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Melbourne: Naomi Osaka of Japan won her second Australian Open title by beating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the women’s singles final here on Saturday. This is Osaka’s fourth Grand Slam title. Before this, Osaka had won the 2019 Australian Open and 2018 and 2020 US Open crowns. The 23-year-old from Japan faced challenge […]

New Delhi: Brining laurels for the State, three Odia players have been included in the 22-member Indian men’s hockey team for the 17-day Europe tour where they will play two matches each against Germany and Great Britain national teams. The Odia players included in the squad are Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas and Dipsan Tirkey. The […]

Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar on Saturday said those calling cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun’s selection in the IPL as a sign of “nepotism” are being “cruel” to the young player. Arjun Tendulkar was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh at the Indian Premiere League (IPL) auction on Thursday. The left-arm pacer had […]

New Delhi: KXIP is now Punjab Kings and its co-owner Ness Wadia on Saturday said the franchise needed to rebrand itself after so many years of IPL and the name change was something it wanted since 2019. Wadia feels Punjab Kings is a simpler name compared to Kings XI Punjab and will connect more with […]

New Delhi: The Indian cricket board’s national selection panel on Saturday effected multiple changes to the T20 International squad that won the T20I series in Australia 2-1 recently. After being criticised for ignoring Suryakumar Yadav for Australia tour despite his stellar performance in the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), the selectors included him in the […]

Melbourne: Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek won their first Grand Slam doubles title together by comprehensively defeating defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury at the Australian Open on Sunday at the Rod Laver Arena. Croatian Dodig and Slovakian Polasek beat Ram and Salisbury 6-3 6-4 winners at Rod Laver Arena, not facing a break […]

Bhubaneswar: The recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction witnessed a total of 57 players being sold to eight franchises. A total of 292 cricketers were in the fray for bidding in the grand auction. As many as 35 Indian players and 22 overseas players found their way among the eight franchises. The emerging […]

New Delhi: Unbeaten Indian pro boxer Vijender Singh will return to the ring for the first time in over a year. While the bout is confirmed to be set to take place in India, its dates or Vijender’s opponent is yet to be revealed. This will be the 2008 Olympics bronze medallist’s 13th professional bout […]

Ahmedabad: Facing the challenge of avoiding a defeat to keep their hopes of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final alive, India will step onto a Motera ground that has been reconstructed from scratch and hence is largely unknown to them. To add to the challenge of a new pitch and the shiny seats — […]

New York: Golf legend Tiger Woods suffered multiple leg injuries in a car crash on Tuesday and is in a “serious” condition undergoing surgery at a Los Angeles hospital, according to information from Woods’ manager and local law enforcement officials. Woods’ crash occurred shortly before 7:15 a.m, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, […]

Ahmedabad: The Sardar Patel stadium in Motera near Ahmedabad was on Wednesday renamed as the Narendra Modi Stadium. The stadium, popularly known as the Motera Stadium, which was recently re-opened after extensive renovation work which increased seating capacity to a record 1,10,000, hosts its first Test match on Wednesday with India taking on England in […]

Ahmedabad: England won an important toss and elected to bat against India in the third Day/Night Pink Ball Test here on Wednesday. Local man Jasprit Bumrah replaced Mohammed Siraj in the India playing XI along with off-spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar, who comes back in place of Kuldeep Yadav. England had Jofra Archer, Zak Crawley, James […]

New Delhi: World number one Elavenil Valarivan was on Sunday included in a 15-member Indian shooting contingent for the Tokyo Olympics where the highly accomplished Manu Bhaker will represent the…

Ahmedabad: England collapsed to 112 in their first innings with Indian left-arm spinner Axar Patel snaring six wickets on the first day of the day-night third Test here on Wednesday. Opting to bat after winning a crucial toss, Joe Root’s men once again looked clueless against the in-form spin combination of Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin. […]

Paris: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has narrowed down on Australian city Brisbane as its preferred candidate to host the 2032 Olympic Games. India was among the many countries that expressed interest in hosting the Olympics with Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju saying earlier this week that a green signal from the Centre is yet to […]