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We don't give Rahul Dravid enough credit for his captaincy: Gautam Gambhir

Even as a cricketer, Gambhir feels that Dravid was like the go-to-man for captains, be it opening the batting in Test matches or keeping wickets in limited-overs cricket

World cricket badly needs Ind-Pak rivalry to resume, says Shoaib Malik

The two Asian neighbours have not played a full-series since 2007 due to political tensions between the two nations

This day last year, Shami became 2nd India to take a hat-trick in World Cup

Shami's exploits helped India register an 11-run win against Afganistan at Rose Bowl

Can't let people get away with lies: de Silva on 2011 WC fixing claims

Aravinda de Silva said Sachin Tendulkar, who won his maiden World Cup in 2011, deserve the respect and that's why it's the duty of the Indian government and BCCI to initiate an impartial probe

West Indies has a well-versed bowling attack: Wicket-keeper Dowrich

Kemar is probably the most skilful of all them in terms of being able to get a consistent line and length, and moving the ball both ways, says Shane Dowrich

T20 WC in Australia most-watched event in women's cricket history: ICC

The numbers are considered to be 20 times more than the previous edition in 2018

South African govt to penalise sports bodies for breaching Covid-19 curbs

Resumption of sporting activities were part of the easing of severe lockdown regulations announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last week.

Coronavirus: 193 athletes offered grants from Athlete Welfare Fund

World Athletics disclosed that the IAF had received 261 eligible applications by the May 31 deadline

Important to educate young cricketers about racism at systemic level: Sammy

Earlier this month, Sammy had demanded an apology after claiming that he was subjected to racism during his stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad teammates in the IPL when he was called 'Kalu'

Vivian Richards recalls how he felt after Clive Llyod lifted 1975 WC trophy

On June 21 in 1975, West Indies won the first edition of the Cricket World Cup. The Clive Lloyd-side became champion after defeating Australia in the final

Pak pacer Mohammad Irfan quashes rumours of his death in car accident

On Sunday, social media was filled with posts about Irfan's death. However, the Pakistan bowler has put an end on all such speculations from his official Twitter handle

Chinese sponsorship of IPL: Dates of governing council meet not fixed yet

The IPL's governing council is slated to hold a meeting this week in order to review various sponsorship deals

Arun Jaitley's son Rohan approached to contest DDCA chief election

But considering the mess, controversy that association seems to find itself in time and again, some members wish for Rohan to play waiting game and start as a director before rising to the top spot

On this day 24 yrs ago, Ganguly scored century on his Test debut at Lord's

Ganguly then came out to bat at the number three position and he went on to play a knock of 131 runs from 301 balls with the help of 20 boundaries.

Zidane bothered by 'referee talk' as Real Madrid leads La Liga points table

What bothers me is that in the end we only talk about the referees, it seems that we have not done anything on the field, says Real Madrid manager Zidane

Goalkeeper Becker should not be taken for granted: Liverpool manager Klopp

Liverpool is currently at the top of the Premier League standings with 83 points from 30 matches.

Serie A: Inter Milan manager Conte hopeful of winning Italian league

Conte's remark came as Inter Milan defeated Sampdoria 2-1

Inter Milan beats Sampdoria 2-1, moves to 3rd place on Serie A points table

Strikes from Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez put the Nerazzurri firmly in charge before half-time

EPL: Liverpool held by Everton as delayed bid to seal the title resumes

After a 103-day wait to return to league action, Liverpool's attacking potency had been neutered with Mohamed Salah not fit enough to come off the bench

Real Madrid beats Sociedad 2-1, pips Barca to top spot in La Liga rankings

Madrid and Barcelona are level on 65 points, but Madrid has a better goal difference and a better head-to-head record against its rival