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Karachi: Pakistan's fast-bowling great and former captain, Wasim Akram, believes that the problems in the Pakistan cricket ecosystem are so deep-rooted that it is not possible even for him to resolve them single-handedly. Wasim was Pakistan was struggling at the international level because of shortcomings...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is facing an estimated revenue loss of USD 20 million (Rs 188 crore) after being stripped of the hosting rights for next year's inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy tournament. The tournament, originally slated to be hosted by Sri Lanka, has...

Moqi (China): Skipper Anmol Ikka smashed a whopping six goals as defending champions India ended their pool engagements with a 15-0 rout of Chinese Taipei to enter the men's semifinals of the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament here Wednesday. Anmol led the charge with a...

Auckland: The marquee series against India starting late October has set the cash registers ringing at New Zealand Cricket headquarters as the parent body confirmed sale of more than 50,000 tickets since going on sale just over two weeks ago. Commercially the most viable team...

New Delhi: After facing intense criticism for switching its long-standing colour to saffron, which the teams sported during the FIH World Cups in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Indian hockey teams will revert to their traditional blue jerseys for the upcoming Asian Games. The decision...

Ahmedabad: India bagged two gold, two silver and one bronze on the penultimate day of the World Archery Para Series (Stage III) here Tuesday, with the men's compound and recurve teams winning the top honours and Swati Chaudhary grabbing two medals. Reigning world champion Toman...

Chennai: India internationals Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar starred with the ball as East Zone ended Day 3 of the Duleep Trophy final against South Zone here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in ascendancy. Both Shami and Mukesh took two wickets each as the Tilak...

Bhubaneswar: Six participating teams in the Odisha T20 League - CM Trophy finalised their squads in the players' draft conducted by state association OCA for the event beginning September 20. Each franchise picked a total of 16 players during the draft. "The draft brought together...

Dubai: India opener Smriti Mandhana Tuesday strengthened her position inside the top five of the ICC T20 rankings after producing a remarkable 124 against Hong Kong in the ongoing Women's Asia Cup. Mandhana's 64-ball innings not only helped India secure a 137-run victory and a...

New Delhi: Sony Sports Network has acquired the exclusive television broadcast rights for the upcoming three-match T20I series between India and Afghanistan starting here September 13. The two teams will play the first T20I September 13, followed by the second and third matches September 15...