If criticism is agenda-driven, will throw punch back at critic: Shastri

Ravi Shastri is not known to pull back punches and the India head coach has made it clear that he wouldn’t change his ways if he feels that criticism directed at the national team is “agenda-driven”.

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Dhoni powers India to first-ever bilateral ODI series win in Australia

Team India signed off their long and gruelling Australia tour on a victorious note as Virat Kohli’s men thumped Australia in the third and final one-day international (ODI) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and clinched their maiden bilateral series victory on Australian soil.

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Saina tames Okuhara to enter Malaysia Masters semifinals

A gritty Saina Nehwal scripted a hard-fought straight-game win over former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the women’s singles semifinals of the USD 350,000 Malaysia Masters on Friday.

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Defending champion gone: Sharapova ousts Wozniacki

Maria Sharapova showed that she’s ready to be a Grand Slam factor once again, eliminating defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open’s fourth round.

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Yuzvendra Chahal hits Australia with a ‘six’

Yuzvendra Chahal on Friday bamboozled Australia with his leg-spin, taking 6/42 as India dismissed the hosts for 230 in 48.4 overs in the third and deciding ODI of the three-match series in Melbourne.

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Saha wanted to train under Vijay Yadav, BCCI says no

The Wriddhiman Saha affair is getting curioser by the day. Supposedly the best wicketkeeper in the country, the 32-Test veteran has not played an international game for over a year and a competitive match since the IPL in May last year. Now his return to India side looks a bumpy ride what with Rishab Pant going from strength to strength in the Test side.

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Live 3rd ODI: Australia 230 all out; Chahal 6/42

Yuzvendra Chahal registered the best bowling figures by an Indian at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to bowl out Australia for 230 runs in the series-deciding third ODI on Friday.

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New Pro League designed to raise hockey’s profile

Hockey hopes to begin a new era on Saturday when Spain and Belgium kick off its ambitious annual Pro League, a new competition which aims to transform the sport and reduce its dependence on the Olympic Games for exposure.

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Cricket Australia work to fix Gabba lights ahead of Test

Cricket Australia was Friday desperately working to find out why floodlights failed in a Big Bash League game at the Gabba, barely a week away from the venue hosting a day-night Test against Sri Lanka.

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Rathore on SAI arrests: We didn’t want cover-up

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that the government entrusted CBI to investigate the corruption allegations levelled against the sports department officials as transferring them wouldn’t have addressed the real problem.

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