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Visakhapatnam, Oct 24: Virat Kohli Wednesday became the fastest to score 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals, rewriting, fittingly enough, the iconic Sachin Tendulkar's record and compounding the cricket community's conundrum to find the right superlatives for his phenomenal batting. 'King' Kohli comfortably bettered the record set by the man who was to Indian cricket for over two decades what

Visakhapatnam, Oct 25: India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said his team was lucky to get away with a tie in the high-scoring second one-dayer against West Indies here on Wednesday. “It was a great game of cricket. Credit to the Windies, they showed great fight. Specially in the second innings, after they were three down, Hetmyer and Hope stuck it out. They took on us and didn’t give us any

Oct 24: Veteran Pakistan women's team all-rounder and former captain Sana Mir on Tuesday became the first-ever Pakistani player to top ICC Women's ODI rankings. She elevated to the top spot in the bowler rankings despite her team's 3-0 loss to Australia in the ICC Women's Championship series. However, her brilliant individual performance in the series reaped rewards for her in the latest rankings

Budapest, Oct 23: Bajrang Punia's bid to become only the second Indian to win a gold medal at the World Championship fell flat as a tactically superior Takuto Otoguro stunned the Indian in the 65kg final, here on Monday. Only the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship gold medal match, the 24-year-old Bajrang was rattled by the 19-year old Otoguro, who consistently attacked the

New Delhi, Oct 23: Sri Lanka Cricket, which is currently fighting the menace of deep-rooted corruption, was dealt a blow after its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) was arrested for alleged financial fraud, police said on Monday. The police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said that Piyal Nandana was arrested following a complaint lodged by the SLC to the Inspector General of Police. Earlier on Monday

Austin, Oct 22: Lewis Hamilton was made to wait for his fifth Formula One world championship on Sunday after the Mercedes driver finished only third in a U.S. Grand Prix won by Ferrari veteran Kimi Raikkonen. The victory was the 21st of the 39-year-old Finn’s career and first since the Australian Grand Prix of March 2013, a gap of 113 races dating back to when he was racing for now-defunct Lotus

Budapest, Oct 22: Living up to the expectations, star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia put himself in contention for a historic World Championship gold medal after quelling a spirited challenge from Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier in a tense 65kg semifinal here on Sunday. The Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist ensured himself a second medal at the Worlds, having won a bronze at the

Guwahati, Oct 21: Making a mockery of the West Indies bowling attack, India chased a total of 322, with Captain Virat Kohil and Rohit Sharma displaying wonderful batting, to win the match with nearly eight overs to spare and eight wickets in hand. An utterly sensational innings of 140 in 107 balls by Captain Kohli which was laced with 21 fours and two sixes with a strike rate of over 130 took

Guwahati, Oct 21: On the back of some fireworks produced by 21-year-old West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, West Indies bounced back to post a mammoth total of 322 in the opening ODI of five-match series against India at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati in Assam on Sunday. Coming fresh from a humiliating 2-0 loss in the Test series, the Caribbean team, who are known for their brut hitting, showcased

Madrid, Oct 21: Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has been ruled out of their upcoming Supercopa de Espana match against Real Madrid due to a fractured arm. The 31-year-old had sustained the injury following an awkward fall on his right arm in the 17th minute of their La Liga clash with Sevilla on Sunday. "Tests carried out on the first team player Leo Messi have confirmed that he has a fracture of