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Sir-Lord guarding Kings’ galaxy Against a team of knights, Chennai Super Kings needed a Lord and a Sir to pull things back. Annointed Lord Shardul and Sir Jadeja, they bowled four overs in the middle in tandem and gave away just 20 runs.…

Goals from Memphis Depay, Luuk de Jong and the returning Ansu Fati helped Barcelona claim a much-needed 3-0 home victory over Levante in La Liga on Sunday. The victory, Barca’s first in its last four games in all competitions, moved the…

Arsenal’s resurgence continued with a 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur as the two north London clubs continued to move in opposite directions in the Premier League on Sunday. Goals by Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick…

Glenn Maxwell scripted one of the most unforgettable nights for Royal Challengers Bangalore — he shellacked 56 runs off 37 balls, took two wickets for 23 runs and snatched a terrific catch to furnish Virat Kohli’s side a memorable win over…

His bowlers delivering the goods yet again while defending a modest total, Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant on Saturday gushed that their attack is one the best in the league. The Delhi bowling unit, comprising the likes of South…

Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir reckons that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni should promote himself to the number four position once Chennai Super Kings qualifies for the knockout stage of the IPL. CSK are currently placed at the second…

The best player in the match – by a country mile – finished on the losing side. Jason Holder was the highest scorer with the bat and had the best bowling figures. But such is the current state of the Sunrisers Hyderabad outfit that nobody…

Last-place Alavés stunned defending champion Atlético Madrid with a 1-0 victory in the Spanish league on Saturday. Victor Laguardia scored with a header off a corner four minutes into the match, giving Alavés its first points of the…

The first scoop of delight Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled across to lap-scoop a pacy delivery from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air started to discuss who was the inventor of that shot. Doull…

It was a captaincy contest between the mentor and his protégé, and M S Dhoni won it hands down. Sharjah is known as a graveyard for bowlers, but not only did the Chennai Super Kings skipper keep Royal Challengers Bangalore to a modest score…

The conditions were the same for the final rivals – India and Columbia – in the Hyundai 2021 World Archery Championships at the 100-acre complex NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center in Yankton, South Dakota, the US. In the search for the…

A sporting icon lets his inner Kamal Haasan spill out, a young pacer who made Bollywood endings believable and the soap opera where a mentor played the perfect captain and a captain attempted mentoring. It was that kind of a week. Sports…

Former world number one Simona Halep and coach Darren Cahill have parted ways after working together for six years, the Romanian player said on Wednesday. The 29-year-old won her first Grand Slam — the 2018 French Open — under the…

ATK Mohun Bagan had a torrid time in unfamiliar Uzbek territory in the AFC Cup Inter-Zone semifinal match against FC Nasaf as they conceded 6 goals and scored none in reply. In the 4th minute of the match, Nasaf took the lead from a…

Haryana boxer Akash Kumar won the national title on Tuesday afternoon in Bellary, earning himself a berth at the World Championship next month. All through his long journey home — the six-hour ride from Bellary to Bangalore, the morning…

It was a clash between teams at the opposite ends of the table when the Indian Premier League (IPL) resumed, and from the first ball to last, the match played out accordingly. Delhi Capitals played like a well-drilled unit and now have…

It needed six quality deliveries in the last over to salvage a cause which seemed lost for almost the whole of the previous 19 overs. Kartik Tyagi took the ball for the final over with Punjab Kings needing four to win with eight wickets in…

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting feels his young skipper Rishabh Pant’s level of maturity “has gone through the roof” in the last couple of seasons as he has evolved from a swashbuckling keeper-batsman to a leader of the pack. The…

Rohit Mor stunned defending champion Mohammad Hussamuddin but the accomplished duo of Shiva Thapa and Sanjeet lived up to expectations by clinching gold medals in their respective weight categories at the Men’s National Boxing Championships…

Delhi FC and Bengaluru FC on Tuesday entered the quarter-finals of the 130th Durand Cup football tournament after notching up contrasting wins over Kerala Blasters and Indian Navy here respectively. At the Kalyani Municipality Stadium,…