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Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Nitish Rana played down talks of young Suyash Sharma being a "mystery spinner" as he termed him as a normal leg-break bowler but with 'x-factor'. The little-known Delhi U-25 spinner, who played only white-ball cricket at age group level, before...

Lucknow: Jolted by a crushing defeat in their campaign opener, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be bolstered by the return of their South African recruits, including new skipper Aiden Markram, when they play Lucknow Super Giants in an away IPL match here Friday. In the absence of...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs in the IPL here Friday. Shardul Thakur (68 off 29 balls) and opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (57 off 44 balls) cracked half-centuries while Rinku Singh scored a 33-ball 46 as KKR made a fine recovery...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders made a competitive 204 for 7 in their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore here Thursday. Shardul Thakur (68 off 29 balls) and opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (57 off 44 balls) cracked fine half-centuries while Rinku Singh scored a 33-ball 46 as...

Kolkata: Royal Challengers Bangalore opted to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here Thursday. RCB replaced injured pacer Reece Topley with David Willey while KKR brought in Venkatesh Iyer at the expense of Anukul Roy. Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Mandeep Singh,...

Zurich: World Cup winner Argentina topped the FIFA rankings Thursday for the first time in six years. Argentina's two wins in friendlies last month ended the one-year run at the top for Brazil, which lost at Morocco 2-1 and fell to No. 3. France, the...

New Delhi: Senior vice-president Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Thursday took charge as National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president after 'incumbent' Raninder Singh went on a "prolonged leave". The Sports Ministry had issued a directive that heads of national sports federations (NSFs) cannot hold office...

Mumbai: Hollywood star John Cena and actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas had an interesting exchange on Twitter after the announcement of PC being roped in for the action film Heads Of State was made. The film has rounded up its cast with John, Priyanka and Idris Elba....

Tokyo: Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed — but not stopped — by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. The pursuit could resume if Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is re-elected Sunday, as expected, against two anti-Olympic...

New Delhi: The BCCI Thursday condoled the death of former India opener Sudhir Naik, saying his passion shaped the careers of many cricketers and he will continue to inspire the future generation of players. Naik, who played three Test matches and two ODIs in the...