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La Plata/Argentina: Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to win its first Under-20 World Cup title. The Celeste's victory ends a streak of four consecutive wins of European teams in the tournament. Luciano Rodríguez scored the winning goal in the 86th minute in a header from close...

Manchester: Almost immediately after leading Manchester City to its first Champions League title, Pep Guardiola spoke of the need to build on that success. Real Madrid's record haul of 14 European Cups is safe for some time yet – but there is every reason to...

Dubai: Indian players have been fined their entire match fees for maintaining a slow over rate while opener Shubman Gill was docked an additional 15 per cent for criticising the umpire's decision to rule him out in a debatable call during the World Test Championship...

New Delhi:  India will open their ODI World Cup campaign against Australia in Chennai October 8 while Ahmedabad will host their much-anticipated match against arch-rivals Pakistan a week later, according to BCCI's draft schedule for the tournament. "The BCCI shared the draft schedule with the...

London: One of the finest pacers of the current generation, Mitchell Starc keeps away from franchise cricket, including the IPL, despite the handsome money on offer as he wants to be at his "best" playing for Australia. For Starc, playing Test cricket for Australia is...

Melbourne: Former Australia white-ball skipper Aaron Finch believes the 285-run first-innings partnership between Steve Smith and Travis Head made the difference in the World Test Championship final against India at The Oval. India finished runners-up for the second consecutive time in the WTC final as...

London: With India's batting under scrutiny after their 209-run defeat to Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final at The Oval here, Virat Kohli has responded with a cryptic message extolling the importance of maintaining 'silence' in such a situation. India's hopes depended on...

Bhubaneswar: On a high after their convincing win over Mongolia, India will look to seal a final berth when they face Vanuatu in the four-nation Intercontinental Cup football tournament here Monday. The hosts blanked Mongolia 2-0 in their tournament opener Friday, while Vanuatu went down...

Paris: Already hailed as one of the greatest players to grace the tennis courts, Serbia's Novak Djokovic  Sunday added to his legendary status by winning a historic 23rd Major, quelled a tough challenge from Casper Ruud to win the French Open men's singles title, his...

Paris: Unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China won the French Open women's doubles Sunday after beating 10th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Taylor Townsend of the United States 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. It was another upset victory for Hsieh and Wang...