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London: World No.1 Iga Swiatek of Poland clinched a spot in the third round of Wimbledon for the third straight season with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo, here Wednesday. Making her first appearance on Centre Court this year, top-seeded Swiatek won...

New Delhi: FC Goa defender Nikhil Prabhu will leave the club after a brief spell of five months with the Gaurs, the club announced his departure Wednesday. "The Club has reached an agreement for the transfer of @nprabhu_4 for an undisclosed fee! Wishing you the...

Mumbai: Ajit Agarkar, the new chairman of the men's national selection committee, Thursday, came under fire after the panel led by the former India and Mumbai pacer picked Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma ahead of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh in the T20 team for...

Mumbai: Young left-handed batters -- Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma -- earned maiden T20I call-ups as India Wednesday announced the squad for the upcoming five-match series against West Indies, which will be played in the Caribbean and Florida from August 3. Both Yashasvi and Varma...

Paris: Paris Saint-Germain hired former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique as their new head coach a few hours after the French champions fired Christophe Galtier bringing a premature end to his two-year contract with one year remaining. Enrique penned a two-year contract with PSG...

Calgary: Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Canada Open after registering straight-game wins over their respective rivals in the BWF World Tour Super 500 event here. While Sindhu, seeded fourth, eased into the next round with an easy...

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has appointed a new 10-member PCB management committee, headed by Zaka Ashraf, for a period of four months. The management committee will hold its first meeting in Lahore Thursday. Ashraf was favourite to become chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board last...

Karachi: Pakistan cricketing legend Javed Miandad has claimed that he was behind Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's rise to the prime minister's office, but now he regrets the "decision" to back him, local media reported. "Today, I am telling you that I made Imran...

New Delhi: With the transfer market having officially opened July 1, this past week was a busy one in LaLiga. Several Spanish clubs completed signings, while there were other major headlines too, as discussed below. FC Barcelona win the race to sign Gundogan İlkay Gundogan...

Bengaluru: National team's Manipuri footballer Jeakson Singh created a flutter Tuesday night by wrapping himself in a Meitei flag while collecting his individual medal after India beat Kuwait in the final of the SAFF Championship. The flag Jeakson wrapped himself in, is called Flag of...