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Antigua,  Kieron Pollard smashed six sixes in an over off Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya, who had picked a hat-trick only in the previous over, as West Indies won the first T20I by four wickets at the Coolidge Cricket Ground on …

Basel, India’s Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here while H.S. Prannoy bowed out after a three-game defeat to Netherland’s Mark Caljouw. Sourabh’s brother Sameer Verma …

New Delhi, Haryana’s teenage wrestler Sonam Malik has pulled out of the upcoming World Ranking Series (WRS) due to a minor head injury sustained in a national camp, said her personal coach Ajmer Singh on Wednesday. The 19-year old national …

New Delhi,  India batsman Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah each went down a place in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20I rankings for batsmen and bowlers, respectively. While Sharma is now 14th from 13th, Bumrah went down to …

New Delhi,  India’s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, whose doubles team was often given the title of the “Indo-Pak Express” will team up for the first time in seven years at the Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico. The ATP …

Sydney, Australia batsman David Warner admitted that he made a mistake by playing in the Test series against India before his groin injury could heal completely. Warner made his comeback after the injury in the third Test but had meagre …

New Delhi,  India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, England captain Joe Root and West Indies batsman Kyle Mayers are in the shortlist for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Player of the Month award for February. England’s Tammy Beaumont and Natalie Sciver and …

New Delhi, Khalid Jamil seems to be a man with a Midas touch. In the 2017 I-League season, Jamil took over the reins of Aizawl FC, a team that was supposed to be relegated the previous season but due to …

New Delhi, England opener Tammy Beaumont has jumped five places to grab the top position among batters in the women’s ODI rankings after an excellent display in the three-match series against New Zealand which her team won 2-1. The 29-year-old …

Osbourn (Antigua), Veteran batsman Chris Gayle has said that he is not going to turn down anything pertaining to West Indies cricket after he left the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to play in the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri …