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India set to host Afghanistan for their first-ever cricket Test match

The next FTP cycle at home will include high-profile series against England, South Africa and Australia

Sachin Tendulkar to PM Modi: Include international medallists in CGHS

CGHS is availed by all Central Government employees who have access to medical centres which is associated with this scheme

Lakmal helps Sri Lanka dismiss India for 112 in 1st ODI; Dhoni stands tall

India's poor batting technique in seaming conditions came to fore once again as Lakmal exploited early testing conditions to full

Ballon d'Or award reignites the Ronaldo-Messi rivalry

The award has sparked the debate whether it is bestowed according to personal merit or team performance

#NoRussiaNoGames: Twitter 'bots' boost Russian backlash against Olympic ban

Russians protest against Olympic team ban; support of millions of Russians, says state media, but automated Twitter accounts amplifying reach; some supporters linked to previous pro-Kremlin campaigns

How does geography and adverse climate affect an athlete's performance?

Intriguingly, Virat Kohli batted continuously for over a day in Delhi and showed no signs of fatigue caused by the pollution

CHESS#1278

Google subsidiary Deep Mind released a paper describing how its AI, AlphaZero, thrashed the strong chess program Stockfish8

Delhi Test: ICC to discuss pollution issue during its Feb meeting

The visitors were seen playing with face masks on and expressed their displeasure to umpires for the smoggy conditions

Hockey World League Final: India edges past Belgium 3-2 to enter semis

India edged past Belgium via penalty shootout to enter the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey World League

Starc, Hazlewood lead Australia to second Ashes Test win by 120 runs

Both the sides will now face off in the third Test at the WACA in Perth from December 14-18

Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics over doping allegations

The ban means that now 'clean' Russian athletes cannot participate in the games under their country's flags

I do fail, admits Yuvraj but won't give up at least till 2019

"To be a successful man, to be a successful person in your life, you need failure and you've got to be defeated." Yuvraj Singh

Jasprit Bumrah named in SA Test squad; Parthiv, Hardik return

Ajinkya Rahane has been named as vice-captain

The Ashes: Wickets tumble as Australia build 268-run lead over England

England were dismissed for 227 but the Australians found it difficult to score against the hooping ball under the lights

3rd Test: India in command after Sri Lanka fight back to reach 356/9

Chandimal batted the whole day, scoring 147 off 341 balls with 18 boundaries and a six

Kotla Test: Sri Lanka hit by Virat Kohli's 243, Delhi smog on day two

The 29-year-old became the first international captain to score six double centuries, all of them coming in the last 17 months

2nd Ashes Test: Marsh ton puts Australia in charge

England lost an early wicket and was trailing behind Australia by 413 runs on Day 2

Russia relieved over 'ideal' World Cup draw, look to break post-Soviet jinx

Russia has not advanced beyond the first round in three World Cup appearances since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991

Opening conundrum in India's batting lineup

With three-in form openers, India might have a healthy problem of plenty

FIFA World Cup 2018: Portugal and Spain drawn in same group

Host nation Russia will face Saudi Arabia in the tournament-opening match on June 14 in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow