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Stokes to captain England in 1st Test as Root attends birth of his child

Having never led a side in first-class cricket, Stokes will lead the national team for the first time in his career when England and West Indies lock horns 1st Test at Ageas Bowl from July 8

IPL's Chinese sponsors: Call to be in best interest of cricket, says BCCI

As of now, no date has been decided for the IPL review meeting, says a BCCI official

Messi scores 700th goal but Barca's La Liga title hope hangs by a thread

Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal for club and country before Atletico Madrid came back to draw 2-2 in the Spanish league and deal Barcelona's title hopes a major blow.

Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo's rocket powers Juventus to 3-1 win at Genoa

Juventus still lead the Serie A table with 72 points after Tuesday's games, four points ahead of second-placed Lazio

Tennis: Sumit Nagal wins PSD Bank Nord Open tournament in Germany

Nagal, who is currently India's highest-ranked singles player at 127, recently defeated second seed German Daniel Masur 6-1, 6-3 in the final match at the tournament

Premier League: Fernandes nets twice in Man United's 3-0 win at Brighton

Bruno Fernandes scored twice to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 victory over Brighton to maintain its push for Champions League qualification

Former West Indies boss Dave Cameron joins race for ICC chairman's post

Former Cricket West Indies (CWI) boss Dave Cameron has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed India's Shashank Manohar as the next ICC chairman

Had coronavirus in January but thought I had bad flu: Ian Botham

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham has claimed that he got infected by the dreaded coronavirus early this year but mistook it for "a bad case of flu".

Cricket South Africa gets Sports Ministry's approval for resume training

Cricket South Africa has received the go ahead from the country's Sports Ministry to resume players' training

KXIP's Ness Wadia calls for gradual end of Chinese sponsorship in IPL

We should do sever ties with Chinese sponsors in IPL for the sake of the nation as country comes first, says Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia

Krunal Pandya resumes outdoor training after 3 months of Covid-19 break

The Baroda cricketer, elder brother of Hardik Pandya, had represented India in 18 T20 Internationals till date.

Covid-19: Bangladesh board requests ICC to extend Test Championship cycle

Bangladesh were supposed to play one away match against Pakistan in April, a two-match series against Australia in June, two Tests against New Zealand along with three against Sri Lanka

Broad asks sports psychologist to help England perform in absence of crowds

The upcoming three-match Test series between England and West Indies, starting here on July 8, will mark the resumption of international cricket after the coronavirus-forced hiatus

Ramiz Raja advises captain Azhar Ali to focus on his own batting in England

Raja pointed towards Pakistan's tour of Australia last year where Azhar could muster only 62 runs in four innings as the hosts recorded as convincing 2-0 series whitewash

It's light-hearted banter in Tamil: Ashwin on poking Warner over TikTok ban

After the announcement of the ban, Ashwin teased Warner on Twitter saying, "Appo Anwar?", which is a famous dialogue from superstar Rajnikant's 1995 film "Baashha."

2014 Adelaide Test will remain a very important milestone for India: Kohli

In the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played from December 9-13, Team India gave a tough fight to Michael Clarke and his team

Ben Stokes best option for captaincy during Root's absence: Nasser Hussain

Regular Test skipper Joe Root is likely to miss the first Test against West Indies at the Ageas Bowl starting July 8 as his wife is expecting their second child at the same time

Ball management will be biggest challenge amid Covid-19: Umpire Nitin Menon

Menon, 36, quit his playing career when he was 22 and shifted to his family profession of umpiring

Aaron Finch in awe of Virat Kohli's consistency in all the three formats

The weight of expectations in a cricket-mad country like India is huge but Virat Kohli has done an exceptional job leading the side, says Australia's limited overs skipper Aaron Finch.

Rohit Sharma is one of greatest ever ODI openers, reckons Srikkanth

Out of his 29 ODI centuries, 11 times Rohit has scored in excess of 140, including three double hundreds