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Wuhan [China], Oct.01 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Barbora Strycova from Czech Republic faltered in the Wuhan Open women’s doubles final, losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova in straight sets on Saturday.The thi…

Sharjah [UAE], Oct.01 : After suffering a crushing 111-run loss to Pakistan in the opening match of the ODI series, West Indies captain Jason Holder has defended his floundering side saying that they give equal priority to all formats of the game.West …

Kolkata [India], Oct.01 : Indian seamers utilised the conditions efficiently as they reduced New Zealand to 21 for two at lunch after being bundled out for 316 on day two of the second Test at Eden Gardens on Saturday.Henry Nicholls and stand-in skippe…

Perth [Australia], Sept 30 : The Indian junior men’s hockey team made it two victories on the trot beating South Australia 3-1 in their second game of the Australian Hockey League here on Friday.India opened the scoring in the fourth minute, Gurjant Si…

Kolkata [India], Sept 30 : Describing Virat Kohli as a “world-class player”, New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry on Friday admitted that his side had to be patient enough to dismiss the Indian prolific batsman early in his innings in the second Test at …

Kolkata [India], Sept 30 : New Zealand bowlers produced a disciplined performance to reduce India to 239 for seven before bad light forced early stumps on day one of the second Test here at Eden Gardens on Friday.Electing to bat first, the hosts strugg…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept 30 : The Indian men’s hockey team lifted the 4th U-18 Asia Cup after defeating hosts Bangladesh 5-4 in a pulsating summit clash here on Friday.The young Indians held their nerves in the dying moments of the nail-biting finale a…

Wuhan (China), Sept 30 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Barbora Strycova from Czech Republic produced a solid performance against Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova to reach the women’s doubles semifinal at the Wuhan Open here on…

Seoul [Korea], Sept.30 : Ace Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram knocked out of the ongoing Korea Open Super Series after suffering a straight game defeat against Lee Hyun Il in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles event here on Friday.The 29-year-old produ…

Mumbai [India], Sept.30 : The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Friday adjourned its Special General Meeting (SGM) on technical grounds, thus also missing the first deadline set by the Lodha Committee for the implementation of the first stage of r…