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Colombo: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar pitched for a nutrient-rich diet and quality education for children during his school visits in Sri Lanka where he also teamed up with people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis. Addressing an event here,...

New Delhi: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will once again headline India's campaign in the World Athletics Championships beginning August 19 in Budapest, Hungary, as the country will field a 28-member team in the showpiece. Surprisingly, the Sports Ministry announced the team instead of...

New Delhi: Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu gained two places to reach the 15th spot but Kidambi Srikanth lost a place to slip to 20th position in the latest BWF World ranking released Tuesday. Sindhu, who is going through a rough patch, had recorded...

New Delhi: The Indian senior men's teams have been drawn against hosts Malaysia in the semi-final of the Merdeka tournament 2023 after the draw ceremony was held by the Malaysia Football Association on Tuesday. The match will take place at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium...

New Delhi: With the FIH men's and women's junior World Cup scheduled later this year, Hockey India Tuesday appointed Herman Kruis of the Netherlands as the coach of both the men's and women's junior national teams. Kruis has an impressive coaching resume, which includes training...

New Delhi: Ace Indian table tennis player Manika Batra has lost her baggage containing sports equipment while returning home from a tournament in Peru in a KLM Airlines flight and she has sought help from the government to recover it. Seeking help of Civil Aviation...

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has restored the pension of former Test pace bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz, who had all his payments suspended since January 2017 after making unsubstantiated defamatory statements against former Chairman, Najam Sethi. The ex gratia payments were discontinued as a result...

New Delhi: Former batter Wasim Jaffer has said Indian team management should give opener Ishan Kishan a break in the third T20I of the ongoing five-match series against West Indies in Guyana. The 25-year-old Kishan has struggled to score big in the first two matches....

Veldhoven (The Netherlands): India's U-31 team signed off with a bronze medal at the recently concluded World Youth Bridge Championship. The Indian U-31 team beat Bulgaria to reach the semi-finals but lost narrowly to the eventual winners France. However, it came back strongly to beat...

Washington: PSG signs Portugal forward Goncalo Ramos on a season-long loan from Benfica Paris Saint-Germain signed forward Goncalo Ramos from Portuguese club Benfica on a season-long loan with an option to buy him at the end of the campaign. The 22-year-old Ramos scored 27 goals...