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Lahore: The Pakistan Super League will run concurrently with the Indian Premier League for the third successive year, with the Pakistan Cricket Board Thursday confirming March 18 to May 2 as the window for the 12th edition of its premier T20 competition. The PCB finalised...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket Thursday appointed Kusal Mendis as the new Test captain after Dhananjaya de Silva stepped down from his position with immediate effect. The two-match Test series in Pakistan next month will be Mendis' first stint as captain, who is already leading the...

Buenos Aires: Argentina is confronting a once-unimaginable reality: a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. Tuesday, 39-year-old Messi bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 126 goals, two Copa America titles and a World Cup championship, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentina’s...

Mumbai: Indian Super League Wednesday announced that all its 163 matches will be available live and free on YouTube, which has been roped in as its digital streaming partner for the 2026-27 season. The move is aimed at expanding ISL's digital reach, with the league...

New Delhi: A spokesperson of Virat Kohli Wednesday rejected allegations that the Indian batting stalwart was paid for his first visit to the ashram of spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj, calling them "completely false and baseless." Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma are devotees of...

Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi turned his official farewell to Argentina into a gala performance, contributing a penalty and two assists in a 3-0 win over Benin at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, where the crowd offered a deafening final ovation to the genius who...

New Delhi: Star batter Smriti Mandhana was Tuesday appointed the captain of the Indian women's cricket team, succeeding Harmanpreet Kaur and ushering in a new leadership era for the side. Mandhana, one of the most experienced players in the Indian team, has been handed the...

Lucknow: Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 102 after debutant Naman Dhir's three-wicket burst as India defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the opening T20I here Tuesday. Sent in to bat, West Indies posted 171 all out, a total easily overhauled by India in 14.4...

Lucknow: Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford smashed half-centuries to carry West Indies to 171 all out against India in the first T20I here Tuesday. Sent in to bat, Hope (52) and Rutherford (56) provided the impetus but India clawed back with four quick wickets. However,...

New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and current opener Shafali Verma were among members of the cricket fraternity who paid rich tributes to Harmanpreet Kaur after she stepped down as captain of the Indian women's team across all formats Tuesday. India's only women's World...