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Dubai: Newly-appointed India captain Smriti Mandhana retained the top spot in the ICC women's ODI batting rankings, while Australia's Ellyse Perry returned to the top 10 in the latest charts released Tuesday. Mandhana, who took over the captaincy from Harmanpreet Kaur recently, leads the ODI...

Kolkata: Kolkata is set to host an exhibition match between the legends of Spanish football teams Barcelona and Real Madrid November 25, West Bengal sports minister Indranil Khan announced Tuesday. The match will be held at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, popularly known as the...

Dubai: India captain Shubman Gill was Tuesday named ICC men's Player of the Month for a record fifth time following his outstanding performance in the ODI series against the West Indies, while opener Shafali Verma claimed the women's honour for her impressive show in the...

New Delhi: Wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra was Monday named as replacement for injured Rishabh Pant in the India A squad for the first two matches of the tour of New Zealand, the BCCI said Monday. Pant, who was leading the Rest of India squad in the...

New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings' former bowling coach Eric Simons and fielding coach James Foster have left the Indian Premier League franchise to join England's Test team's backroom staff, following Stephen Fleming's appointment as the national side's head coach. Simons has been appointed England's Test...

Ahmedabad: Gourav Choudhury struck a magnificent 137, and Sandeep Pattnaik contributed a patient 69 as Odisha posted 324 all out in their first innings against Gujarat in their Ranji Trophy Group C match at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground 'B' here Monday. Choudhury faced 298...

Ranchi: West Indies players Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford have been handed official reprimands and one demerit point each for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second T20I against India in Ranchi Friday. Powell was sanctioned for hitting the ball away with his...

New Delhi: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia on Monday denied reports that the opening ODI of the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka has been moved from Delhi to Ahmedabad. In a brief statement, Saikia said the match, to be played December 13, was allotted to...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Monday slammed the ruling BJP government for allegedly undermining hockey after Hockey India issued a show-cause notice to the Hockey Association of Odisha, proposing its reclassification from permanent to associate member. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, former sports minister Tushar Kanti...

Indore: India defeated West Indies by 14 runs in the third T20 International to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series Sunday. Chasing a competitive 224-run target, India restricted West Indies to 209 for seven in 20 overs. Shimron Hetmyer (43) and Kamil Pooran...