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Bengaluru, May 20: Mumbai Indians breezed into the final of IPL-10 with a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier 2, their clinical performance making it look all too easy in the end here tonight. Two-time winner Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Rising Pune Supergiants in the title clash in Hyderabad on Sunday. Sent into bat, KKR were bowled out for 107 runs in 18.5 balls

Dubai, May 19: India retained its top position in ICC Test ranking with 123 points -- a clear six point lead over second placed South Africa. The Proteas (117 points) have reduced the gap with India to six points while nine points now separate third-ranked Australia from seventh-ranked Sri Lanka as per latest ICC release. The 9th ranked Bangladesh trailing eighth-ranked West Indies by six points

New Delhi, May 18: Halfback Manpreet Singh was today named the Indian hockey captain for next month's 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Germany and the World League Semi Final in England after regular skipper P R Sreejesh was ruled out due to a knee injury. The 3 Nations Invitational Tournament will be played in Dusseldorf, Germany from June 1 followed by the Hockey World League Semi Final in

Bengaluru, May 18: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders defeated title holders Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in a rain-truncated Indian Premier League Eliminator to enter the Qualifier 2 of the tournament, here today. Opting to bowl first, KKR produced a disciplined bowling and fielding effort to first restrict Sunrisers to a modest 128 for seven and then overwhelmed the revised target

Lucknow, May 17: Three persons, alleged to be the members an IPL betting gang, have been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of UP police in the state capital here. Acting on a tip off, the STF team last night raided a house in Madharmau Kala locality on Sultanpur road under Gosainganj police station area and nabbed three members of the gang including alleged mastermind Amit Trivedi, STF

Mumbai, May 17: When it was decided that R Ashwin would not be able to participate in the IPL after the sports hernia he suffered as a result of bowling endless overs in India's grand Test home season, Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) were wondering who could replace him. Little did they realise that a 17-year-old kid from Chennai, who answers to the unique name of Washington Sundar, would perform

Pukekohe, May 16: Indian women's hockey team suffered an embarrasing 2-8 defeat against hosts New Zealand in the second of the five-match series here today. Experienced striker Stacey Michelsen (21st, 30th, 42nd) struck thrice, while Samantha Harrison (3rd), Kirsten Pearce (52nd), Madison Doar (56th), Samantha Harrison (56th) and Stephanie Dickins (60th) also sounded the board. For India, Lilima

Hyderabad, May 16: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has accepted a government job which was offered by the Andhra Pradesh Government following her silver medal exploits at the Rio Olympics. Sindhu's mother Vijaya confirmed the news about her daughter's willingness to take the offer of the post of Deputy Collector. The 21-year-old shuttler has been working with Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) since

Ahmedabad, Oct 19: India produced a scintillating performance to thrash England 69-18 in their last Group B encounter and seal their berth for the Kabaddi World Cup semi-finals at the TransStadia in Ahmedabad. Star raider Pardeep Narwal scored 13 points while Ajay Thakur scored 11 points as India made full use of their squad depth to notch a comfortable win and end their group campaign on a high

New Delhi, Oct 18: Wife of a national-level kabaddi player on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide inwest Delhi's Nangloi area. Twenty-seven-year-old Lalita, wife of Rohit Kumar, was found hanging at her home in Nangloi, police said. Their wedding had taken place six months back. An SDM inquiry will be initiated in the matter, police said. A suicide note has been found and police will be scanning