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Fifa WC 2022: Leverkusen says giving World Cup to Qatar was 'scandalous'

Bayer Leverkusen became the latest Bundesliga club to criticize the World Cup in Qatar by describing the decision to award the tournament to the country as "scandalous" on Tuesday

Fifa WC 2022: Ronaldo 'thrilled' with Portugal's new generation of players

Cristiano Ronaldo knows a thing or two about World Cups. He has played in four of them and is about to make it to a record-tying fifth this month in Qatar

Hockey India names 23-member Indian men's team for Australia tour

Experienced dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 23-member Indian men's hockey team in the upcoming tour of Australia, Hockey India said on Tuesday.

Table tennis legend Sharath Kamal to receive Khel Ratna on November 30

The awardees will receive their awards from the President at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Mary Kom, Sindhu, Mirabai, Keshavan elected in IOA Athletes' Commission

All the 10 members, out of which five are female, are Olympians. Keshavan is the only Winter Olympian

It could have been different if Shaheen had bowled that over: Babar Azam

Pakistan could have seen a different result if pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi had not got injured during the T20 World Cup final, skipper Babar Azam said after his team lost the title clash to England

Germany's Lahm says it was 'mistake' to award World Cup 2022 to Qatar

Seven days before the World Cup is due to start in Qatar, former Germany captain Philipp Lahm says it was a mistake to award the tournament to the Gulf Arab country

PV Sindhu pulls out of BWF World Tour Finals due to ankle injury

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals as she is yet to fully recover from a stress fracture on her left ankle.

Fifa world cup: Saudi Arabia drops al-Mowallad from squad over doping test

Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard has dropped Fahd al-Mowallad from his 26-man squad for the World Cup in Qatar as a precaution due to the winger's failed doping test in February

Tanya, Mansi shift focus on U20 athletes with record breaking performances

Tanya Chaudhary and Mansi Negi produced national record breaking performances in the women's hammer throw and 10000m race walk in the 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships

Jay Shah to head Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee of ICC

The finance and commercial affairs committee takes major policy decisions of ICC and is the second most powerful unit of global body after their board

Asian Boxing Championship: Alfiya Khan bags gold in 81+ kg category

India's ace boxer Alfiya Khan bagged a gold in the 81 plus weight category to continue the dominant show of the Indian women boxers at the Asian Boxing Championship in Amman, Jordan.

Asian Championships: Lovlina, Parveen strike gold, Minakshi bags silver

Having lost the opening round, Mai tried to up the ante but Parveen swiftly dodged all her attacks

Greg Barclay may get re-elected as ICC chairman for second term: Report

The report further said that Mukuhlani may withdraw on the day of the election and some kind of consensus is believed to have been reached among the ICC directors

Ironman 70.3 Goa: Athletes from 33 countries will test endurance on Sunday

1,450 athletes would be participating in the eight-hour triathlon

Many seniors players like Kohli, Ashwin won't play T20 next year: Sources

However, Dravid said it's too early to talk about transition when PTI asked him about future of senior players like Kohli and Rohit

UEFA gathers European team to oppose Super League project at meeting

Organizers of European soccer's Super League project got the meeting they asked for Tuesday with UEFA's president. They found many more opponents also waiting there to criticize them

Rohit Sharma sustains forearm injury at nets ahead of T20 WC semi-finals

Rohit tried a short arm pull and throwdowns being hurled at 150 plus speed from 18 yards climbed on him and he missed the shot by a split second

Down with throat infection, Lakshya Sen withdraws from Australian Open

Suffering from a throat infection, star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen has withdrawn from the upcoming Australian Open Super 300 badminton tournament

Pramod Bhagat, Manisha Ramadass bag gold at Para-Badminton Worlds

Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat and promising Manisha Ramadass emerged champions as India finished with a total of 16 medals at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships here on Sunday.