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Karachi, Aug 1: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reserved around Rs 1 billion to bear the legal costs of filing compensation claim against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the ICC disputes resolution committee. PCB Chairman, Shahryar Khan said in an interview on Saturday that the board of governor's meeting on Friday had given approval for the budget to cover the legal costs.

Hyderabad, Aug 1: Encouragement is all one needs and it is a matter of pride when you see women emerging in the field of sports, especially cricket, which has till now only been seen as a game played by men in India. Mithali Raj, who led team India to the finals of the recently-concluded ICC Women's World Cup, was on Tuesday gifted a BMW by businessman V Chamundeswaranath. India ended up as the

New Delhi, Aug 1: Star spinner Ravindra Jadeja maintained pole position in the bowlers' list while India skipper Virat Kohli remained static at fifth place in the batting charts in the latest ICC Test Rankings released on Tuesday. In the batsmen's rankings, Cheteshwar Pujara is the top-ranked Indian at the fourth position while opener Shikhar Dhawan climbed 21 places to be ranked 39th. The batting

Aug 1: After taking charge of the team in his second stint, India coach Ravi Shastri has tweaked team's preparation style and though it's early days, an immediate impact can be noticed. A key implementation on Shastri's part is how the batsmen are now ever ready to bat in the middle. This has nothing to do with the batting order, instead a new practice of warming up before going down to the middle

New Delhi, Jul 31: India’s badminton doubles specialist and newly-appointed coach Jwala Gutta is known for being feisty. Not one to take things lying down, the Arjuna Awardee ripped apart a Twitter troll who called her mother anti-Modi. Jwala’s mother Yelen is Chinese. The drama unfolded on Twitter out of nowhere. A man, who’s Twitter handle reads @Siddhuheart began by asking Jwala’s sister Insi

Kuala Lumpur, Jul 31: Indian women's football team are confident of a good show against hosts Malaysia in an international friendly which will also mark the debut of new coach Maymol Rocky. Indian senior team's first female coach Rocky is a strict disciplinarian. "We have introduced fines in this camp. Whenever someone commits any mistake, she is fined," said Maymol. "Imparting discipline within

New Delhi, Jul 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he had advised the Indian women's cricket team not to feel burdened by the World Cup final defeat since they had backing of the nation. Indian team ended runner-up at the prestigious ICC event after losing the final to England narrowly by nine runs. Their unexpected performance in the World Cup followed a host of felicitations after the team's

Galle, Jul 29: A vastly superior India today outclassed an injury-ravaged and out-of-sorts Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the opening Test to bury the ghosts of a humilating loss at the same venue, exactly two years ago. India lead the three-match series 1-0. This was India's biggest overseas win (in terms of runs) surpassing 279 run-victory against England at Leeds in 1986. For Sri Lanka, it was their

Galle, Jul 28: India lost first innings centurions Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan cheaply before rain forced an early tea break, leaving India at 56 for two and 365 runs ahead of Sri Lanka on day three of the first Test here. Before the break, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 291 runs in their first innings after resuming the day at 154 for five. Besides Pujara (15), the other first innings

Hyderabad, Jul 28: Olympics badminton silver medallist P.V. Sindhu was on Thursday appointed a Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh government. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu handed over the appointment letter to her at the state secretariat in the presence of her parents. Speaking on the occasion, the shuttler said she was happy to receive the appointment letter. She, however, said