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Female shooters finish last

The three Bangladeshi female shooters finished in the last three positions of the 50m rifle 3 positions qualification event of the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi yesterday.
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Kohli and Co seek solace in nature

Members of the Indian cricket team, led by skipper Virat Kohli, go on a nature hike to soothe the pain of their heavy defeat to Australia in the first Test.
27 February 2017, 15:38 PM

Cricket: Smith joins elite 'five-in-five club'

Australia's superstar skipper Steve Smith had joined another exclusive group of batsmen following his brilliant hundred in the first Test against India in Pune.
26 February 2017, 06:43 AM

Cricket: Australia hails the Pune win no one saw coming

Australia hailed the extraordinary victory by their cricketers in the first Test against India in Pune on Sunday, the plaudits just about drowning out the expressions of stunned surprise at a triumph almost no one expected.
26 February 2017, 06:00 AM

Cricket: Sizzling Starc bags Kohli for rare duck

For the first time in 933 days, India captain Virat Kohli has been dismissed in Test cricket without scoring.
24 February 2017, 07:03 AM

Cricket: Third arrest made in Pakistan corruption probe

A third man has been arrested in relation to an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in Pakistani cricket, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
24 February 2017, 06:00 AM

Cricket: O'Keefe grabs six wickets as India collapse for 105

Australia's left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe dispatched six Indian batsmen in just 24 balls after lunch as the hosts collapsed to 105 all out in the opening Test in Pune on Friday.
24 February 2017, 04:55 AM

Starc delays Indian charge

Mitchell Starc smashes an unbeaten 57 to lift Australia to 256 for nine at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against India in Pune on Thursday.
23 February 2017, 05:55 AM

Cricket: Smith rejects India whitewash forecast

Steve Smith dismissed predictions Wednesday that Australia face another series whitewash against India but admitted they had to show more fight to have any chance of stopping the world's number one Test team.
22 February 2017, 09:47 AM

Cricket: Five infamous India-Australia controversies

Five previous flashpoints between India and Australia. The four-match Test series will begin in Pune on Thursday.
21 February 2017, 06:26 AM

Fizz set to return for Sri Lanka tour

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman is expected to make a comeback into Bangladesh's Test squad for the Sri Lanka series.
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Root happy to rely on old friend Stokes

When Joe Root leads England out for the first time as Test captain he will be able to turn to a familiar face in Ben Stokes.
19 February 2017, 07:07 AM

Net leggies to Smith no ploy: Ashwin

The No.1 Test bowler Ravichandran Ashwin brushes off suggestions he'd begun mind games with Australia's captain Steve Smith during last year's IPL
19 February 2017, 06:06 AM

India thump Tigresses by nine wickets

India made short work of Bangladesh’s paltry target of 156 as they romped home in 33.3 overs for the loss of one wicket during the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 5th Super match at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo today.
17 February 2017, 05:08 AM

Pakistan vow to host PSL final in Lahore

Pakistani cricket officials have vowed to stage the final of their Twenty20 league in Lahore next month, despite a powerful Taliban suicide bomb blast which killed 13 people there this week.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Wade sure that back will hold up

Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade is confident his back problem will not flare up during the team's four-Test series in India, the 29-year-old said on Thursday.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Tigresses face India today

The Bangladesh women's team will play their second Super Six match in the ICC World Cup qualifier against a formidable India team today at the Nondescript Cricket Club ground in Colombo.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

DRS enabled umpires to make 98.5 percent correct calls: ICC

The ICC Chief Executive David Richardson has revealed that the Emirates Panel of Umpires' usage of the Decision Review System (DRS) has enabled them to attain a staggering accuracy rate of 98.5 percent.
16 February 2017, 10:15 AM

Cricket: Kohli and Smith inspire new captain Root

Joe Root hopes becoming a Test captain will take his batting to the "next level", just as it's done for India's Virat Kohli and Australia's Steve Smith.
16 February 2017, 06:11 AM

Bangladesh blind cricketers visit Eden Gardens

Visually-challenged cricketers from Bangladesh got their wishes fulfilled when they got an opportunity to meet former India captain Sourav Ganguly in an event hosted by the National Cricket Club at Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
16 February 2017, 05:25 AM