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Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit one-day international on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0. Iyer (105) Gill (104) put on a dominant second-wicket stand of 200 to lay the foundations for India’s 399-5 after being invited to bat in Indore. KL Rahul’s 52 and an unbeaten ...

Real Madrid winger Vinicius was on Saturday named in the Brazil squad for the next set of 2026 World Cup qualifiers after being sidelined with injury. The 23-year-old has been out since suffering a hamstring injury against Celta Vigo on August 25 but has recovered quicker than expected, AFP reports. Vinicius missed the recent international window but Brazil coach Fernando ...

Bangladesh continuously keep showing their batting failure as they suffer a huge defeat by 86 runs against New Zealand in the second game of the three-match ODI series. The hosts were bowled out for 168 runs in 41.1 overs in replying to a challenging total of 254 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, on Saturday. Ish Sodhi made the difference ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the 19th Asian Games open at a colourful ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, launching a two-week sporting extravaganza that boasts more athletes than the Olympics. After being delayed by a year because of China’s now-abandoned zero-Covid policy, more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories will battle it out in 40 sports. In front ...

Star playmaker Yui Hasegawa and second-half substitute Kiko Seike each bagged a brace for Japan in an 8-0 demolition of Argentina on Saturday. Playing their first match since reaching the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Nadeshiko Japan were in total control from the start of the international football friendly at Kitakyushu’s Mikuni World Stadium. ...

The bid by four South American countries to host soccer’s 2030 World Cup will stay intact until next year regardless of political tensions in the region, a top team bid official says. Michael Boys, the executive secretary of the bid of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that he and his ...

Persistent rain forced the abandonment of the first ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand on Thursday in Dhaka. The match saw multiple interruptions due to rain, ultimately concluding without a result. Rain initially halted play at 2:22 pm, leading to a pause of over two hours. Later, when New Zealand was at 136 for five with Cole McConchie and Tom ...

The first game of the three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and New Zealand was reduced to 42 overs after the rain interruption at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. New Zealand which were sent to bat first, reached 9-0 in 4.3 overs when rain halted the game. The match resume at 4.30pm. New Zealand scored 17 runs after ...

Inter Miami shrugged off an injury concern to Lionel Messi to boost their Major League Soccer playoff hopes with a a 4-0 thrashing of Toronto FC 4-0 on Wednesday. Messi returned to the starting line-up after skipping Saturday’s 5-2 defeat at Atlanta due to muscle fatigue but left the field in the 38th minute looking uncomfortable, AFP reported. His former ...

Manchester City overcame an early scare to get their Champions League defence off to a solid start on Tuesday but nine-man Celtic endured a rough night in Rotterdam. Barcelona cruised past Antwerp and Kylian Mbappe helped Paris-Saint Germain to an opening win on a breathless beginning to the group stage of Europe’s top club competition, AFP reported. Newcastle returned to ...