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Dubai :Brendon McCullum won’t mind quitting the captaincy role at Lahore Qalandars if it helps the team take itself out of the hole it currently finds itself in. In the ongoing Pakistan…

In Harry and Lucy Concluded (1825) Maria Edgeworth has written “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy”. The sentence…

Mumbai: Selecting a talent like Virat Kohli early in his career would be considered a masterstroke by most but according to former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, it ended his career as a…

Dubai: SARFRAZ Ahmed has received a resounding vote of confidence from Sir Vivian Richards — arguably the greatest cricketer of his era — who urged Pakistan cricket chiefs to keep faith with…

New Delhi: Twenty20 cricket as it seems doesn’t really need to be over-rushed. There are endless examples that tell you that even proper cricket can help in surmounting mammoth totals inside 120…

New Delhi: Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil clinched a silver medal in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was Anjum’s first World…

New Delhi: Brand I-League couldn’t have received a better endorsement of its importance in the country’s footballing structure than Minerva Punjab’s logic-defying title win on Thursday. They needed three points to be…

London :Serena Williams shook off the rust from a 15-month layoff due to pregnancy to win her opening match at the WTA Indian Wells event with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Zarina…

Miami: Tiger Woods dug deep to card his first sub-par tournament start since 2015, fighting through blustery conditions to shoot a one-under-par 70 in the opening round of the Valspar Championship. The…

Mumbai :India captain Virat Kohli would benefit from a stint in the county championship before this year’s test series against England, former skipper Kapil Dev has said. The five-match contest between the…