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New Delhi, Sept 15: It looks like Argentine striker Lionel Messi's son Mateo has inherited great goal-scoring skills from his father. In a video posted by Messi's wife Antonela Roccuzzo, Mateo can be seen scoring a penalty and then celebrating like the Barcelona star. "Happy Birthday my love. Just wish you to be happy all your life and never stop being that cute character that makes our lives

Paris, Sept 15: Neymar shrugged off a hostile reception as he marked his return to action for Paris Saint-Germain with a stunning injury-time winner, and then insisted it was time to move on from the saga of his aborted return to Barcelona. The world's most expensive player was booed and insulted by sections of the PSG support in the Ligue 1 match against Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes. That

London, Sept 15: After scoring 94 runs in the second innings of the fifth and final Ashes test, England opening batsman Joe Denly praised Australian bowling attack, saying "they make you work hard for every run". "Whenever you open the batting, there is an expectation to score runs and do well. It's been frustrating to get starts and not be able to capitalise. I felt very good today. It's a very

Oval, Sept 14: Jofra Archer took his second six-wicket haul of the series as Australia were bowled out for 225 despite Steve Smith's record-breaking 80 to hand England a 78-run first innings lead at stumps on Day 2 of the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval on Friday. At close of play, England were 9/0 in their second innings with Rory Burns (4 batting) surviving a knock to his helmet and a

Sept 13: Former India cricketer Kapil Dev on Thursday praised skipper Virat Kohli saying that he never expected that somebody could come close to the standard set by Sachin Tendulkar. "Kohli has to go a long way. It is not right to talk about him in the middle of his career. But what he has given to us is unparallel. Never expected that somebody can come close to Sachin Tendulkar whom we think is

New Delhi/Karachi, Sept 13: Pakistan women's team tour to India as a part of the ICC Women's Championship is likely to be postponed as the Indian board is yet to receive any government directive with regards to holding the series in November. As a part of the championship, Indian women's team are set to host their Pakistani counterparts in a three-match ODI series. Given the prevailing

New Delhi, Sept 12: Opener K L Rahul was on Thursday dropped from India's Test squad while talented youngster Shubman Gill was rewarded for his stupendous recent form with a call-up for the three-match series against South Africa next month. Rahul's dropping paves the way for Rohit Sharma to take the opening slot in the side. "We want to give Rohit Sharma an opportunity to open the innings in

New Delhi, Sept 12: India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday posted a memory from the 2016 T20 World Cup match against Australia and called the match unforgettable as MS Dhoni made him run like in a fitness test. The timing of the tweet has sparked immense speculation about Dhoni's retirement. Fans are questioning if this tweet means that Dhoni has given the team certain feelers about his decision to

New Delhi, Sept 12: The World Championship gold has healed the wounds of all past final debacles except the Rio Olympics, says Indian badminton ace P V Sindhu, who has kept an empty space in her trophy cabinet for the top prize, which she hopes to claim in Tokyo next year. An Olympic silver-medallist, Sindhu clinched the historic World Championship gold at Basel after beating Japan's Nozomi

Sept 12: Yuvraj Singh’s name was dragged for “malafide” reasons in the domestic violence case against his brother Zoraver but with the matter recently settled after an apology by the accuser, the family on Wednesday said he can now begin to “heal”. Yuvraj was named in the domestic violence case filed by Zoraver’s estranged wife Akanksha Sharma. After a four-year legal battle Akanksha and Zoraver