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Cricket-Asalanka leads from the front as Sri Lanka upstage weakened Australia

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka led by example and smashed a belligerent hundred to set up a 49-run victory over a depleted Australia in their low-scoring opening one-day international

Dhawan among four event ambassadors for ICC Champions Trophy

Dubai, Feb 12 (PTI) Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named as one of the four event ambassadors for the ICC...

Delhi HC seeks Centre, AIFF stance on plea against Anilkumar Prabhakaran’s appointment as secy gen

New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stance of the Centre and the All India Football Federation on a...

Rugby-Revived Australians target New Zealand’s Super Rugby stranglehold

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - The 30th season of Super Rugby gets underway this weekend with just 11 teams playing in another new format but hopes that the green shoots of a revival in

Rugby-Super Rugby Pacific 2024: Team by Team

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Team-by-team preview of the new season of Super RugbyPacific, which kicks off on Friday. (Listed in order of last season's finish on regular season standings): WELLINGTON HURRICANES

Rugby-Eddie Jordan-led group buys London Irish out of administration

(Reuters) - A consortium led by former Formula One team owner and Irish businessman Eddie Jordan has bought the London Irish rugby club over a year after the Premiership team was suspended from all

Pranavi, Aditi, Diksha and Tvesa aim to shine in Saudi Ladies International

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Feb 12 (PTI) Young golfer Pranavi Urs, the top Indian on the Ladies European Tour in 2024, will aim to make...

India adopt high-risk-high-reward approach in CT squad selection, will it pay?

Bengaluru, Feb 12 (PTI) It aligns with head coach Gautam Gambhir's high-risk-high-reward approach but can India's Champions Trophy squad, having lost its game-changing...

Soccer-Man City fans’ mocking banner fuelled Real’s Vinicius in 3-2 win

(Reuters) - Some Manchester City fans took a not-so-subtle dig at Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr during Tuesday's Champions League playoff game, displaying a banner showing City midfielder Rodri with the

ESFI welcomes govt’s move to include e-sports medallists, coaches in cash incentive program

New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) Hailing the sports ministry's decision to include e-sports medallists and their coaches under its cash incentive program, the...

On Camera

Why worry about water or jobs? In New Bharat, everybody wants to be an influencer

In a country where unemployment is at a historic high, the national anxiety isn’t about jobs — it’s about reach. Aspirations have shifted from employment to engagement, from careers to content.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

Psychoanalysing Donald Trump is a booming global business. We in India are doing our bit. The only objective, however, is to find a way...