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Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 19: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Monday filed an appeal against the Kerala High Court against lifting lifetime ban imposed on tainted pacer S. Sreesanth. While filing the appeal, the BCCI said that that the High Court’s decision was contrary to the existing norms. In August, the Kerala High Court lifted the lifetime-ban imposed on Sreesanth by the BCCI in

Kolkata, Sep 18: India and Australia today landed here this afternoon for the second ODI of the five-match series at Eden Gardens after their thumping win over the visitors in Chennai. Dressed it white T-shirts, the 'men-in-blue' looked relaxed as they headed straight to the team hotel along with their support staff and chief coach Ravi Shastri. "There's no practice schedule today and everyone

Chennai, Sept 18: Hardik Pandya's all-round flamboyance complemented by Mahendra Singh Dhoni's customary calm enabled India to record a comfortable 26-run win over Australia in the rain-curtailed opening ODI of the five-match series, here on Sunday. Courtesy Pandya's blistering career-best 66-ball 83 and Dhoni's 79 off 88 balls, India posted a competitive 281 for seven despite losing the top half

Chennai, Sep 17: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hardik Pandya shared a crucial century-run partnership to help India post a decent target of 282 runs for Australia in the opening ODI of the five-match series here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Opting to bat first, India made what could be termed as the worst start to their innings, losing their first three wickets of just 11 runs. Though

Colombo, Sept 17: Sri Lanka Cricket have banned ormer Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva has been handed a two-year ban from cricket-related activities for breaching the spirit of the game during a Tier-B first class match earlier this year, which was probed for alleged match-fixing. Sri Lanka Cricket’s announcement came after a seven-month inquiry into events of the third day of the Panadura Cricket

Chennai, Sept 17: India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the first One-day International of the five-match series here today. Ajinkya Rahane will be opening the batting for India as regular opener Shikhar Dhawan has opted out of the first three ODIs to attend to his ailing wife. For Australia, Hilton Cartwright is set to make his ODI debut, while James

Seoul, Sept 17: India's star shuttler PV Sindhu overcame reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 in the women's singles final of the Korea Open Superseries on Sunday. Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu won in an hour and 24 minutes at the SK Handball Stadium to clinch her third Superseries title of her career. Okuhara had conquered the Hyderabad-born shutter in the

Sept 17: Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Friday claimed that he was convinced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) members to apply for India coaching job, which he was never interested in. He further went on to claim that lack of setting in BCCI was one of the factors why he couldn't become the coach of India. "Dekhiye main coach isliye nahi ban paaya kyonki jo bhi coach

New Delhi, Sept 16: Keen to be seen as a socially responsible youth icon, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has stopped endorsing soft drink maker Pepsi and fairness products because of their association with junk food and racism. The 28-year-old swashbuckler is among the most sought after for endorsements but Kohli has decided that he would lend his name only to brands which he himself uses and

New Delhi, Sept 16: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao 21-10 17-21 21-16 in a match that lasted an hour and six minutes. and progressed to the finals of women's singles at the USD 600,000 Korea Open Super Series, on Saturday. Sindhu, who had won the silver at the World Championship last month, will face world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the final on Sunday