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New Delhi, Nov 2: Riding on a hat-trick by dragflicker Gurjit Kaur, India's women's hockey team thrashed Kazakhstan 7-1 in the quarterfinal on Thursday to enter the last-four of the 2017 Asia Cup being held in Kakamigahara, Japan. Gurjit opened India's scoring in the fourth minute when she brought her team level at 1-1 after the Kazakhs surprisingly took lead in the second minute through Verra

Mumbai, Nov 1: Indian all-rounder and current Baroda cricketer Irfan Pathan on Sunday took to Twitter to send a strong message to his boss following his sacking as captain of the Baroda Ranji team a couple of days back. In the tweet he posted, it reads as ‘Not wishing Good Morning & not being a YES man to ur boss can go against u...but don’t bother,keep doing ur work . Not wishing Good Morning &

New Delhi, Nov 1: Ashish Nehra running into bowl one last time at a place where it all began will form the sub plot as India aim to better their abysmal T20 record against New Zealand in the three-match series starting on Wednesday. The opening match at the Feroz Shah Kotla will be Nehra's last game in competitive cricket and India would look to bid a befitting farewell to the seamer, whose career

Brisbane, Oct 31: Heena Sidhu clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships on Monday. Sidhu shot a combined score of 626.2 (386+240.8) to claim the top honours. This was Sidhu's second successive international gold after she, along with Jitu Rai, claimed the top position in the 10m air pistol mixed team event in the ISSF World Cup

Lahore, Oct 31: Love is in the air for India tennis star Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik. Mirza, who was attending the third T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Lahore, tweeted a romantic message for her husband, who was awarded a bike for his Man of the Series performances. Sania’s latest tweet for her husband Shoaib Malik had a romantic touch to it. She tweeted, "Chalen phir

Kakamigahara, Oct 30: Indian eves dished out an all-round performance to stun China 4-1 and register their second consecutive victory at the women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament, here on Monday. Goals from Gurjit Kaur (19th minute), Navjot Kaur (32nd), Neha Goyal (49th) and skipper Rani Rampal (58th) enabled the Indians to keep their winning momentum in Pool A at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium. India

New Delhi, Oct 30: Virat Kohli's 32nd ODI century on Sunday not only helped India win the series against New Zealand 2-1 but also perched him back on top of the ICC Rankings for batsmen in one-day international (ODI) cricket with career-high rating points of 889 - which helped him break the Indian record that previously stood in the name of Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar jointly at 887 points. Kohli

Kanpur, Oct 30: India captain Virat Kohli heaped praise on his bowlers as Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal produced a brilliant performance to hand the hosts a six-run victory against New Zealand in a high-scoring third and final One-Day International (ODI) at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur on Sunday. In reply to India's mammoth 337/6, the Kiwis mustered 331/7 as they fell short by seven runs

Kanpur, Oct 29: Virat Kohli today became the sixth Indian to complete 9000 ODI runs during the series-deciding third game against New Zealand here today. Kohli got to the landmark in the 37th over when he guided one off Grandhomme towards the third man for a four. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had reached the milestone last year while other Indians who have done so are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid

Kanpur, Oct 29: India would aim to play with the same grit and gumption they displayed in the second match in Pune when they square off against New Zealand in the ODI series-decider on Sunday. Faced with tremendous pressure after a long time following their loss in the first ODI of the three-match series, the Indian players showed a lot of character as they put up a near flawless performance in