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New Delhi: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes the time is ripe for the visitors to play Kuldeep Yadav at the expense of Shardul Thakur in the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Edgbaston, starting July 2, citing that the recent hot weather in England also...

Rio De Janeiro: Neymar has extended his contract with Santos until December, the Brazilian Serie A club said. The 33-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward returned to his boyhood club on a six-month deal in January after parting ways with Saudi Pro League side...

Leeds: Ben Duckett top-scored with 149 as England beat India by five wickets in the first Test of the five-match series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy here Tuesday. Resuming at 21 for no loss on the fifth and final day, England remained unscathed in the first...

Leeds: Players from India and England wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence in the memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi before start of day five of the first Test here Tuesday. Doshi, a former India spinner who took 113 wickets in 33 Tests,...

Leeds: After India vice-captain Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test match Monday, former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the wicketkeeper-batter's batting feats, saying by end of the five-match series Pant could surpass ex-skipper and coach Rahul...

New Delhi: Reflecting on his eventful tenure as BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly has revealed that he expected a ‘certain kind of toughness and stubbornness’ from the then Board secretary and current ICC chairman Jay Shah, but was left impressed with his ‘honesty’ and resolve to...

Mumbai: Actor Suniel Shetty expressed his pride after his son-in-law, cricketer KL Rahul, scored a century against England during the Test match at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. Taking to social media, Shetty wrote, “Proud of you, son,” in a heartfelt tribute. Suniel took to Instagram,...

Leeds: The flamboyant Rishabh Pant Monday became only the second wicketkeeper in the game's history to score two hundreds in each innings of a Test match during the series opener against England here. Before Pant, Zimbabwe's former stumper Andy Flower made 142 and 199 not...

Mumbai: Out-of-favour India batter Prithvi Shaw has written to the Mumbai Cricket Association seeking a transfer ahead of the upcoming domestic season. Shaw has been out of the red ball set-up for some time, even as he has played white ball cricket, but his off-field...

Antwerp (Belgium): The Indian men's hockey team edged past Belgium 4-3 to register its first win in the European leg of FIH Pro League in Belgium Sunday, ending a run of seven successive losses. With the scores tied at 3-3 with just two minutes left...