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The World Athletics Council on Monday introduced a repechage round to all individual track events from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events, for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In an innovation to the regular competition format, the ...

If all goes well, one could see cricketers from India and Pakistan teaming up in a rebooted version of the Afro-Asia Cup in mid-2023. The Afro-Asia Cup hadn’t been played after 2005 and 2007 while India and Pakistan haven’t played ...

Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood’s success in the Indian Premier League (IPL) over the last couple of seasons has prompted the country’s former great Shane Watson to say that the tall quick has evolved into one of the best T20 ...

Daryl Mitchell (97 not out) and Tom Blundell’s (90 not out) 180 run stand for the fifth wicket put New Zealand on top against England on the second day of the first Test, here on Friday. New Zealand, who were ...

Star leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, wicketkeeper-batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, top-order batter Nuwanidu Fernando and right-arm seamer Matheesha Pathirana have returned to Sri Lanka’s T20I squad for the series against Australia. Hasaranga was initially picked for the tour of India earlier this year ...

Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman was on Sunday picked in the Bangladesh Test squad for the upcoming tour of West Indies. The series comprises two Tests along with three ODIs and three T20Is. There were a lot of speculations about Mustafizur’s ...

A vintage blitz from Virat Kohli (73 off 54 balls), with support from Faf du Plessis (44 off 38 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (40 not out off 18 balls) took Royal Challengers Bangalore to fourth place in IPL 2022 points ...

The IPL has a propensity to bring the best out of batsmen who thrive in the pressure cooker atmosphere of T20 cricket, and they like to put on a show for the fans. Some batters over the years have produced ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday confirmed that former Pakistan cricketer Wasim Khan has been appointed as its General Manager – Cricket and will take up his post next month. The 51-year-old Khan, who was previously the Chief Executive ...

Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has tested positive for Covid-19, along with several other members of his IPL side Delhi Capitals, and admitted to hospital, said a statement on Monday. The Delhi Capitals medical team is closely monitoring the condition of ...