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Marsh inspires the pack; not just captain but true leader: Marcus Stoinis

Mitchell Marsh has been tasked with leading Australia to their second T20 World Cup title

Tennis stars Sabalenka, Jabeur rule out Olympics to avoid risking health

Both top-10 players said they didn't want to switch from grass at Wimbledon back to clay at Roland Garros for the Olympic tournament and then immediately start the hard-court season in North America

Neeraj Chopra wins gold in Paavo Nurmi Games ahead of Olympics 2024

Chopra produced the winning effort of 85.97m in his third attempt to lead the field for a major part of the competition

Williamson uncertain about his future in T20s following NZ's World Cup exit

An all-format player who is considered one of the greats of modern day cricket, Williamson has been the BlackCaps batting mainstay for over a decade

T20 World Cup: ICC warns against potential corrupt approach from Kenya

The development prompted the officials to raise a red flag against the former Kenya player by informing all the associate teams about him

Pooran's explosive 98 take WI to 104-run win over Afghanistan in T20 WC

Afghanistan had bundled out their opponents for sub-100 totals in their first three games but skipper Rashid Khan's decision to bowl first here backfired

Paris 2024: Tennis star Andy Murray set to make fifth Olympic appearance

For the first time since the London 2012 Olympics, Great Britain will be represented by four men in the singles draw

Paralympics 2026: Deepa Malik confident India can double their Tokyo tally

Deepa feels that the increasing facilities and investment, as well as globalisation, will naturally convert the team's performance into medal-winning efforts

MP CM Mohan Yadav inaugurates Madhavrao Scindia int'l stadium in Gwalior

He was accompanied by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah, and former cricketer Kapil Dev

Nagal on the rise, enters the final of Perugia ATP Challenger event

In the final, Nagal will take on the winner of Luciano Darderi of Italy and Germany's Daniel Altmaier

Veteran sports journalist Harpal Singh Bedi passes away at age of 72

The former sports editor of the United News of India (UNI) was among the tallest figures in Indian sports journalism and was working as a consulting editor of the Statesman newspaper

Making a racquet: Can Indian tennis match the success of badminton?

'What I can tell you is that we have been able to create an ecosystem for badminton. I also believe that Indians have a physicality for the sport'

Russia, largely excluded from global sports, hosts athletes at Brics Games

Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has been frozen out of the most prominent international competitions and sports associations

Ahead of Paris 2024, Satwik-Chirag lose number 1 ranking to slip to third

The Chirag-Satwik pair won the Thailand Open in May to reclaim the No.1 ranking but suffered loss of form and made a first-round exit from the Singapore Open last month

Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as new Sports and Youth Affairs Minister

Mandaviya took over the sports ministry from BJP leader Anurag Thakur. Additionally, he also took charge of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal secure Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India

The qualification window for Paris Olympics ended on Monday for Tennis and the world number four Bopanna earned his quota comfortably

Max Verstappen wins 3rd straight Canadian Grand Prix, completes 60 F1 wins

Verstappen finished 3.879 seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris in the 70-lap race on the 2.71-mile (4.36-kilometer) road course. Last year, Verstappen started from the pole and led every lap

Neeraj Chopra reveals five ingredients that made him an Olympic champion

Neeraj Chopra feels that an athlete should always have self-belief till the very last moment that they can win it

French Open 2024: Alcaraz defeats Zverev to win his third Grand Slam title

Sunday's victory in which he trailed two sets to one, allowed Alcaraz to add the clay-court championship at Roland Garros to his triumphs at the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023

French Open men's final: Alcaraz seeks a third Grand Slam, Zverev a first

Zverev, who is from Germany, is trying to claim his first Grand Slam title. He was the runner-up to Dominic Thiem at the 2020 US Open after blowing a two-set lead and losing in five