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Dubai: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Wednesday jumped to the second spot in the ICC Men's Test Bowlers Rankings following his eight-wicket show against Australia in the opening Test in Nagpur. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who made a successful comeback after almost five months due to...

Wellington: England cricket coach Brendon McCullum will bring Bazball back to its birthplace in a two-test series against New Zealand which begins Thursday in Mount Maunganui. McCullum devised the eponymous strategy of all out attack during his highly-successful term as New Zealand captain when he...

Bengaluru: Australian Ben Swayer, currently in charge of the New Zealand women's team, has been appointed as head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of next month's Women's Premier League (WPL). The 45-year-old Sawyer is also the current coach of Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred....

Paris: Not even Kylian Mbappé's substitute appearance could end Paris Saint-Germain's slump, as it lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their round-of-16 Champions League clash. A third straight loss made it five defeats in 11 games this year for...

Karachi: Babar Azam led Peshawar Zalmi to a two-run win over his former team Karachi Kings in yet another last-over thriller in the Pakistan Super League. New Karachi skipper Imad Wasim nearly shepherded a brave run-chase with an unbeaten 80 off 47 balls that included...

Gqeberha: Meg Lannings unbeaten 48 guided Australia to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh as the reigning ICC Womens T20 World Cup champions recorded their second successive victory, here. Lanning led a successful pursuit of Bangladesh's 107, of which captain Nigar Sultana Joty contributed 57, with...

Rome: AC Milan registered a morale-boosting victory, as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, with Brahim Diaz's early strike proving decisive. It was Milan's first knockout fixture at the European elites stage since the...

New Delhi: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam feels that as a player, one should try to back every sportsman in a difficult time and that was his intention when he wrote that public social media message -- 'This too shall pass' -- for Virat Kohli, saying...

New Delhi: In a massive revelation, BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma alleged that there was a huge clash of ego between former Indian skipper Virat Kohli and former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, which eventually led to the right-hander batter's ouster as the captain. "When the...

Bengaluru: Indian tennis icon Sania Mirza, who played her last Grand Slam at the Australian Open last month, was roped in by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as its mentor in the upcoming Women's Premier League. "It is a pleasure for me to join the...