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Defending champion Jannik Sinner advanced to the final of the 2025 Six Kings Slam exhibition tennis tournament on Thursday night after defeating Serbian veteran Novak Djokovic in straight sets in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For the second year…

Nepal and Oman have secured two of the three available places in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Asia/East Asia-Pacific Qualifier in Oman on Wednesday. The two teams clinched their spots to the…

India is set to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 - the second time in 20 years that the event will have been held in the world’s most populous nation. The city of Ahmedabad in the west of the country has been chosen ahead of…

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly preparing contingency plans after Afghanistan’s participation in the upcoming T20 Tri-Series in November became doubtful due to escalating military tensions between the two nations. Pakistan…

Kane Williamson was missing from the New Zealand squad named on Monday for the Twenty20 series against England later this month because of a “minor medical issue”, coach Rob Walter said. The 35-year-old former captain turned down a…

India batter Smriti Mandhana on Sunday scripted history during the Women’s ODI World Cup match against Australia in Visakhapatnam. Mandhana, who scored a quickfire 66-ball 80, became the first-ever player to score 1000 or more runs in…

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great’s net worth at an estimated $1.4bn. The 40-year-old striker’s financial ascent…

The organisers of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) has announced that Indian cricketers will feature in the tournament for the first time when its sixth edition begins on December 1. The T20 event will feature 24 matches in total,…

World number one Carlos Alcaraz won his eighth title of a sensational season after beating American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the Japan Open final on Tuesday. The Spaniard has struggled with an ankle injury this week in Tokyo but he was…

Deepti Sharma impressed with bat and ball as India beat fellow hosts Sri Lanka by 59 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-affected opening match of the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Sharma (53) and Amanjot Kaur (57)…