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Ravi Shastri shared a heartwarming post on Saturday after stepping down as the head coach of India men’s cricket team, saying he will cherish the memories made along the way and will continue to back the Men in Blue in the future.…

New Delhi, Nov 13 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday conferred Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award to 12 players including Tokyo Olympics Gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Saturday.…

Dubai, Nov 13 (UNI) There has not been any media glimmer on Aaron Finch and Kane Williamson in the T20 World Cup thus far due to their poor batting display, but they will be the cynosure of the fans when they walk into the middle for the…

Mumbai, Nov 12 (UNI) Contrary to media reports, BCCI on Friday announced Ajinkya Rahane as the Test captain of Team India, scotching rumours that Rohit Sharma would be asked to lead the side in the upcoming home series against New Zealand.…

CHENNAI: Oinam Bembem Devi needs no introduction. At a time when support for football was sparse, Bembem carved a successful career, shining for over two decades in the national team. And that has not gone unnoticed as she was recently…

CHENNAI: When Geeta Phogat created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to clinch a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the then 15-year-old Sarita Mor was in the junior national camp. Geeta's famous victory turned…

Bengaluru, Nov 12 (UNI) "In that book launch, I was the only guy who got Covid that's what the media thinks but I think I got that in Leeds," Shastri cleared the air when he was blamed for Covid outbreak in the team ahead of the fifth and…

As Steve Smith blasted his bat onto his pads in anger after holing out in the deep, his hangman, Shadab Khan wrapped his palms over his face, before he was deluged by his onrushing teammates. He was so over-joyous that he didn’t know how to…

New Zealand will bring Tim Seifert in to replace Devon Conway in Sunday’s T20 World Cup final against Australia after the wicketkeeper-batsman broke his right hand with a frustrated punch of his bat following his dismissal against England.…

“Yeh dosti hum nahi todenge (We wouldn’t break this friendship)”. This was the theme of Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s team talk after the loss to Australia at the T20 World Cup semifinal. “Everybody is feeling the pain. Where we made…

Back in 2018, Matthew Wade had conceded that his international career was all but over. That was on the back of an indifferent summer in domestic cricket, which saw him lose his Test place to Tim Paine, while he was replaced by Alex Carey…

PARIS: Hugo Gaston has been rewarded for some impressive performances at last week's Paris Masters with a first call up to France's Davis Cup team on Wednesday. Gaston reached the quarterfinals at the indoor event and lost to No.2 Daniil…

CHENNAI: Geeta Phogat last took the mat for a competitive wrestling bout in 2018. Back then, she finished third at the Yasar Dogu international event in Istanbul, Turkey. A lot has changed since then with India's first Commonwealth Games…

DUBAI: India's KL Rahul climbed three places to fifth but Virat Kohli slipped four spots to eighth in the latest ICC men's T20I rankings issued on Wednesday. Rahul, who scored three fifties in India's last three matches after struggling…

Abu Dhabi, Nov 10 (UNI) England Captain Eoin Morgan said England were in the game right up to 18th over, but James Neesham made the cut by hitting sixes right from ball one. “Thought we were right in the game until probably the 17th,…

TAKING NOTE of comments from top Indian cricket stars, such as Virat Kohli, about exhaustion due to playing in bio-bubbles without adequate breaks, the BCCI will now assess and decide on the workload management of players — before the…

Some of India’s biggest golf stars, including Shiv Kapur and Gaganjeet Bhullar, will tee off at the famed Chandigarh Golf Club when the fourth edition of the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational gets underway here on Thursday. Presented by…

England will play two extra Twenty20s in Pakistan next year as part of compensation for cancelling a short tour of the country scheduled last month. “We’re happy to announce that we’ll be playing two extra white ball T20s on our (next…

The transition of India’s white-ball squad was made official by the BCCI on Tuesday with the appointment of Rohit Sharma as the team’s new T20I captain and KL Rahul as his deputy. After the ouster from the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli’s last…