Matthew Short likely to miss Champions Trophy semifinal
Australian opener Matthew Short will likely miss the Champions Trophy semifinal against either India or New Zealand after the in-form batter suffered a quad injury in the washed out match against Afghanistan here. Short had scored a 15-ball 20 on Friday but had looked in visible pain before he was dismissed...
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Gukesh attains career-best number three ranking
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Praggnanandhaa scores first win in Prague Masters
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Champions Trophy: India to sharpen spin play against NZ
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Champions Trophy: South Africa eyes semifinal spot against England
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West Ham beats Leicester in Premier League
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UTT sixth season to begin from May 29
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WPL: RCB looks for victory against DC
Defending champions Royal Challengers (RCB) Bengaluru will be determined to give their home fans a parting victory over a fatigued Delhi Capitals (DC) outfit here on Saturday, before the Women’s Premier League (WPL) moves to Lucknow for its third leg. RCB had begun the third season of WPL with two wins...
New Zealand excited to play in different conditions: Bracewell
New Zealand off-spinner Michael Bracewell on Friday brushed aside any talks about India getting an unfair advantage in the ongoing Champions Trophy by playing all their games in Dubai, simply saying that his team was “excited to try and play in different conditions”. Rohit Sharma’s team is playing all its matches...
Praggnanandhaa draws against Gurel Ediz
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a second straight draw against Turkey’s Gurel Ediz while Aravindh Chithambaram crashed through the defences of Germany’s Vincent Keymer in the second round of the Prague Masters here. Chithambaram, who has been knocking hard on the doors of elite circles, scored his first victory with black...
Hockey India unveils performance-based system for national championship
Hockey India on Friday unveiled a new format with a promotion and relegation system for the Senior Women’s National Championship to be held in Panchkula from March 1 to 12. The competition will feature 28 teams divided into three divisions titled ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’. The new format aims to enhance competition...
South Africa look to seal semifinal spot in clash against struggling England in Champions Trophy
As the battle for the semifinals intensifies in Group B, top-ranked South Africa will aim to assert their dominance and secure a spot in the final four when they face a struggling England in a high-stakes Champions Trophy clash here on Saturday. Unlike Group A wherein two best sides -- India...
Australia wil not take Afghanistan lightly: Jonathan Trott
Afghanistan is “never going to be taken lightly” by any team after his “resilient” side knocked England out of the Champions Trophy (CT) with a memorable win, head coach Jonathan Trott has asserted. Ibrahim Zadran’s majestic 177 and pacer Azmatullah Omarzai’s fifer trumped Joe Root’s masterful hundred, as the Afghanistan registered...
Gary Woodland wins PGA Tour Courage Award
Former US Open champion Gary Woodland was honoured with the PGA Tour Courage Award as he comes back from brain surgery to remove a lesion that was causing him to have unfounded thoughts that he was dying. Woodland, who won the US Open at Pebble Beach to go along with three...
