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Jaipur: Mitchell Marsh trumped a pedestrian Rajasthan Royals attack with a brutal 96 as Lucknow Super Giants posted an imposing 220 for 5 in an IPL match here Tuesday. After Jos Inglis' 29-ball-60 provided the initial impetus, Marsh, nicknamed as 'Bison' in the cricketing universe,...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals' stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL match Tuesday. RR regular skipper Riyan Parag missed out due to a hamstring injury that he sustained in their previous match, while Ravindra Jadeja...

Guwahati: Flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was Tuesday removed as vice-captain of the Indian Test squad for the upcoming one-off match against Afghanistan and dropped from the ODI line-up for the ensuing three-match series against the same opponents. KL Rahul replaced Pant as the vice-captain of...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings lost the match, with Sunrisers Hyderabad chasing down 181 at Chepauk Monday to seal a five-wicket win and leave CSK on the brink of elimination. But even after the result, the spotlight at the packed M. A. Chidambaram Stadium remained firmly...

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...