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Auckland: The United States of America and the Netherlands meet again on the FIFA Women's World Cup stage — with smaller stakes than the 2019 title game won by the Americans — and the Dutch team collecting injuries at a terrible time of the tournament....

Auckland: Jennifer Hermoso scored twice and assisted in her 100th international appearance to push Spain past Zambia 5-0 Wednesday, a victory that locked both Spain and Japan into the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 knockout round. Spain and Japan are the first teams to clinch...

Dubai: Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his ascent in the ICC Test rankings, rising 11 places to 63rd while his skipper Rohit Sharma inched up to ninth among batters in the latest list released Wednesday. Scores of 57 and 38 in the drawn second...

Tokyo: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made yet another first-round exit as she lost in straight games to Zhang Yi Man of China at the Japan Open here Wednesday. Sindhu lost 12-21 13-21 in the match that lasted 32 minutes as she plunged into her...

New Delhi: Defender Preeti will lead the Indian junior women's team during the Four Nations Tournament in Dusseldorf, Germany, starting August 18. The tournament will have India, England, Spain, and hosts Germany competing against each other. The competition will serve as a build-up to the...

Dunedin/New Zealand: Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 FIFA Women's World Cup victory over Costa Rica Wednesday that put the Japanese on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage. The two...

Kuala Lumpur: Little-known Malaysia seamer Syazrul Idrus Wednesday became the first male cricketer to take seven wickets in a T20 International when he achieved the feat against China in the opening game of the T20 World Cup Asia B Qualifier here. Idrus' astonishing figures of...

San Diego: Striker Paul Mullin, one of the stars of the “Welcome to Wrexham” docuseries, was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a collision with Manchester United goalie Nathan Bishop in a friendly. Mullin was attempting a header when Bishop challenged him just outside the...

Auckland: Argentina forward Yamila Rodríguez, who has a Cristiano Ronaldo tattoo wants fans to stop criticizing her for idolizing the Portugal star instead of national hero Lionel Messi. Yamila Rodríguez, who also has a tattoo of the late Argentine great Diego Maradona, took to social...

New Delhi: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and his son are not the part of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections as the voter list for the federation polls was declared. Last month in their meeting with sports minister Anurag Thakur, the protesting wrestlers – Bajrang...