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Vinicius Junior rescued Real Madrid as they fought back to beat Sevilla 2-1 in an electrifying match in the Spanish capital on Sunday to stay top of LaLiga and frustrate the visitors’ hopes of leapfrogging them at the summit. Vinicius…

Kanpur, Nov 27 (UNI) Axar Patel's fifth fifer in seven innings helped India take crucial lead of 63 runs over New Zealand in their second innings at the end of Day 3 of the first Test at Green Park Stadium here on Saturday. New Zealand…

Former champions ATK Mohun Bagan crushed arch-rivals SC East Bengal 3-0 in the much-anticipated season’s first derby of the Indian Super League at Tilak Maidan on Saturday. In a scintillating display, Mohun Bagan scored through Roy…

He’s back. Erling Haaland scored on his return from injury for Borussia Dortmund to move atop the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday. Defending champion Bayern Munich can restore its previous one-point lead with a win…

Diogo Jota celebrated his early goal by sitting on the Anfield turf, crossing his legs and pretending to play on a gaming console. Liverpool simply toyed with Southampton in the English Premier League on Saturday. In another masterful…

Barcelona was facing another stumble on the road when Memphis Depay came to the rescue. The Netherlands striker scored just in time to defuse a Villarreal comeback and secure Barcelona’s 3-1 victory on Saturday, and end his team’s…

CHENNAI: With the new Covid-19 variant found in South Africa triggering alarm bells across the globe, India's upcoming tour of South Africa hangs in the balance. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials have no…

MELBOURNE: Newly-appointed Australia captain Pat Cummins on Friday indicated that his leadership style could be different from his predecessors, saying he will be leaning a lot on his deputy Steve Smith for tactical advice. Cummins was…

BALI: India's two-time Olympic medal-winning shuttler P V Sindhu came back from a game down to beat South Korea's Sim Yujin and enter the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament here on Friday. The men's doubles duo of…

CHENNAI: Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa will lead the Indian men's and women's teams in the 20th Asian Squash Team Championship, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from November 30 to December 4. The men's squad, which has been given the top…

Shreyas Iyer on Friday became the 16th Indian batter to make a hundred on his Test debut, joining an illustrious list which includes the legendary Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Viswanath, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly among others. The…

Kanpur, Nov 25 (UNI) Unconquered half-centurions Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja resisted Kayle Jamieson's strikes and helped India reach 258 for 4 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test match against New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur on…

Moscow, Nov 25 (UNI/Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing over the alleged human rights violations in China, media reported. The idea of a diplomatic…

World number one Novak Djokovic says Serbia will use the bitter memory of their Davis Cup Finals defeat in 2019 as motivation to lift the trophy for a second time this year. At the inaugural Davis Cup Finals in Madrid two years ago,…

The parade of European powers advancing to the Champions League knockout stage Wednesday was disrupted by Sporting Lisbon completing a stunning turnaround to join them. Manchester City and Real Madrid are back in the round of 16 after…

Veteran Pakistan batsmen Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik will skip next month’s T20 home series against the West Indies, a Cricket Board (PCB) source said. Hafeez and Malik have both informed the Pakistan team captain Babar Azam and…

India are the clear underdogs in their four-nation women’s tournament opening match against mighty Brazil but head coach Thomas Dennerby on Wednesday said his side will fight “till the last whistle”. India play world number seven Brazil…

Kanpur, Nov 24 (UNI) For many in Team India, taking a sweat revenge over New Zealand for their loss in the finals of the ICC World Test Championship could be a dream to live on, but for some of them, it is battle royal to keep intact their…

Bali, Nov 24 (UNI) Indian star badminton players PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth advanced to second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 here on Wednesday. Olympic double medallist Sindhu came from behind 17-21, 21-17,…

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer feels that Tamil Nadu batter Shahrukh Khan has the ability to represent India, if he can keep improving over the next couple of years and play some impactful knocks in the Indian Premier League. With…