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London: England coach Gareth Southgate has made several changes to his squad for their Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Italy and Ukraine later this month. Brentford striker Ivan Toney is rewarded for an excellent season that has seen him score 17 goals, while Chelsea full...

Berlin: Freiburg crashed out of the UEFA Europa League after losing 2-0 in the last-16 second leg, and 3-0 on aggregate, to Juventus Thursday night. The hosts assumed control from the start and created chances through Ritsu Doan, who unleashed a dangerous effort in the...

Birmingham: The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were the only Indians to make it to the quarterfinals of the All England Open Badminton Championships as compatriots Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered...

Hobart: Former Australia test cricket captain Tim Paine has announced his retirement following the conclusion of Tasmania's Sheffield Shield first-class match against Queensland Friday. Wicketkeeper Paine captained Australia in 23 tests between early 2018 and 2021, playing 35 tests overall. He became Australia's 46th test...

New Delhi: Star boxer Nikhat Zareen kickstarted the defence of her title and India's challenge on an impressive note at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships with a dominating victory while Sakshi Chaudhary, Nupur Sheoran and Preeti also made winning starts on the opening day...

Mumbai: A much better batting and bowling performance meant Gujarat Giants managed to keep their chances for a top-three finish in the Women's Premier League (WPL) with an 11-run win over Delhi Capitals at Brabourne Stadium Thursday. Though 147/4 looked a little short of the...

Mumbai: India's stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Australia in the first ODI here Friday. Hardik is leading the team in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who is unavailable for the fixture due to family commitments....

Manchester: Manchester United cruised into the quarterfinals of the Europa League after a 1-0 victory at Real Betis in the second leg of their round-of-16 encounter. Marcus Rashford produced a clinical finish in the 56th minute, finding the bottom corner of the net with a...

Mumbai: In the year in which they will host the 50-overs World Cup, India restart their preparations for the mega event in the hectic year with three One-day Internationals (ODIs) against Australia, the first of which will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, here Friday....

Mumbai: The recurrence of Shreyas Iyer's lower back injury will certainly impact India's World Cup preparations, feels stand-in ODI captain Hardik Pandya. Iyer has been ruled out of the Australia series due to lower back injury and he might be out for an indefinite period....