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Sindhu beats Rituparna in her final PBL match

Sindhu ends runner-up at Indonesian Open

4:20 pm July 21, 2019

Jakarta: Star badminton player P V Sindhu had to be content with a runner-up finish at the Indonesia Open after losing the title clash in straight games to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi, here Sunday. Sindhu lost the final of the BWF Tour Super 1000 tournament 15-21 16-21 to the fourth seed. The Olympic silver medallist had […]

Not fair to have result like this: Morgan on WC final

2:13 pm July 21, 2019

London: A week after England’s maiden World Cup victory, captain Eoin Morgan is still struggling to make sense of the end, questioning if his side really deserved the title when there was so little separating the two finalists. Hosts England lifted their maiden World Cup owing to a superior boundary count to New Zealand after […]

The many highlights of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's glittering career

Dhoni makes himself unavailable for Windies tour, to serve his regiment

1:24 pm July 20, 2019

New Delhi: Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday made himself “unavailable” for the Indian team’s tour of West Indies as speculations raged about his future. An Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Territorial Army, it is learnt that Dhoni will be spending better part of the next two months with […]

Dhoni mature enough to take decision on retirement: Jadgale

8:41 pm July 19, 2019

Indore: Amid speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is contemplating retirement, former national selector Sanjay Jagdale Friday said the M S K Prasad-led selection panel should find out what was going on in the veteran wicket-keeper’s mind about his future. However, Jagdale, a former BCCI secretary, asserted that Dhoni was mature enough to take a call […]

I accidentally became a cricketer, says Ashwin

Ashwin says Zimbabwe Cricket suspension ‘heartbreaking’

8:14 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: The suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket has affected players not only in their country but it has also found an echo in cricket powerhouse India, with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Friday labelling the development “heartbreaking”. The ICC Thursday suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect in violation of the global body’s constitution which doesn’t allow any […]