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Muscat, Oct 21: India made a stupendous comeback after being a goal down as they beat Pakistan 3-1 in the 5th Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament to stretch their unbeaten streak against arch-rivals to 11 games. Captain Manpreet Singh (24th), forward Mandeep Singh (31st) and Dilpreet Singh (42nd) scored for the winners with Indian captain's impressive performance earning him 'Man of the Match

New Delhi, Oct 21: Educating cricketers on appropriate off-field conduct will be part of the ICC’s “improved” guidelines to prevent sexual harassment and bullying of “children and vulnerable adults” under its ambit, the world body stated. With the #MeToo movement taking the world by storm, sexual harassment came up for discussion at the three-day ICC Board meetings in Singapore, which concluded on

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Aditya Tare struck a fluent half-century as a clinical Mumbai defeated Delhi by four wickets to win their third Vijay Hazare Trophy title at M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Saturday. Mumbai last won the trophy way back in 2006-07 when they defeated Rajasthan. Opting to bowl after winning the toss, pacers, Shivam Dubey (3/29) and Dhawal Kulkarni (3/30) picked up three wickets

New Delhi, Oct 20: Veteran Indian pacer Praveen Kumar has hanged up his boots from all forms of cricket on Saturday. The 32-year-old pacer from Meerut represented Indiain 84 international matches between 2007 and 2012, scalping 112 wickets in Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 International (T20I). Taking to his Twitter handle, Praveen wrote, "It's been a great journey. It's been a

Guwahati, Oct 20: A formidable India will hope to get more answers for their middle-order puzzle when they take on a struggling West Indies in the five-match ODI series starting here on Sunday, kicking off the home team's countdown to the 2019 World Cup. The World Cup in England is less than eight months away and India have 18-odd games left to decide their middle-order, mainly the number four

Guwahati, Oct 20: After thrashing West Indies 2-0 in test series, India now aims at the five-match ODI series that gets underway with a day-night encounter in Guwahati on October 21. Before test series with West Indies, India had won the Asia Cup title. According to cricket experts, ''much stronger and experienced'' Indian side, is expected to continue it's winning streak in the ODIs against

Chandigarh,Oct 20: Fourth seeded Indian Kartik Jindal took just 15 minutes to dispose of the challenge of Adrian Joseph Arguelles (Philippines) 21-3, 21-14 in men's singles second round of the 2018 FISU World University Badminton Championship (Individual) at Majlis Sukan University Malaysia. Now, he will face Cho Geonyeop (Korea) who ousted Sithila Dananjaya Galbada Liyanage (Sri Lanka) 21-4 21-9

Odense, Oct 19: Kidambi Srikanth defeated the legendary Lin Dan for the second time in his career to set up an all-Indian quarterfinal against Sameer Verma at the Denmark Open here. World number six Srikanth bounced back to beat the world number 14 from China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the second round clash played on Thursday night. Dan, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion

New Delhi, Oct 19: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the teams for this year's Deodhar Trophy, which is slated to commence on October 23. While wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been named as the skipper for India A team, right-hand batsman Shreyas Iyer and vice captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead India B and India C teams, respectively. The series will also feature

London, Oct 18: Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain’s Daily Mail reported. Kaneria, who was given a life ban by English cricket chiefs that effectively applied worldwide, said in an interview for an Al Jazeera television documentary quoted by the Mail