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New Delhi: Star batter Shreyas Iyer, who was ruled out of the first Test due to a lower back injury is still doing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy and it is unlikely the team management will risk playing him directly in a Test match....

Mumbai: The fusion of sports and entertainment, the Celebrity Cricket League, the sportainment event is back in action. This season will see teams from eight different regions of India competing for the cup. There will be 19 matches in the new season which will be...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Monday the eagerly awaited Dharanidhar Sports Complex. It will naturally be very helpful for sports enthusiasts in Keonjhar district. Keonjhar has produced many national and international players and this sports complex will play a key role in developing...

New Delhi: Australia pacer Scott Boland believes that his performance has convinced Australia's selectors to retain him for the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Delhi despite the expected return of Mitchell Starc following a finger injury. Australia slumped to an embarrassing loss by...

Rourkela: Four age-group national hockey championships will be organised at the newly-built Birsa Munda Stadium here this year to give the domestic players a feel of the state-of-the-art facility, which jointly hosted the men's World Cup along with the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar last month....

New Delhi: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes India's strong lower-order batting, comprising Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel among others, will be the "differentiator" in the three remaining Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Jadeja and Patel played a pivotal role with the bat in the...

New Delhi: After the horrific show in the first Test, former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson has urged the selectors to take a bold call and axe David Warner, elevate Matthew Renshaw to open and bring Travis Head in the middle-order in the second Test of...

Nagpur: The Australian cricket team had a practice session at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium at Jamtha here Monday, opting to utilise the extra day they got to stay in Nagpur because the first ended in three days. According to VCA officials, the Aussies...

Mumbai: Smriti Mandhana stole the thunder in the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) auctions as Royal Challengers Bangalore pipped Mumbai Indians in a bidding war to buy the India vice-captain for Rs 3.40 crore (USD 410,000) here Monday. India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper...

Cape Town: From touching the lowest ebb after the ODI World Cup snub in New Zealand last year to hitting the winning runs in victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 global event, Jemimah Rodrigues has done brilliantly to turn the corner in less than...