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Sydney, Dec 3: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been awarded a compensation of $ 300,000 in a defamation case against an Australia media which he had won in October, last year. The Australia media i.e Fairfax Media has been ordered to pay the amount in damages to the swashbuckling batsman over a series of defamatory reports accusing him of exposing himself to a female massage therapist during a

Sydney, Dec 2: Australia have enough firepower in their pace attack to "trouble" India's talismanic captain Virat Kohli, believes skipper Tim Paine, who urged his seamers to not get too "emotional" during the four-Test series starting at Adelaide on December 6. "I think our fast bowling attack … if they play purely on skill, they're going to trouble him," Paine said. "At times when we get too

Madrid, Dec 2: Real Madrid's revival under Santiago Solari appears to be back on track after they moved up to fifth in La Liga with a 2-0 win over Valencia on Saturday. An own-goal from Valencia's Daniel Wass gave Madrid an early lead before Lucas Vazquez added a late second to wrap up their sixth win in seven games under their new coach. The 3-0 thrashing by Eibar last weekend, in Solari's first

Sydney, Dec 1: Murali Vijay struck a confident hundred while KL Rahul scored a half-century in the warm-up game against Cricket Australia XI, easing off any worries in the Indian dressing room in their final outing before the first Test. Vijay, returning to the Test squad after being dropped mid-way through the England tour, celebrated his comeback with an unbeaten century off 118 balls. He looked

Dublin, Dec 1: For the first time 12 nations will head into Sunday's qualifying draw for Euro 2020 with the extra incentive of playing on home soil should they make it to the 24-team tournament in two years time. Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Munich, Rome and Saint Petersburg are the 12 cities that will host matches across the continent to

London, Nov 30: Wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has become the second Bangladeshi player, after Tamim Iqbal, to achieve the milestone of scoring 4,000 Test runs. The 31-year old achieved the feat on Day One of their ongoing second Test against West Indies when he played a back foot shot off legspinner Devendra Bishoo's delivery in the 65th over. Iqbal, on the other hand, had reached the

New Delhi, Nov 30: The feud between senior India woman cricketer Mithali Raj and Ramesh Powar is heading towards an end without any intervention from the administrators with the coach's three-month interim tenure ending Friday. With the conclusion of Powar's term, fresh applications will be invited by the BCCI for the job and in all likelihood, the former India spinner will not be considered even

Sydney, Nov 30: Former Australian batsman Dean Jones doesn’t foresee the current team beating India in the upcoming Test series and feels the hosts will be better off without “provoking” opposition skipper Virat Kohli. Australia are a depleted unit in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner, providing India their “best” chance of winning a maiden Test series Down Under. “If India don’t win

Sydney, Nov 30: India suffered a big injury scare Friday when young batting phenomenon Prithvi Shaw rolled his ankle trying to take a catch against a Cricket Australia XI and had to be carried off. The 19-year-old, who scored a sparkling debut century in the first Test against the West Indies in October, landed awkwardly near the Sydney Cricket Groundboundary in attempting to catch a big hit from

London, Nov 29: Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal to reclaim the record of being the top goal scorer in the Champion League for one club. Messi's goal against PSV Eindhoven Football club in the 61st minute of their Champions League clash took the striker's total goal figures for Barcelona to 106. Ronaldo, on the other hand, had scored record 105 goals