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With less than three months to go before the 2022 Australian Open, confusion remains as to whether unvaccinated players will be able to participate in the marquee event. Novak Djokovic, the reigning champion and a nine-time winner of the…

Kolkata-based billionaire Sanjiv Goenka, who bought the Lucknow franchise for a whopping Rs 7,090 crore during the IPL bidding in Dubai on Monday, said the team’s valuation “would be a multiple of a few times” over the next 10 years. The…

Afghanistan produced a dominating display of power-hitting before Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped apart the rival batting line-up with his five-wicket haul as the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20…

Virat Kohli on Sunday laughed off a question by a journalist who asked if India will consider dropping Rohit Sharma from the team for the remainder of the tournament. Kohli said, “That’s a very brave question. What do you think, sir? I…

It was as if a switch had been flicked. Virat Kohli jaunted down the pitch and blasted Shaheen Shah Afridi over long-on in the fifth over. The shot was not unusual, but the situation was. India had lost both their openers in the most…

Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday had no qualms in admitting that his team was “outplayed” by Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup here but said his players are not the ones to press the panic button. Pakistan produced a clinical effort…

Dubai, Oct 24 (UNI) Riding on Mohammad Rizwan's 79 and Babar Azam's 68, Pakistan finally broke the jinx of beating India in the ICC World Cup. The Green Caps beat Men in Blue by 10 wickets in the T20 World Cup's Super 12 encounter here on…

DUBAI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has announced the 12-member squad for the high-voltage clash against India on Sunday in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The squad was announced by Azam in the press conference on Saturday which…

LONDON: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain feels that "any side can defeat" India in the knockout stage of the ICC T20 World Cup, owing to their lack of plan B and the uncertain nature of the shortest format of the game. India has…

BISBANE: World No.1-ranked Ash Barty won't defend her season-ending WTA Finals title and is done for the year due to continuing COVID-19 travel and quarantine restrictions. “I wanted to let everyone know that I won't be competing in any…

NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist hockey player Rupinder Pal Singh on Saturday said he is overwhelmed by the appreciation he received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his retirement and has pledged to give back to the game after being…

The T20 World Cup is here finally, after pandemic-induced postponement that had it tagged on the back end of IPL. If there was any worry about IPL triggering fatigue in viewers, it was stubbed out by the schedule, which threw up the assured…

If cricket is a religion in many parts of the world, then T20 is its missionary spreading the gospel to newer lands. Starting Saturday, the big boys of world cricket will get the main event underway after an opening act that, by and…

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that Virat Kohli’s decision to step down from T20 captaincy after the ongoing World Cup was his “own decision” and there was no pressure from the cricket board. Kohli had recently announced that he…

Hardik Pandya didn’t bowl a single delivery even as “mentor” Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried his hand at throwdowns during the Indian team’s optional session ahead of its opening T20 World Cup game against arch-rival Pakistan on Sunday.…

An impressive Scotland crushed Oman by eight wickets to register their third consecutive win in the first round and qualify for the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage by topping Group B here on Thursday. Scotland, who had stunned Bangladesh by…

Jose Mourinho’s Roma was routed 6-1 by Norwegian team Bodo/Glimt in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, the first time the Portuguese manager has seen one of his team’s concede six goals in a game. Roma is one of the big favorites…

WWE Crown Jewel 2021 Results: WWE returned to Saudi Arabia on Thursday with the 2021 edition of Crown Jewel. This was the first international event for WWE since Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia in February 2020, before the COVID-19 induced…

Former Australia speedster Brett Lee feels India’s KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami could emerge as the top run-getter and the leading wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup Super 12s. Rahul has been in sublime form in the IPL where he was the…

Wanindu Hasaranga’s rearguard fifty was beautifully complemented by a clinical bowling display as Sri Lanka sealed their place in Super 12s with a massive 70-run win over Ireland in a group A first round match of the ICC T20 World Cup here…