Richa Ghosh jumps 16 places to be in top-20 in Women’s T20I rankings

Richa Ghosh jumps 16 places to be in top-20 in Women’s T20I rankings

India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh on Tuesday jumped 16 places to move into the top 20 of the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings for the first time after some good scores in the ongoing shortest format World Cup in South Africa. Ghosh’s unbeaten knocks of 41 against […]

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Services qualifies for semifinal, first to book ticket to Riyadh

Services qualifies for semifinal, first to book ticket to Riyadh

 Services’ midfielder Moirangthem Ronaldo Singh (left) attempts to beat the Manipur goalkeeper Ngamsanglena Haokip as defender Maibam Deny Singh looks on anxiously in the Santosh Trophy National football championship’s Group ‘B’ match in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Photo: AIFF | Photo Credit: AIFF Former champion Services became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of […]

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Bates stars as New Zealand thrash Bangladesh by 71 runs

Bates stars as New Zealand thrash Bangladesh by 71 runs

New Zealand’s Suzie Bates (R) plays a shot as Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper Shamima Sultana (L) looks on during the Group A T20 women’s World Cup cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on February 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Rodger Bosch Star batter Suzie Bates top-scored with an unbeaten 61-ball […]

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France’s dismay mixed with awe for Messi in World Cup final

France’s dismay mixed with awe for Messi in World Cup final

Fans react as they watch the final football match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup between Argentina and France on a screen at a fan-zone in the townhall’s courtyard in Cayenne, French Guiana on December 18, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Losing to Argentina wasn’t the end they hoped for. Still, for dismayed French fans, […]

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Australia tour gave us insights into areas to improve ahead of Hockey World Cup: Harmanpreet Singh

Australia tour gave us insights into areas to improve ahead of Hockey World Cup: Harmanpreet Singh

Harmanpreet Singh. File. | Photo Credit: AP Ace drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh says the Indian men’s hockey team fought valiantly against a solid Australia in their own backyard and the experience gained from the tour will help them immensely at the fast-approaching World Cup at home. Harmanpreet, who led in the five-Test hockey rubber against world […]

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Luis Enrique wants new challenge at club level after Spain sacking

Luis Enrique wants new challenge at club level after Spain sacking

Former Spain coach Luis Enrique. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Spain coach Luis Enrique is ready for a new challenge and hopes to continue his managerial career at club level, he said on Monday, after his four-year spell in charge of the national side ended last week following their World Cup exit. Luis Enrique […]

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FIFA World Cup 2022 | England braced for ‘biggest test’ against France, says Southgate

FIFA World Cup 2022 | England braced for ‘biggest test’ against France, says Southgate

Gareth Southgate and Jack Grealish of England applaud the fans after their side’s victory during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and IR Iran at Khalifa International Stadium on November 21, 2022, in Doha, Qatar. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Gareth Southgate admits England will face the “biggest test” of […]

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FIFA World Cup 2022 | Cisse admits Senegal given lesson by England

FIFA World Cup 2022 | Cisse admits Senegal given lesson by England

Senegal’s head coach Aliou Cisse cheers Bamba Dieng at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between England and Senegal, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Senegal coach Aliou Cisse bemoaned his team’s defensive lapses after England brushed the African […]

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SC directs recent orders on IOA polling, constitution adoption be scrupulously followed

SC directs recent orders on IOA polling, constitution adoption be scrupulously followed

Indian Olympic Association logo The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that its orders of October 10 and November 3 on the adoption of constitution and polling for executive committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) shall be scrupulously followed. A bench of Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and J. B. Pardiwala […]

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Unity in diversity defined England’s successful march to the winner’s podium

Unity in diversity defined England’s successful march to the winner’s podium

Pulling together: England celebrates winning the T20 World Cup final. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A Sunday night of delight for England stretched interminably with most of its players living it up in the Melbourne Cricket Ground’s dressing room. Jos Buttler’s men had just claimed the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at Pakistan’s expense and some […]

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