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Sydney: Colombia coach Nelson Abadia said 18-year-old star Linda Caicedo is fit and able to play the final FIFA Women's World Cup group game against Morocco. Caicedo has been one of the stars of the tournament so far with goals in Colombia's opening two games....

Auckland: Marina Hegering is fit to play for Germany against South Korea in a Group H finale that the Germans are treating as a must-win FIFA Women's World Cup game. The defender missed Germany's opening 6-0 victory over Morocco, as well as the shocking 2-1...

Chennai: Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey has said that the national men's team will travel to Pakistan for qualifiers in case it fails to directly qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning gold at the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, starting September 23. The team...

Wellington: Italy's players dropped to their knees, buried their faces, and tearfully wondered how their tournament had suddenly ended following a shocking upset to South Africa in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. The 54th-ranked team in the world stunned Italy, ranked 16th by FIFA,...

Hamilton (New Zealand): Rebecka Blomqvist's second-half goal lifted Sweden to a 2-0 win over Argentina on Wednesday to advance the Blagult to a round-of-16 showdown with the United States in the Women's World Cup. Argentina was eliminated from the tournament. Neither side looked close to...

Sydney: Unheralded Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins at the Australia Open badminton tournament here Wednesday. Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat...

Kolkata: The All India Football Federation president Kalyan Chaubey Tuesday said playing more international matches is the way forward for the sport to grow in the country. A former India goalkeeper, who played most of his professional club football with East Bengal, was here for...

Sydney: With two goals and three assists, Lauren James made a big impact as England advanced to the knockout stage of the FIFA Women's World Cup Tuesday with a 6-1 rout of China. The Chelsea forward scored her second and third goals of the tournament...

Perth: Denmark advanced to the round of 16 of the Women's World Cup for the first time since 1995 after beating Haiti 2-0 Tuesday in its last group-stage match. The win sets up a round-of-16 matchup against tournament co-host Australia in Sydney next Monday. Denmark's...

New Delhi: The Bilawal Bhutto-led committee, appointed by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, will meet Thursday to decide on the country's participation in the ODI World Cup in India, starting from October 5. The committee, led by Pakistan's  Foreign Affairs Minister and the chairman of...