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Sano (Japan): India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat against Japan in their rain-truncated historic one-off T20I against Japan in Sano Tuesday. The contest was reduced to a 5-overs-per-side affair after wet outfield owing to heavy overnight rain delayed the start...

Nisshin (Japan): Defending champions India won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the women's T20 gold medal match at the Asian Games in Japan’s Nisshin Tuesday. The fixture is not only a rematch of last edition's final but also the Asia...

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has been denied permission by the country's Cricket Board (PCB) to hold a media conference regarding investigations by the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency pertaining to his involvement in online betting and gambling. A reliable source said that Rizwan...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings Monday named former India pace great Zaheer Khan as their new head coach for the upcoming season. Zaheer replaced Stephen Fleming, who was at helm for 18 seasons. "Welcoming Zaheer Khan as the Head Coach of Chennai Super Kings," CSK announced...

Tokai City (Japan): Defending champions Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams made winning starts to their Asian Games campaign with thumping victories over Japan and Bangladesh in their respective opening matches, Monday. Last edition's gold-medallist Indian men's team began its title defence with a resounding...

Kakamigahara: The troika of destructive young forward Deepika Sehrawat, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal and Navneet Kaur fired a hat-trick each as the Indian women's hockey team hammered Indonesia 17-1 to register its second consecutive Pool B win at the Asian Games in Kakamigahara Monday. The 22-year-old...

Kataka: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday inaugurated the first edition of 'Odisha T20 League CM Trophy' at the Barabati Stadium in Kataka and said the tournament will provide a platform for cricketing talents of the state to showcase their skills. The state already has...

Nagoya: Driven by Elavenil Valarivan's individual brilliance, India opened their Asian Games medal account with a couple of silvers in shooting, while locking an unexpected podium finish in Mixed Martial Arts and making an authoritative push towards a second successive women's cricket gold in Nagoya...

Nagoya: India launched their Asian Games men’s hockey title defence in emphatic fashion, decimating Indonesia 13-1 in their opening Pool A encounter Sunday. Eight different goal-scorers were on target for the Indian team, headlined by Dilpreet Singh's four-goal haul, as India put on a clinical...

Kakamilgahara (Japan): Young striker Deepika Sehrawat slammed in a record-shattering eight goals as the Indian women's hockey team hammered lowly Uzbekistan 19-0 in its opening Pool B match to make a flying start at the Asian Games Sunday. It was expected to be a one-sided...