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Inspired by Kramnik how Nagpur teen Raunak Sadhwani gave up cricket to become Indias 4th youngest chess GM

Lausanne Diamond League 2023 Live: Neeraj Chopra returns to action; M Sreeshankar in fray too

Watch: FIFA highlights all the brutal kicks suffered by Diego Maradona in the Mexico 1986 World Cup

Test England batters with more bouncers: Ian Healy and Michael Kasprowicz want Australian seamers to tighten up a bit on Day 3

That is not entertaining that is plain stupid: Michael Vaughan and Geoffrey Boycott slam England for throwing it away on Day 2

Cricket World Cup venues to get an upgrade: Imported grass new outfields better floodlights

Cooling off period mulled for retiring India cricketers before joining overseas leagues

Ashes: Ben Duckett leads England fightback on crazy day at Lords

Watch: Joe Root strikes twice to pick up Travis Head and Cameron Green in the 2nd Ashes Test

Tennis should not pursue Saudi investment says John McEnroe

Arsenal sign Germany forward Kai Havertz from Chelsea

2nd Ashes Test: Australia show they can switch between different gears to post 339/5 on Day One at Lords against England

Ashes 2023: Steve Smith becomes second quickest to reach 9000 Test runs

India return to Ireland for three T20 games in August

Which teams will qualify for the World Cup and can they cause an upset

SAFF Championship: 89th-minute own goal late lapse leaves India with 1-1 draw against Kuwait

WATCH: Sunil Chhetris volley goal against Kuwait makes him all-time record SAFF Championships scorer

Carlos Alcaraz replaces Djokovic at No. 1 ahead of Wimbledon. Swiatek stays atop the WTA AP-TEN-Tennis-Rankings-Wimbledon

Ticket sales and anticipation are high ahead of Lionel Messis arrival at Inter Miami

Institutional racism and sexism infects English cricket an independent report finds

GM Srinath Narayanan: Theres a consensus in world of chess that India is a superpower

Protests off but Indian wrestling shrouded in confusion uncertainty

Watch: Arshdeep Singh picks up two wickets with his probing fifth stump line

Watch: Navdeep Saini hits timber with the first ball he bowls for Worcestershire

Its a lot of fun: Yashasvi Jaiswal on his love for the longer format

Yashasvi Jaiswal at Idea Exchange: I would see Wankhede floodlights and wish that I would play there one day

IND vs WI: How Ruturaj Gaikwads selection can be Indian crickets game-changing call

Protesting wrestlers rule out hitting roads again say fight against WFI chief will be just a legal battle now

They did it first defied expectations with their courage: Tributes pour in for Indias 1983 World Cup winning team on 40th anniversary

His body cannot cope with Test cricket: Ravi Shastri on Hardik Pandya

Hurdle star McLaughlin lethal in 400m flat Noah Lyles equals Usain Bolt record in NYC

Who is the greatest women badminton player? Tai Tzu Ying Chen Yufei Yamaguchi An Se Young or Marin or Sindhu?

Carlos Alcaraz reaches the Queens Club final to close in on reclaiming the top ranking

Why Cristiano Ronaldo back in a starring role for Portugal can sparkle in Euro and next World Cup

Abhijit Kunte on chess eras: From waiting six months for chess books to teenagers who play 10-second blitz games

Why Cheteshwar Pujara has been made the fall guy? Sunil Gavaskar slams selectors

Youre taking on an entire country here: After Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting Justin Langer hits out at Ollie Robinson

Ashes: Zak Crawley backs England to beat Australia by 150 runs at Lords

Express Exclusive: BCCI to field men and women cricket teams for Asian Games

Magnus Carlsen takes down Viswanathan Anand draws with Ian Nepomniachtchi on frantic day in GCL

Rafa Benitez agrees deal to become new Celta manager

Fenerbahce sign Edin Dzeko on free transfer from Inter Milan

Victor Wembanyama: The 74 unicorn touted as the NBAs greatest prospect since LeBron James

Strap in we are going to double it down: Joe Roots warning to Australia ahead of Lords Test

Australia were unwilling to go toe-to-toe with us: Ollie Robinson

Global Chess League: Competing after nearly eight months Viswanathan Anand defeats Duda to seal win for Ganges Grandmasters

East Bengal goes crowdfunding: An emotional appeal or a sign of desperate times or a taint in legacy?

Frances Tiafoes winning run on grass ended by fellow US player Sebastian Korda at Queens Club

Ricky Ponting hits back at Ollie Robinson for dragging his name while defending his send-off of Usman Khawaja

Matthew Hayden says Australia can learn a lot from Bazball wants David Warner to take on forgettable cricketer Ollie Robinson

Pat Cummins shares emotional moment after Ashes opener win over England

Lionel Messi expected to make his Inter Miami debut on July 21

Did you lose the first one in 05? : Confident Ben Stokes draws parallels between Edgbaston 2005 and 2023 Ashes result

Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo receives Guinness World Record award scores late winner for Portugal in European qualifying

Ashes 2023: Australians seal edge-of-the-seat thriller to surge ahead in series

Chess IPL moment arrives with Global Chess League

New Zealand abandon friendly against Qatar amid racism allegations

The Ashes: First Test on a knife edge going into final day

Without Lionel Messi Argentina labours to 2-0 win over Indonesia in friendly

OCA might not entertain IOAs request to delay sending names of wrestlers for Asian Games

Wyndham Clark holds off Rory McIlroy to win US Open for first major title

The real Australia have arrived: Michael Vaughan and Michael Atherton laud Pat Cummins for silencing Bazball

The Ashes: Border and Healy slam Robinson for Khawaja send-off England seamer defends his act says youve done this to us for years

From mid-court Chiraj Shetty rules the world

Emma Raducanu says she sometimes wishes she had not won US Open

Ashes 2023: In my head its the last Ashes unless I pull a Jimmy Anderson and come back when Im 41 says Usman Khawaja

Ashes 2023: Stuart Broad lashes out at characterless and soulless Edgbaston surface

Bull run on the chessboard: As number of GMs from India surges casual fans from nation too rising

Not Lionel Messis American Dream Americas Messi dream

Inter-State Athletics: In gruelling heat Tejaswin Shankar meets Asiad mark in decathlon

The Ashes: Usman Khawaja leads Aussie response with classy hundred

Leicester City hires coach who helped Pep Guardiola and Manchester City to trophy treble

Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe score as France beat Gibraltar 3-0 in Euro qualifying

Harry Kane extends England scoring record as Malta routed in Euro 2024 qualifying

Its un-Australian: Ricky Ponting Alastair Cook Eoin Morgan Kevin Pietersen criticise Pat Cummins defensive captaincy

Ashes 2023: Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen slam Ben Stokes declaration decision Nasser Hussain and Jonny Bairstow call it a bold move

Inter-state Athletics Championships: With a little help from her twin sister Vithya Ramraj makes a mark in 400 metres

Joe Roots ton salvages England on first day of Bazball Ashes

Despite WTC final loss India is set to persist with tried and tested batsmen for the West Indies series

Inter-State athletics: Long-distance quartet brave Bhubaneswar heat to meet Asian Games qualification mark

Diagnosed with collapsed lungs quartermiler Priya Mohans Asian Games dreams shattered

Intercontinental Cup: India Lebanon play out goalless draw

Stuart Broad vs David Warner the Last Aussie standing

Hope Hardik Pandya is listening: Sourav Ganguly exhorts India star to play Test cricket

Surrey script record 501 run-chase to beat Kent in County cricket

Nations League: Luka Modric penalty completes thrilling 4-2 win for Croatia over Netherlands in semis

TNPL: Salem Spartans Abhishek Tanwar concedes 18 runs in one ball

Venus Williams loses to Swiss teen on return to competition

Hes that good: Imran Khan believes Babar Azam will eclipse Virat Kohli

WATCH: Louis Kimber gets out obstructing the field in County Championship match

Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth autopsy report concludes

Disgusting and disappointing choose your role models carefully: Gautam Gambhir slams ex-cricketers endorsing pan masala

Venus Williams beaten by Swiss teenager Celine Naef in 1st match since January hamstring injury

David Warner showing good signs ahead of Ashes: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald

Kai Havertz helps Germany salvage 3-3 draw with Ukraine, proceeds going to war victims

Kylian Mbappe tells PSG he will leave when contract expires next season: Reports

‘India a bit lazy, Australia grabbed their moments’: Kaif explains the importance of slip catching in WTC Final

Why Carlos Alcaraz should try the pickle juice next time he suffers from cramps

I enjoyed my time in the IPL but playing for Australia will always sit at the top: Mitchell Starc

French Open toughest to win, making record in Paris all the more special- Novak Djokovic

’23 is a number that just a few years back was impossible to think about’: Rafael Nadal heaps praise on Novak Djokovic

‘Champions League is a coin toss, but title was written in stars’: Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola

Australia favourites, but India dare to dream about a miracle win at WTC

London will not be big enough if this becomes a reality for Team India,’ Mathew Hayden on India’s run-chase

‘I was just resting my eyes’: Marnus Labuschagne says he was just trying to calm his nerves

Police take woman wrestler to WFI office, Brij Bhushan was at home on same premises

French Open finalist Ruud hopes Grand Slam dreams gain lift-off

WTC final: Pitch was under prepared going into day one says Shardul Thakur

WTC Final: India wake up, but Australia refuse to blink

India begin Intercontinental Cup campaign with 2-0 win over Mongolia

WTC Final: India show England how to dismiss Travis Head ahead of Ashes

‘Never seen Ajinkya Rahane move so well’: AB De Villiers heaps praise on Indian batter

Greg Norman claims LIV Golf isn’t going anywhere after merger with PGA Tour

International referee speaks: ‘I saw Brij Bhushan standing next to her, she freed herself… something wrong happened to her’

WTC Final: Big score, top-order debacle leaves India with a mountain to climb against Australia

WTC Final: Nice to knock Gill over early…hopefully it will be tougher for India to bat tomorrow, says Scott Boland

WTC Final: Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara fail in the art of leaving

Lionel Messi transfer: Barcelona wish superstar good luck in ‘league with fewer demands’

Used to throw thousands of balls at Steve Smith, trying to get him out… it was heartbreaking: Justin Langer

WTC final: Day One at the Oval goes pear-shaped for Team India

Mustachioed hero Travis Head wallops India to submission in WTC final

Behind the scenes: Making of ICC World Test Championship Mace

Stefanos Tsitsipas regrets using sleep aid melatonin before French Open loss to Carlos Alcaraz

Global Chess League: Magnus Carlsen joins forces with Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Arjun for Season 1

France striker Benzema joins Saudi side Al Ittihad

Novak Djokovic perfect in key tiebreaker, nearly perfect in next set of French Open win

PGA Tour players react to LIV merger, say they found out on Twitter

Ahead of the WTC Final, Wasim Akram reckons MS Dhoni ‘could have still played for India if he wanted to’

French Open to mark 10th anniversary of gay marriage in France with ‘Pride Day’ at Roland Garros

French Open 2023: Francisco Cerundolo fumes at chair umpire over Holger Rune’s double-bounce

CWG medalist: Wrestler told me something very wrong is happening

In Brij Bhushan’s absence, ‘calm’ wrestlers aim for Jr India berths

Australia’s blueprint to beat India: Don’t get spooked by spin, play closer to the body

French Open: Sabalenka-Svitolina clash brings Russia-Ukraine conflict to forefront as Grand Slam continues to be affected by geopolitics

Saudi Arabian soccer league to get more state funding from policy backed by crown prince MBS

Giovanni Di Lorenzo becomes 1st Napoli player to lift Serie A trophy in 33 years

French Open 2023: Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek can set up a rematch of last year’s final in Paris

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘It’s time to say goodbye’

Ravi Dahiya pulls out from Bishkek Ranking Series due to recurring knee injury

‘We’ve got India in the WTC final first’: Pat Cummins on Ashes talk

Spectator dies from fall during River Plate match

While You Were Asleep: Messi whistled by PSG fans, Inter warm up for Champions League final, Leipzig win German Cup

‘Wokes’ can cry hoarse but Messi is not a devil for tagging his brand with Saudi Arabia

FA Cup hero Ilkay Gundogan mum on future with Manchester City

PSG vs Clermont Live Score, Ligue 1: PSG 0-0 Clermont after 5 mins in Lionel Messi’s last match

Jack Grealish grew up dreaming of winning the FA Cup

David Warner is looking good for WTC final and Ashes: Usman Khawaja

With unhurried basketball, Nikola Jokic helps Denver Nuggets outpace Miami Heat in Game 1

Ashes: Greater stability will boost Australian hopes, says Marnus Labuschagne

Vinesh, Sakshi and Sangeeta: How India needs to get used to cocky, confident sportspersons

While You Were Asleep: After Messi, Ramos to leave PSG, Mourinho charged for abusing referee, Bellingham to join Real Madrid

Novak Djokovic survives Davidovich Fokina scare to make French Open fourth round

French Open 2023: Coco Gauff wins after waiting out marathon; Alcaraz, Djokovic on court Friday

NBA Finals: Miami Heat struggle with outside shooting in Game 1 to stumble at Denver Nuggets

MLS side Inter Miami part ways with head coach Phil Neville

French Open hopes AI can help tennis players block death threats, other social media hate

Watch: Shocking attack on referee Anthony Taylor and family by Roma fans at airport

Nuggets vs Heat Live Score, NBA Finals 2023: Nikola Jokic, Jimmy Butler vie for first title

Champions League final referee under UEFA scrutiny for links to far-right leader in Poland