. So will Roger Federer. It's where Murray won his first Olympic gold medal during the 2012 London Games. Where he became, in 2013, the first...

Manchester: It's fair to say things have not gone to plan for Todd Boehly at Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino is promising to change all that. The Premier League club's new manager officially got down to work Monday and in his first day in the office gave...

Rourkela: Hockey Odisha beat Tamil Nadu 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 13th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship, here late Monday. The Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium pulsed with excitement as goals from Prathiba Ekka (9’), Rambha Kujur (16’), Ashima Rout (29’) and...

London: England head coach Brendon McCullum believes the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's will only "galvanise" the hosts as they look to win the crucial third Test, starting July 6 at Headingley, Leeds. On the...