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After two draws, Portugal post first win in Euro 2020 qualifier vs Serbia

Fernando Santos' side had started the defence of their title with two draws but goals from William Carvalho, Goncalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva put them second in Group B

CoA show cause to BCCI to acting secy for not attending ICC, ACC meetings

CoA recently banned him from convening national selection committee meetings as secretary, Choudhary remains BCCI's representative at the ICC and ACC

It feels great to know the urn is coming home: Smith on retaining Ashes

Smith has scored an astonishing 671 runs at an average innings of 134.2, including three hundreds, despite missing England's one-wicket win in the third Test at Headingley with concussion

Australia hold on to the Ashes in England for the first time in 18 years

Josh Hazlewood claimed the winning wicket, trapping Craig Overton leg before wicket, as Australia dismissed England's second innings for 197 deep into the evening session to take a 2-1

Rafael Nadal beats Medvedev in marathon match to win fourth US Open

Nadal made his opponent work for every point and overcame the aggressive Russian in one of the most gripping five-set finals in the Grand Slam history

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The Champions Showdown at St Louis, Missouri consisted of four C960 matches at rapid and blitz controls with delays

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The Sinquefield Cup ended in a tiebreak

Gambhir congratulates his coach Sanjay Bharadwaj for Dronacharya Award

On Thursday, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the national sports and adventure on sportspersons in a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of National Sports Day

Arjuna award will always motivate me to give my best for India: Jadeja

Jadeja is among the 19 sportspersons who were presented with the Arjuna award this year

BCCI congratulates Ravindra Jadeja, Poonam Yadav on Arjuna honour

Vinod Rai, who heads the three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) running BCCI right now, said both the cricketers have raised the bar with their on-field performances

Deepa Malik receives Khel Ratna, Bajrang Punia misses ceremony for training

Deepa became the first Indian woman para-athlete and the oldest to be conferred with the prestigious award

EPL 2019-20: When and where to watch week 4 premier league matches

The highlight of this weekend is going to be the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur

Tendulkar celebrates National Sports Day at old age home

In a 45-second video shared on Twitter, Tendulkar can be seen playing carrom and interacting and sharing jokes with the women inmates

Dhoni unlikely to play in India's T20 home series against South Africa

The team for the series is expected to be picked on September 4

Steve Smith remembered late Phillip Hughes after being hit on the neck

Smith, who missed 3rd Test due to concussion, was initially cleared to resume his innings on day five following the nasty blow before he started feeling a 'little bit under the weather'

I tried to copy Messi and LeBron, says Griezmann after Barcelona double

Griezmann imitated the basketball superstar by tossing confetti into the air to celebrate his second at Camp Nou, a curling effort into the corner that he said was inspired by watching Messi

Workload management most important thing in ICC Test Championship: Kohli

Kohli said they wanted Bumrah to be fresh for the Test matches as he is going to be a 'key factor' for them in the Test Championship.

Bringing BCCI under NADA is big achievement for Indian sports: Kiren Rijiju

The BCCI was earlier this month forced to come under NADA's ambit, a landmark development that has opened up possibility of cricket board becoming a National Sports Federation as per government norms

Rijiju plays down calls to boycott the 2022 CWG over shooting's exclusion

Shooting has been axed from the 2022 edition by Birmingham Organising Committee, citing logistical issues

Higher cash awards for para-athletes, badminton medallists get Rs 1.82 cr

It has also been decided that medal winners will be given their cash awards the day they return to the country after an international event, and will 'not have to wait for a once-a-year ceremony'