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Bridgetown: In a bid to make the sport more balanced between bat and ball, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced several changes which will make the game a little more bowler-friendly when the rules come in to effect from July 5. The biggest change that will come about is that the sport’s governing body has […]

New York: Satnam Singh Bhamara created history by becoming the first Indian to get drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) here. The seven feet two inches tall Indian has been picked by Dallas Mavericks. He earlier took part in training sessions with top teams like Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics. Satnam hails from Ballo […]

Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women's cricket team in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against visiting New Zealand, to be played here from June 28

New Delhi: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi on Wednesday said he signed the Kochi franchise bid under pressure. “I signed the Kochi bid under pressure minutes,” Modi tweeted on Wednesday. Along with the tweet he attached a letter where details of the insights of the meeting during the Kochi bid on April […]

Mirpur: India came back strong and dominated with an all-round performance to win the third One-Day International against Bangladesh by 77 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium here on Wednesday. The hosts, however, clinched the three-match series 2-1 having won both the earlier matches. Chasing India’s total of 317/6, Bangladesh managed to get to a total […]

Mirpur: Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to field against India in the third One-Day International of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Wednesday. Bangladesh made one change to their side bringing in Arafat Sunny in place of Taskin Ahmed, while India replaced Ravindra Jadeja with Stuart Binny […]

Dubai: Beleaguered former Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan will represent the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an International Cricket Council (ICC) Board Meeting being held in Barbados from Monday. Srinivasan, who was barred from heading the BCCI, will chair the Board Meeting that will take place on June 24 and […]

Galle: Pakistan raced to a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka to complete a remarkable turnaround in the first Test here on Sunday. Openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad knocked off a victory target of 92 in just 11.2 overs after leg-spinner Yasir Shah’s seven-wicket haul set up Pakistan’s first win in Sri Lanka since 2006. […]

Harare: India’s upcoming tour to Zimbabwe could be postponed to next year if the ongoing issues between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the series broadcaster Ten Sports are not resolved, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) said on Sunday. India is scheduled to tour Zimbabwe from July 7, for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) […]

Vina del Mar: Lionel Messi may be quite used to pose for selfies, but even for him it was a first when Deshorn Brown requested the star to be clicked with the striker shortly after Argentina’s laboured 1-0 win over Jamaica in Copa America. Argentina progressed to the quarters as group toppers but their performance […]

Edmonton: Germany overpowered Sweden 4-1 and China ousted Cameroon 1-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the women’s football World Cup. In Ottawa, Germany’s top scorer Anja Mittag on Saturday intercepted a poor pass to shoot the goal into the far post for a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute, reports Xinhua. Mittag earned a penalty […]

London: Indo-Canadian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor crashed out in the men’s doubles semi-finals of the 1.5-million-euro Queen’s Club Championships here on Sunday. The third seeds lost in straight sets to second seeds Serbian-Polish combination of Nenad Zimonjic and Marcin Matkowski 3-6, (8) 6-7 in an hour and 19 minutes. The match […]

Santiago: Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal publicly apologised after being arrested for crashing his car under the influence of alcohol during the Copa America tournament held here. “I went to the casino, I had two drinks, I had an accident, I put my wife’s life at risk and the lives of many people, I am very […]

Dubai: A 3-0 victory over home side Bangladesh in the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) series will not be enough for second-placed Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s¿s India to reclaim the top spot in ICC rankings, but a series win for the hosts will boost their qualifying chances in the 2017 Champions Trophy. Dhoni’s side can reduce leader […]

New Delhi: A 24-member Indian junior shooting squad has returned home with a rich haul of two gold, five silver and two bronze medals from the prestigious Shooting Hopes competition held in the Czech Republic, it was announced on Tuesday. Among the notable performers, Achal Pratap Grewal won the only individual gold medal in the […]