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Apr 19: Australia Test captain Tim Paine pledged Thursday to embark on a new era of "respectful" cricket and rebuild public trust after the ball-tampering scandal that rocked the sport. The newly appointed leader said the fallout from the tampering episode was greater than players had anticipated and promised a different style of cricket in the future. "Going forward we have a clean slate. We can

Cristiano Ronaldo's superb backheel late in the game earned Real Madrid a point in a 1-1 La Liga draw with Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The Portuguese forward flicked Luka Modric's low drive into the back of the net in the 87th minute with a deft touch, his 24th league goal of the season cancelling out a first-half chipped goal from Inaki Williams for the visitors. Real

Apr 19: Kolkata Knight Riders delivered a professional performance to beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets here on Wednesday, putting their IPL campaign back on track with back-to-back victories. The highly-rated KKR spinners restricted Royals to 160 for eight before opener Robin Uthappa (48 off 36 balls), Nitish Rana (35 n.o. off 27 ) and captain Dinesh Karthik (42 n.o. off 23) did the job with

Jaipur, Apr 18: The in-form Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be confident of a third consecutive victory when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. Royals have turned it around with back-to-back wins after Sunrisers thrashed them in their opener. They pipped Delhi Daredevils by 19 runs in a rain-hit encounter and then travelled away to post a

New Delhi, Apr 18: India's best-ever boxer Mary Kom said on Tuesday that she has no plans to retire and is determined to defy her critics by winning an elusive Olympic gold. Mary Kom, 35, won gold on debut at the Commonwealth Games in Australia last week, complementing a trophy cabinet packed with five amateur world championship titles and an Olympic bronze from London 2012. But India's most

New Delhi, April 17 - The Indian Boxing Contingent after their stellar performance in the Commonwealth Games 2018 with a whopping nine medals win was felicitated on their return in a grand ceremony by the Boxing Federation of India here today. This is the first time that the Indian contingent has returned with as many medals and also created history of winning more than on Gold Medal in any

Apr 17: The BCCI has zeroed in on 23 national team hopefuls, whose workload will be strictly monitored during the ongoing Indian Premier League. These 23 players are the ones who are not in the BCCI's Central Contract list which has elite internationals such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. From Under-19 talents such as Prithvi Shaw and Shivam Mavi to last domestic season's top run

New Delhi, Apr 17: PV Sindhu appears "vulnerable" on counter-attack and that is a big factor in her losing many a title clashes, including recent CWG final, observed former India coach Vimal Kumar, who believes with little more maturity and bit of luck she will be able to pull off close matches. Sindhu, an Olympic and World Championship silver medallist, settled for a silver after losing a close

Chris Gayle showed that he was not yet a spent force as he smashed his second fastest fifty in the IPL to help Kings XI Punjab defeat Chennai Super Kings by four runs in a thrilling game here on Sunday night. The 38-year-old Jamaican, who twice went unsold at the auction and was later picked up by the Punjab franchise for a base price of Rs 2 crore, played a trademark innings toying with the

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in a high-scoring IPL encounter, here today. Batting first, Rajasthan scored 217 for 4 courtesy Sanju Samson's unbeaten 92 off 45 balls which included 10 sixes and two boundaries. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane scored 36 off 20 balls. Umesh Yadav was hit for 59 runs in his four overs. In reply, RCB could only post 198 for six