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Karachi, Mar 2: Pakistan's flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi wants to play the final of the third Pakistan Super League as it will be held in his adopted hometown, Karachi, on March 25. Afridi, 37, also rubbished speculations about him making a comeback to international cricket. "My decision to retire is final. I am now enjoying myself playing in these T20 leagues and doing my foundation work,"

Ipoh, Mar 2: Handed a relatively easy draw in the World Cup, the Indian hockey team head coach Sjoerd Marijne emphasised on the importance of winning every single match and not be complacent about their opponents. The hosts have been clubbed with Olympic silver medallists Belgium, Canada and South Africa in a favourable Pool C. "It is the World Cup and every team will come with the intention of

Monaco, Mar 1: Former India captain Kapil Dev wants Hardik Pandya to "work harder on his batting" as that is his primary skill as an all-rounder. Pandya, after his 93 in the first Test against South Africa in Cape Town, failed to get a single half-century across formats in the remaining matches. Comparing any talented all-rounder to Kapil is a norm in Indian cricket and the World Cup winning

Dubai, Mar 1: Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Wasim Akram on Wednesday launched the world’s biggest tennis ball cricket tournament, 10PL, in grand style. At a gala dinner in front of a packed audience, Mr Akram, also the brand ambassador for the tournament, unveiled the jersey, anthem and the trophy of the tournament as 16 sides were named to play in this highly anticipated tennis ball

The qualifying tournament for the 2019 ICC World Cup gets underway in Zimbabwe on Sunday, with 10 teams battling it out for only two places at next year's tournament in England and Wales. Two-time world champions West Indies and Afghanistan are favourites to claim the remaining spots for the reduced 10-team World Cup, while fellow Test sides Ireland and Zimbabwe will be hoping to cause an upset

Hyderabad, Mar 1: PV Sindhu, India's Rio Olympic silver medalist in badminton who was recently in the scheme of things at the India Open 2018 and Badminton Asia Team Championship, has achieved her career-best No. 2 ranking but couldn't hold on to it for long. The defending champ of India Open also conceded the titleto Beiwen Zhang last month thus slipping in ranks as well. Currently, World Number

New Delhi, Mar 1: Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been ruled out of the upcoming Deodhar Trophy to be held in Dharamsala from March 4-8. “Ashwin has a niggling issue and the BCCI Medical Team has advised him a week’s rest,” acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary was quoted as saying in a BCCI press release. However it was not specified what exactly is the niggle. The Deodhar Trophy was a

Monaco, Feb 28: Out of the national team reckoning for a while now, India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh says he will continue playing cricket till 2019 before taking a call on his retirement. Yuvraj, who last played for India in June 2017 in an ODI, said the upcoming IPL holds great significance for him as a good performance in the T20 event will help him keep in the fray for a spot in the 2019 World

Monaco, Feb 28: Roger Federer became the most decorated winner in the history of Laureus World Sports Awards after he won twin honours, his sixth, which includes the Sportsman and Comeback titles at the 18th edition of the prestigious awards ceremony, here. In the Sportsman of the Year category, Federer waved off tough competition from the likes of Rafael Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo to bag the

New Delhi, Feb 28: Riding on Mayank Agarwal's blistering 90-run knock, Karnataka thrashed Saurashtra by 41 runs to lift Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground here in the national capital on Tuesday. After being asked to bat first, Karnataka failed to make great start to their innings,losing both opener Karun Nair and first drop KL Rahul for duck. Thereafter, Mayank steadied his side's