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Geneva: FIFA added another gambling industry sponsor to the 2026 World Cup Monday, signing Greece-based betting brand Betano to a regional deal covering Europe and South America. Betano was the World Cup's first-ever betting sponsor four years ago when parent company Kaizen Gaming signed a...

New Delhi: The BCCI is not a public authority under the Right to Information Act, thus it is not liable to answer any queries under the transparency law, the Central Information Commission held Monday, overturning its own 2018 order in this regard. Information Commissioner P...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match Monday. CSK made one change from their previous match, with Akeal Hosein coming in for Gurjapneet Singh. Asked if MS Dhoni is...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday refused to grant immediate relief to grappler Vinesh Phogat "without hearing the other side" after she sought a direction permitting her to compete in the selection trials May 30-31 for this year's Asian Games despite being declared "ineligible"...

Chennai: Indian cricketer and star batsman of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, Sanju Samson, has now jokingly remarked that he turned down the offer to act in actor Basil Joseph's Athiradi as the role offered to him was a small one. Participating in a pre-release...

New Delhi: Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul hit fluent half-centuries as Delhi Capitals overhauled a competitive Rajasthan Royals total to register a five-wicket victory in their Indian Premier League clash Sunday. Porel, playing only his third IPL match of the season, looked in fine touch...

Dharamsala: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on fluent half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer, along with a decisive opening spell from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, to thrash Punjab Kings by 23 runs and seal a playoff berth in the IPL in Dharamsala Sunday. Kohli (58 off...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match in New Delhi Sunday. Tripurana Vijay makes his debut for DC. For RR also, Ravi Singh makes his debut, replacing Ravindra Jadeja...

Dharamsala: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss in his 100th IPL game as skipper and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru Sunday. Punjab made two changes to their playing XI from the last match, bringing in Harpreet Brar and Lockie Ferguson....

Kolkata: Finn Allen blasted a 35-ball 93, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit an unbeaten 44-ball 82 as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their playoff hopes alive with a 29-run win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL match Saturday. Sent in to bat, Allen went on a six-hitting...