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T20 World Cup, England vs Sri Lanka Highlights: Opener Jos Buttler smashed a magnificent unbeaten 101 to set up England’s 26-run win over Sri Lanka in their Group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Monday. Buttler continued his…

Indian boxers Nishant Dev (71kg) and Sanjeet (92kg) made the quarterfinals following impressive victories but four others, including Asian silver-medallist Deepak Bohria (51kg), bowed out of the AIBA Men’s World Championships after losing…

DUBAI: India's superstar cricketers were pummelled on a second-straight Sunday as a disciplined New Zealand firmly pushed them towards the exit door with an easy eight-wicket victory in the ICC T20 World Cup here. The defeat that puts…

ABU DHABI: Afghanistan defeated minnows Namibia by 62 runs in their Super 12 group 2 match to keep semi-final hopes alive at the ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Opting to bat, Mohammad Shahzad (45) and Hazratullah Zazai (33) added 53…

DUBAI: After their demoralising defeat to England, Australia would need to quickly pick themselves up as they face Bangladesh in almost a must-win match in the T20 World Cup. Australia have won two of their three matches and will now…

MELBOURNE: Newly appointed team Abu Dhabi's assistant coach for the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 league and former England wicket-keeper batter Sarah Taylor said a woman coach is not frowned upon these days anymore. Taylor became the first…

LONDON: Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has said that the criticism of the club does not bother him as he has been playing for more than 18 years. Ronaldo's comments came after Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-0…

Based only on the numbers, you can tell there was a lot that was done right in terms of getting our athletes ready for the Olympics and Paralympics. Probably a lot more care and effort was put into welcoming them back with exhausting and…

In the end all the boos were for Nuno Espirito Santo as Tottenham fans chanted: “You don’t know what you’re doing.” Joy had returned for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United, for now at least. After collecting one point from…

Juventus’ miserable start to the Serie A season continued as they lost 2-1 at Hellas Verona on Saturday, with an early double from Giovanni Simeone dropping Massimiliano Allegri’s side to ninth in the standings. Giovanni Simeone, eldest…

Jos Buttler hammered a brutal 32-ball 71 not out to complement a superlative performance from the bowlers as England crushed Australia by eight wickets in their Super 12 match to inch closer to a semifinal spot at the T20 World Cup here on…

Jalandhar, Oct 30 (UNI) Indian Railways Delhi will clash swords with Holders Punjab & Sind bank Delhi in the finals of the 38th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at Katoch Astroturf Hockey Stadium Jalandhar Cantt on Sunday.…

Asif Ali has a backstory. This World Cup is proving to be his redemption. After his match-winning seven-ball 25, including four sixes in an over to seal the deal, Asif posted a cryptic message on Twitter. “Aur koi hukam Pakistan?…

What is so uniquely Kiwi? They expose your weakness, they make you look underprepared, they deny you glory on the biggest stage but still don’t get treated as enemies. Let’s start from 2019. That was when Kane Williamson didn’t allow the…

Rashid Khan vs Babar Azam proved the best match-up of the tournament so far. The wizard Khan held the upper hand throughout, even saw his man being dropped and reprieved by the DRS but got him off the final ball of his spell. His second…

In the end, it was so very West Indies; frantic and chaotic. A dozen runs to defend in the last over, a skilled death-overs operator barraging yorkers, yet the defending champions nearly contrived to lose the game that would have…

India’s Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles quarterfinals with a straight game win over Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew but Sameer Verma retired midway due to an injury at the French Open Super 750 tournament here on Thursday. Lakshya won…

Vintage David Warner answered his critics with a sizzling 42-ball-65 as Australia cruised to seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a Super 12 game of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Warner, who has gone through a lean patch, was…

While Real Sociedad keeps impressing, defending champion Atletico Madrid continues to disappoint in the Spanish league. Sociedad broke the four-way tie at the top of the league with a 2-0 win at Celta Vigo on Thursday, while Atletico…

Lorenzo Insigne converted two penalties to help Napoli beat Bologna 3-0 Thursday and move back level with AC Milan at the top of the Serie A table. Fabian Ruiz scored the opener in the 18th minute. Napoli, which dropped its first…