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Bengaluru: Kuwait downed Nepal 3-1 in the opening match of the SAFF Championship here Wednesday. The Middle East nation, playing in the SAFF Championship for the first time as one of the two teams invited from outside the region, dominated the proceedings from the get-go,...

New Delhi: Double World Championships bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat, who was the face of the 38-day long protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, is likely to participate in the Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial competition in Budapest next month. The Budapest event is the...

Dubai: Premier India offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has maintained the top spot among bowlers, while England's Joe Root toppled Australia's Marnus Labuschagne to become the world's top-ranked batter in the ICC Test rankings released Wednesday. Ashwin, who was ignored for the World Test Championship final against...

Lausanne: The Great Britain men's hopes of clinching the FIH Hockey Pro League title were dealt a blow when they suffered only their second defeat of the tournament, losing out 2-3 to world champions Germany in London. As a result, they've opened the door for...

Bengaluru: It was not the build-up the Pakistan football team would have anticipated ahead of its SAFF Championship opener against hosts India, with more than half of the side arriving here only six hours ahead of the tie Wednesday due to unavailability of tickets on...

Birmingham: Pat Cummins revealed that when he went out to bat Day 5 of the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Australia had a decent chance of winning. Cummins came on the bat when Australia needed 72 runs to win with three wickets in hand. Shortly...

Birmingham: Former England captain Nasser Hussain expressed doubts regarding England's aggressive cricket style, dubbed 'Bazball,' and its effectiveness against Australia following the hosts' loss in the first Test of the highly anticipated Ashes series. Australia triumphed on a thrilling final day to land a first...

Birmingham: Veteran English seamer James Anderson praised Australia following their narrow two-wicket win over the hosts in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston admitting that the visitors were superior on the day. Captain Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon exhibited remarkable composure as they successfully guided...

Pathum Thani: India went down 0-1 against Uzbekistan in their second Group D match of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup at the Thammasat Stadium, in Pathum Thani, Thailand, here Tuesday. Substitute Mukhammedali Reimov netted the only goal of the match to seal victory for Uzbekistan....

Mong Kok: Spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap starred with the ball after a sedate batting effort to guide the India U-23 team to the Women's Emerging Asia Cup T20 title with a 31-run win over Bangladesh in the final here Wednesday. Electing...