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Barcelona: Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel has died after he suffered cardiac arrest from an on-field collision in a Spanish second-division match, his club said Tuesday. He was 30. De Miguel was challenging for the ball near midfield Monday when he was struck in the...

New Delhi: India pacer Prasidh Krishna was Tuesday declared fit for the two-match Test series against New Zealand starting November 19. The first Test of the series will be played in Wellington from November 19 to 23 while the second match will be from November...

New Delhi: Punjab Kings (PBKS) have edged ahead in the race to secure Hardik Pandya via a trade deal with Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of the November 17 retention deadline for the 2027 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. IANS understands that apart from PBKS, who...

Dubai: India's young spinner Vaishnavi Sharma made a huge leap in the latest women's ICC ODI bowling rankings Tuesday, climbing 53 places to 94th after a strong home series against Zimbabwe. The 20-year-old returned four wickets in the second ODI and followed it up with...

Sydney: Maverick Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing the curtains down on a career spanning 14 years. The 38-year-old last represented Australia in a match against Oman in the ICC T20 World Cup earlier this year. "I'm going to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha made a promising start with the ball, reducing Jharkhand to 37 for 3 in 25 overs before rain brought an early end to the opening day's play in their Group C Ranji Trophy Elite match at the KIIT Cricket Stadium here Sunday. Rajesh...

Mumbai: "Why should I work hard?" Middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan sounded bitter Monday after improved fitness and consistent runs at domestic cricket failed to secure him a return to the Indian Test team. Sarfaraz's last appearance in India whites came against New Zealand in 2024...

Saarbrucken (Germany): Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched her second title of the season, bagging the Hylo Open Super 500 tournament with a straight game win over world No. 25 Line Hojmark of Denmark in Germany’s Saarbrucken Sunday. A former world champion, Sindhu, who won...

Hamilton: India clinched the five-match T20I series 3-2 despite suffering a seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the final game Sunday. Ishan Kishan (61 off 32 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (50 off 23 balls) struck explosive half-centuries, but New Zealand pacers, led by Adam...

Hamilton: Skipper Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan rediscovered their form with well-paced fifties but pacer Adam Milne-led New Zealand managed to keep India down to a below par 191 for eight in the fifth and final T20I Sunday. India, who enjoy an unassailable 3-1 lead...