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Taipei: Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy waltzed into the quarterfinal of the Taipei Open after recording a comfortable straight-game win over Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto here Thursday. Prannoy, the country's top-ranked men's singles player, took 36 minutes to dispatch former world championship bronze medallist Sugiarto 21-9...

Nottingham: Former captain Nasser Hussain has revealed that the talk from England camp ahead of the Women’s Ashes starting from Wednesday at Trent Bridge, has been of firm belief in beating Australia on its home turf. Australia have held the Women's Ashes since 2015, winning...

London: Mind games are as important as executing cricket skills when the senior men's teams of Australia and England clash in the Ashes series. The mind games are played in the build-up to the series, during the matches and even off the field during breaks...

London: England are going to continue showing confidence in recalled-spinner Moeen Ali and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, who is returning from an injury, in the second Test set to start at the Lord's here June 28, head coach Brendon McCullum has said. England lost the opening...

New Delhi: England seamer Ollie Robinson has reportedly received a warning rather than severe punishment for his aggressive send-off of Usman Khawaja during the opening Test at Edgbaston. When Robinson dismissed Khawaja for 141 during Australia's first innings, he gave a raucous send-off to the...

Mumbai: The Wankhede Stadium will soon get a facelift with a new set of LED floodlights set to be installed along with refurbished hospitality boxes ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup, scheduled in October-November this year. Along with one India game, there is a...

Geneva: José Mourinho was banned by UEFA from four European games for verbally abusing the Europa League final referee in a stadium garage after Roma lost to Sevilla. Footage circulated after the May 31 final of the Roma coach approaching English referee Anthony Taylor in...

Warsaw (Poland): Juventus completed the signing of Olympique Marseille forward Arkadiusz Milik, the Italian club has announced. The 29-year-old had spent the previous season on loan with the Bianconeri, scoring nine goals in 39 games. On Wednesday evening, Juventus announced that Milik will continue playing...

New Delhi: The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selector's job. The ones, who willingly do it, are not taken seriously for lack of stature, say insiders. Remuneration has a lot...

Bengaluru: Sunil Chhetri's glittering hat-trick laced India's 4-0 win over Pakistan in their SAFF Championship opener here Wednesday as the talisman became the second-highest Asian goalscorer in international football. Ali Daei of Iran holds the record with 109 goals from 149 matches. Chhetri has 90...