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Oct 24: Cristiano Ronaldo has set his sights on a "lucky seventh" piece of FIFAsilverware after collecting his fifth Men's Player of the Year award on Monday. Ronaldo's Real Madrid side, who won both La Liga and the Champions League last season, dominated the 2017 Best FIFA football awards at a star-studded ceremony in London on Monday. The Portuguese ace has scored 44 goals in just 48 games for

New Delhi, Oct 24: Team India skipper Virat Kohli once again illustrated why he is the best in business as he slammed a majestic century against New Zealand in the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. With this blazing century, Kohli surpassed the legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to claim the second spot in ODI list for most 100s. Kohli is now behind only to Master

Sofia (Bulgaria), Oct 23: Indias women boxers rounded off the 'Balkan' International Boxing Championship here by clinching five more medals including a coveted gold. The countrys youth boxers had set the tone on Saturday by sweeping eight medals and also becoming the most successful team in the competition. The boxers were selected and sent for the prestigious championship, with an eye on the

New Delhi, Oct 23: Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer and Hyderabad pacer Mohammed Siraj received maiden T20I call-ups as the BCCI Selection Committee headed by MSK Prasad on Monday announced India squad for the three-match T20I series against New Zealand at home. However, there was no place for allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin who were once again overlooked for limited-overs

Odense, Oct 23: Beats Korean veteran Lee Hyun II 21-10 21-5 in a match that lasted just 25 minutes Kidambi Srikanth clinched his third Super Series Premier title with a dominating straight-game victory over Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in a lopsided final of the USD 750,000 Denmark Open here on Sunday. Playing an opponent 12 years his senior, Srikanth asserted his dominance with a 21-10 21-5 win

Mumbai, Oct 23: India captain Virat Kohli admitted that they were at least 30 runs short but at the same time praised the application of the New Zealand batsmen especially Tom Latham. Kohli's 31st hundred in his 200th ODI was overshadowed as New Zealand chased down a target of 281 in 49 overs with Latham scoring an unbeaten 103 and Ross Taylor contributing 95. "We thought 275 (280) was a good

Dhaka, Oct 23: India on Sunday ended their 10-year wait for continental triumph when they beat a gutsy Malaysia 2-1 in a nail-biting final to clinch their third Asia Cup hockey title. India, which won the Asia Cup last time in 2007 in Chennai, scored from field efforts through Ramandeep Singh (3rd minute) and Lalit Upadhyay (29th) to dash Malaysian hopes. Malaysia were in summit clash for the

Oct 22: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has found itself in an embarrassing position over its plans to seek compensation from the BCCI for not honouring the MOU signed between the two countries to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023. Former chairman Shaharyar Khan left the PCB in a awkward position when he told the media in Lahore this week that Pakistan had a weak case against the

Mumbai, Oct 22: Hardly challenged in a dominating run this season, India will once again start as the overwhelming favourites when they take on an inconsistent-but-gritty New Zealand in a three-match ODI series, starting here on Sunday. The Indians are on a high after comprehensively thrashing of world champions Australia earlier this month. And the Black Caps will have to come up with a really

Oct 22: India beat Pakistan 4-0 in their third Super 4s match to enter the final of the Asia Cup 2017. The Indians started off slowly as Pakistan enjoyed most of the possession in the first quarter along with a couple of penalty quarters. But the Indians defended well and did not let Pakistan take the early lead in spite of their poor show in the first 15 minutes of the match. The second quarter