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Kolkata, Nov 11: Speed chess superstar Hikaru Nakamura of United States stamped his class with three wins on the trot to jump to joint lead with Levon Aronian on the penultimate day of the Tata Steel India 2018 rapid tournament in Kolkata on Saturday. Reigning world rapid champion Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth straight game of the tournament to stay undefeated and have a mid-table placing at

New Delhi, Nov 11: India fast bowler Munaf Patel has announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Saturday. Patel, who made his debut for India in March 2006, played 13 Tests, 70 ODIs and three T20Is for the team. He was a member of the 2011 World Cup winning team too. “There is no regret; after all, the cricketers I played with have retired,” Munaf told The Indian Express. “Only Dhoni

Karachi, Nov 11: Former Australian captain Steve Smith has given his conditional availability for the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League, insisting that he would only be playing matches in the United Arab Emirates and not travel to Pakistan for the playoffs and final. Smith, who is serving a 12-month ban for his role in the Cape Town ball tampering incident during a Test match against

Chennai, Nov 10: With the series already sealed, India might test its bench strength and aim for a clean sweep, while the battered and bruised West Indies would be hoping for a face saving victory and sign off their disastrous tour on a fine note, as the two teams lock horns in the third and final T-20 International at the M A Chidambaram stadium here tomorrow. With the selectors resting key

Lausanne, Nov 10: Asian Games gold medallist Bajrang Punia on Saturday became the world's top-ranked freestyle wrestler in the 65 kg category in the recently updated rankings released by the United World Wrestling (UWW), the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling. Punia, who secured 96 points, has topped the charts with a massive 30-point lead over Alejandro Enrique Valdes

Sydney, Nov 10: Banned opener David Warner shared a home field with Steve Smith for the first time since the ball-tampering scandal Saturday, but he didn’t last long as Steve Waugh’s son claimed his wicket. The two appeared for their respective Sydney club teams in a game at Coogee Oval also featuring Shane Watson and with Test great Waugh and bowling legend Mitchell Johnson watching from the

Guyana, Nov 10: The hitting was incredible and the sixes unbelievably monstrous, making Harmanpreet Kaur the first Indian woman to record a century in the format and propelling her team to a 34-run win over New Zealand in the World T20 opener Friday. The 29-year-old smashed 103 off 51 balls and her carnage included eight sixes, some of them towering, and seven boundaries. Opting to bat after the

Fuzhou, Nov 9: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were ousted from the China Open World Tour Super 750 on Friday after losing their singles quarterfinals matches here. While Sindhu yet again struggled to go past China's He Bingjiao in women's singles, Srikanth fell in straight-games to world number 3 Chou Tien Chen in the men's singles event. Third seeded Sindhu, who clinched

Galle, Nov 9: Spinners Moeen Ali and Jack Leach combined to destroy Sri Lanka and bowl England to a comprehensive 211-run victory inside four days in the first Test on Friday. With no realistic chance of winning after conceding a 139-run first innings lead to England, Sri Lanka tried in vain to force Rangana Herath's farewell Test into its final day. Yet while Angelo Mathews made his second fifty

New Delhi, Nov 9: Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif was Friday named assistant coach of IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils for the upcoming 2019 season. "Delhi Daredevils have roped in former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif as their assistant coach for the upcoming Indian Premier League season," the team announced. Kaif, who was roped in as a talent scout in the DD set-up, was earlier an assistant coach