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Riding on Karun Nair's fine century and a brilliant bowling display from Pravin Dubey, Karnataka ended Tamil Nadu's winning streak with a 78-run win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy South Zone T20 tournament on Friday. While Karun Nair scored 111, leggie Pravin Dubey scalped four wickets. Nair's knock helped his team post a competitive total of 179 for 9 in 20 overs after being sent in to bat by

Madrid, Jan 12: Lionel Messi put on a masterclass in front of new recruit Philippe Coutinho as Barcelona trounced Celta Vigo 5-0 to ease into the Copa del Rey quarter-finals 6 -1 on aggregate. Coutinho, dressed in a black shirt dotted with white stars, was in the stands at the Camp Nou for the first time since his 160 million-euro ( 192 million) move from Liverpool. It didn't take long for the

Centurion, Jan 12: India couldn't have hoped for a worst start to a long South African sojourn but pacer Jasprit Bumrah today asserted that if one debacle dents the team's confidence then it "does not deserve" to be play Test cricket. South Africa outplayed India by 72 runs inside four days in the opening Test in Cape Town to claim a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second Test is scheduled

New Delhi, Jan 11: Aanchal Thakur has just one wish after becoming the first Indian to win an international medal in skiing -- an end to the government's apathetic attitude towards winter sports. The response to her bronze medal winning performance in Turkey has been overwhelming to say the least. She still can't believe that none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated her on the

Cricketer Yusuf Pathan might soon be completing BCCI’s retroactive five-month ban imposed on him for a first-time dope offence but as per the World Anti Doping Agency’s (WADA) protocol, the case is an active one. Indian all-rounder Pathan was on Tuesday handed a five-month retrospective suspension for failing a dope test, a sanction which will end on January 14 after the BCCI accepted his plea

New Delhi, Jan 10: At 44, with 18 Grand Slam titles and an Olympic medal in his cupboard, Leander Paes is finding it "tough to set new goals" but still spent his off-season getting stronger to remain relevant in modern day tennis, which is being dominated by brute power. Many of his contemporaries have become coaches and many of his juniors have already hung racquets but this Indian legend's

Islamabad, Jan 10: Annoyed by the "gutter media campaign" against his plan to get married for a third time, Pakistan's flamboyant cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Tueday asked whether he had "sold" state secrets to India or "laundered" the country's wealth to deserve a bad press. Breaking his silence over reports of his "marriage" to his spiritual guru Bushra Maneka, Pakistan's opposition

New Delhi, Jan 9: After suffering a 72-run defeat at Newlands, Cape Town, India captain Virat Kohli dropped to the third spot with England captain Joe Root replacing him in the second position in the ICC Test batsmen rankings, released on Tuesday. Kohli, who has recently returned for the national side after being rested for the series against Lanka, struggled to make runs like his teammates during

Cape Town, Jan 9: The plan was to keep Virat Kohli quiet and South Africa's wrecker-in-chief Vernon Philander said his team executed it to perfection during the 72-run win over India in the opening Test here. "Virat is a good player and an aggressive player. The key thing is to obviously keep him quiet and to make sure you set him up for the other one. Initially it was for me to keep him quiet

New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, all-rounder Yusuf Pathan had failed a dope test during a domestic match last season. The member of the 2011 World Cup winning side has been suspended for the violation. A statement by BCCI testifies the same. The statement said, "Mr Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Mr Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be