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New Delhi: Olympic and World Championship silver medallist PV Sindhu has signed a whopping four-year sports sponsorship deal of Rs 50 crore with Chinese sports brand Li-Ning. The record deal comes after

BARCELONA: Winger Malcom’s second half strike secured Barcelona a 1-1 draw with Real Madrid to leave the Copa del Rey semifinal evenly poised after the first leg. Brazilian Malcom, who started in

Wellington: Smriti Mandhana remained an unstoppable juggernaut with a record-smashing half-century but the Indian women’s cricket team failed to make it count, going down by 23 runs in the opening T20 International

Karachi: Former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir sees a lot of similarities between India skipper Virat Kohli and ex-Pakistan captain and now Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying both inspired their team-mates by leading

Wellington: Kuldeep Yadav is firmly ahead of veteran Ravichandran Ashwin in the pecking order as India’s frontline spinner on foreign soil, head coach Ravi Shastri asserted, citing his five-wicket haul against Australia

Madrid: Former Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for defrauding the Spanish state of 3.3 million euros ($3.77 million), a Spanish court filing showed on Tuesday, although

Mumbai: Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni might be considered as one of the best finishers in the world but he is equally a master when it comes to standing behind the

Mumbai: In the landscape of Indian football, the I-League has always been viewed as a bit of a poor step-brother of the much richer and much more glamorous Indian Super League. Yet

Melbourne: Australian cricketer Steve Smith’s comeback from his year-long suspension for ball tampering could get extended due to the shoulder surgery he underwent last month. The former Australian captain was playing the

Manila: French urban free climber Alain Robert was arrested , police said, after he scaled one of Manila’s tallest towers in his latest high-risk ascent. The 56-year old adventurer dubbed the “French