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Sports - Ritu Phogat (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

From wrestling royalty to MMA for India’s Ritu Phogat

February 24, 2020

CRICKET - India's captain Virat Kohli (C) walks from the field with his team after losing the match to New Zealand during day four of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and India at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP) (Photo by MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Not good enough’: Kohli has no excuses for heavy India Test loss

CRICKET - Peshawar Zalmi's team captain Daren Sammy (R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sarfaraz Ahmed during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 cricket match between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi on February 22, 2020. (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Darren Sammy to get Pakistan citizenship soon

CRICKET - Pakistan's Umar Akmal (MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan’s Umar Akmal suspended under anti-corruption code

BADMINTON - PV Sindhu

Sindhu wins third successive ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award

Cricket

CRICKET - India's captain Virat Kohli (C) walks from the field with his team after losing the match to New Zealand during day four of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and India at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP) (Photo by MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Not good enough’: Kohli has no excuses for heavy India Test loss

February 24, 2020

CRICKET - Peshawar Zalmi's team captain Daren Sammy (R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sarfaraz Ahmed during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 cricket match between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi on February 22, 2020. (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Darren Sammy to get Pakistan citizenship soon

February 22, 2020

CRICKET - Pakistan's Umar Akmal (MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pakistan’s Umar Akmal suspended under anti-corruption code

February 21, 2020

CRICKET - Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani (File photo)

Pakistan may not host Asia Cup T20 this year

February 20, 2020

CRICKET - Moeen Ali of Birmingham Phoenix (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images for ECB)

Moeen Ali keen on promoting ‘uniting game’

February 18, 2020

CRICKET - Tendulkar dedicates Laureus award to India

Tendulkar dedicates Laureus award to India

February 18, 2020

CRICKET - Virat Kohli with Anushka Sharma (Photo: Instagram/@virat.kohli)

Kohli says it’s ‘surreal’ to have 50M Instagram followers

February 18, 2020

CRICKET - Sourav Ganguly

India to play day-night Tests against Australia, England: Ganguly

February 17, 2020

CRICKET - FILE PHOTO: Faf du Plessis

South African captain Faf du Plessis steps down

February 17, 2020

CRICKET - Pakistan's Umar Akmal (MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Umar Akmal escapes PCB ban for losing cool during fitness test

February 16, 2020

CRICKET - Mithali Raj

Hope my biopic inspires young girls to take up cricket: Mithali Raj

February 16, 2020

CRICKET - Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara (Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sangakkara, wounded in 2009, makes poignant return to Pakistan attack scene

February 14, 2020

Football

FOOTBALL - Liverpool confirm Delhi as next stop for interactive roadshow LFC World

Liverpool confirm Delhi as next stop for interactive roadshow LFC World

February 19, 2020

FOOTBALL - “Craig Ramage made unacceptable comments in a podcast yesterday, which have been removed,” the BBC tweeted from its Derby sport account on Sunday (16) (Photo: iStock).

BBC drops football expert after racist comment

February 18, 2020

FOOTBALL - Photo: Twitter

Neymar greets self on birthday

February 5, 2020

FOOTBALL - Bala Devi

Rangers FC sign Indian women’s football star Bala Devi

January 30, 2020

FOOTBALL - Mohun Bagan (Twitter)

India’s oldest football team forced into merger

January 16, 2020

FOOTBALL - Sunil Chhetri

Chhetri to take one match at a time, says ‘don’t have too many India games left’

January 3, 2020

FOOTBALL - Antonio Rudiger
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

UK government urges football to intensify anti-racism efforts

December 25, 2019

FOOTBALL - Jorge Costa (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)

Mumbai City coach accuses referee of calling his player ‘monkey’

December 17, 2019

FOOTBALL - Sarpreet Singh (Photo by Michael Titgemeyer/Getty Images for DFB)

Bayern’s Singh becomes Bundesliga’s first player of Indian descent

December 15, 2019

FOOTBALL - Owen Coyle (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Chennaiyin FC appoints Owen Coyle as new head coach

December 4, 2019

FOOTBALL - English Premier League football club Manchester City and City Football Group (CFG) CEO Ferran Soriano speaks during an event in Mumbai on November 28, 2019. - The owners of English Premier League champions Manchester City on Thursday made Mumbai City FC of India the eighth club in their global football empire. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)

Indian club added to Manchester City football empire

November 28, 2019

FOOTBALL - Sunil Chhetri (Photo: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images)

Chhetri is like 29-year-old, there’s no replacement for him: Stimac

November 22, 2019

Sona tours

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Entertainment - Sonam Kapoor & Taapsee Pannu

Sonam Kapoor praises Taapsee Pannu; calls her a clutter breaker

February 24, 2020

Entertainment - Ayushmann Khurrana & Shoojit Sircar

Ayushmann Khurrana calls his next an extremely simple film

February 24, 2020

Entertainment - Siddharth P Malhotra

Siddharth P Malhotra confirms yet another medical show

February 24, 2020

NEWS - Sneha Shah

Tujhse Hai Raabta actress Sneha Shah on her unpredictable character

February 24, 2020

Golf

GOLF - (From L to R) Golfers Shubhankar Sharma, Udayan Mane and Shiv Kapur with Hero Indian Open trophy

Top Indian golfers gear up for action as Hero Indian Open nears

February 20, 2020

GOLF - Anirban Lahiri

Indian golfer Lahiri pulls out of tournament to prep for hurricane

August 30, 2019

GOLF - Gallacher claims Indian Open golf with son as caddy

Gallacher claims Indian Open golf with son as caddy

March 31, 2019

GOLF - Stephen Gallacher

Gallacher and Suri put the squeeze on home favourite Sharma

March 28, 2019

GOLF - Shubhankar Sharma

Sharma targets stateside success

February 22, 2019

GOLF - Shubhankar Sharma

India’s Sharma confident of PGA Tour success but ready to wait

February 13, 2019

Tennis

Sports - Dominic Inglot of Great Britain and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan with their championship trophies, after winning the New York Open men's doubles final match against Steve Johnson and Reilly Opelka of the US. (Photo: Steven Ryan/Getty Images)

Inglot and Qureshi clinch New York Open doubles title

February 17, 2020

Sports - Leander Paes

Paes wants to create champions after retirement

February 7, 2020

Sports - Gunneswaran started off well enough, leading 30-0 on Ito’s serve twice in the first set and again in the second. The world number 123, however, could not convert those chances into games on the board, leading to another early Grand Slam exit (Photo: GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images).

Indian star suffers more Grand Slam heartache in shock Melbourne loss

January 23, 2020

HEADLINE STORY - WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 01: Sania Mirza of India reacts during the double final match between Sania Mirza of India and Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic against Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of United States at 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open at Optics Valley International Tennis Center on October 1, 2016 in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Kevin Lee/Getty Images)

Baby on board: Mirza embarks on first Slam bid as a mum

January 20, 2020

HEADLINE STORY - Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine and Sania Mirza of India celebrate after winning their final doubles match against Zhang Shuai and Shuai Peng of Chinaon day eight of the 2020 Hobart International at Domain Tennis Centre on January 18, 2020 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)

I was not as rusty as I had thought, says Mirza after winning Hobart title

January 19, 2020

Sports - Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza storms into Hobart International women’s doubles final

January 17, 2020

Badminton

BADMINTON - PV Sindhu

Sindhu wins third successive ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award

February 20, 2020

BADMINTON - Saina Nehwal (Photo: Facebook)

Malaysia Masters: Saina, Sindhu cruise to 2nd round; Sai Praneeth, Srikanth bow out

January 8, 2020

BADMINTON - PV Sindhu

Criticism doesn’t affect me: PV Sindhu

January 2, 2020

BADMINTON - Lakshya Sen (left) and his Brazilian opponent Ygor Coelho with their medals and trophies | via Twitter

Lakshya Sen wins season’s fourth title with Scottish Open

November 25, 2019

BADMINTON - PV Sindhu

Sindhu toast of India after long-awaited world title

August 26, 2019

BADMINTON - Pv Sindhu in action

PV Sindhu becomes first Indian to win gold at the BWF World Championship

August 25, 2019

Boxing

BOXING - Mary Kom

Padma Vibhushan for Mary Kom, Sindhu to get Padma Bhushan

January 26, 2020

BOXING - Mary Kom (Photo: MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images).

Kom moves step closer to Tokyo title tilt

January 10, 2020

BOXING - MC Mary Kom.

Kom beats challenger in trial for Olympics qualification

December 28, 2019

BOXING - Amir Khan (Photo: Instagram)

‘Khan has proved that you can be Asian and fly the flag for Britain’

December 13, 2019

BOXING - Mary Kom

Olympics: Kom in boxing’s athlete ambassadors group

November 1, 2019

BOXING - Amir Khan (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Amir Khan: ‘God has put me in this position on purpose’

October 30, 2019

OTHER SPORT

Hockey - Manpreet Singh (Photo: Twitter)

India’s Manpreet Singh is world’s best hockey player

February 13, 2020

MOTOR RACING - Aditya Singh Behal

Teenage racing prodigy seeks funding for British championship

February 8, 2020

Hockey - India's Rani Rampal plays against New Zealand during the field hockey Group A match of the Women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina, on September 7, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Daniel GARCIA

Rani Rampal says she is humbled being named for Padma Shri award

January 26, 2020

Hockey - India women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal (left) with coach Sjoerd Marijne and men's captain Manpreet Singh (third from left) with coach Graham Reid holding up the jerseys given for auction | via Twitter

Hockey Australia thanks Hockey India for bushfire donation

January 20, 2020

ATHLETICS - 27 of the complaints were made by athletes against coaches

India sports ministry says 35 sexual harassment complaints lodged in 2011-19

January 19, 2020

ATHLETICS - Flag bearer and Shooter Vijay Kumar of India leads the team during the Opening Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on July 23, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

India says its offer to host culled Commonwealth events could be ‘game-changer’

January 3, 2020