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Dubai, Sept 24: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an anti-corruption investigation in Sri Lanka but did not specify if any particular series involving the country is under the scanner. The ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) officers had recently visited the country as part of the probe, the world body said in a statement. "The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit works to uphold integrity in

Indore, Sept 24: Australia have elected to bat after winning the toss against India in the third one-day international match that is being played between the two sides at the Holkar Stadium in Indore today. India, which has already secured a two-nil lead against the visitors, will look to pile on the misery on the latter and seal the five-match series The sun was shining brightly over Indore on

Indore, Sept 24: India will look to pile on the misery for a struggling Australia and seal the five-match series when they take on the Steve Smith-led side in the third ODI at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday. The sun was shining brightly over Indore on the eve of the match after the grounds-men were forced to keep the field under covers for two days due to scattered rainfall in the region

New Delhi, Sept 22: Harbhajan Singh was overcome by a sense of deja vu while watching Kuldeep Yadav’s hat-trick and feels that the feat will make the youngster an indispensable part of the Team India set-up just like him after that epic 2001 series. “Wahi opposition, wahi lamha, wahi ground aur ek spinner jiska age bhi utna (The same opposition, same ground, another spinner of same age). Somehow

Sept 22: Two-time champions and holders Atletico De Kolkata will take on runner-up Kerala Blasters in the opening match of the Indian Super League season 4 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on November 17. The match is looked upon as a re-run of last year's final and the Kerala outfit would be eager to make amends for last year's disappointment. Altogether 95 matches will be

Kolkata, Sept 22: Bhuvneshwar Kumar always knew how to swing the white ball but now he feels more complete as a bowler with an ability to generate pace in the death overs. Bhuvneshwar bowled an impressive first spell comprising pace and swing as he finished with brilliant figures of 6.1-2 -9-3 including the wicket of dangerous David Warner. India won the second ODI by 50 runs to take a 2-0 lead in

Sept 22: A brilliant opening spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and a terrific hat-trick from Kuldeep Yadav towards the end of the innings helped India beat Australia by 50 runs in the second ODI at Eden Gardens on Thursday. Opting to bat, Kohli-Rahane century-run stand had put the hosts in a commanding position but the Indian middle-order failed to capitalise on the good start as the hosts were bowled

Tokyo, Sept 21: P V Sindhu suffered a straight-game loss to world champion Nozomi Okuhara to crash out but Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals of the USD 325,000 Japan Open Super Series, here today. Playing local favourite Okuhara for the third consecutive time, Sindhu could not bring to the fore her best game and committed too many errors to go down 18-21 8-21 in a lop

Johannesburg, Sept 21: India will play three Test matches in South Africa this season, the boards of both countries announced on Wednesday. The first Test will start in Cape Town on January 5 while details of the remaining two Tests, as well as six one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, will be announced later. South Africa will also stage its first day-night Test, planned as a

Jeddah, Sept 21: King Salman on Wednesday received the chairman of the General Sports Authority (GSA), Turki Al-Asheikh, accompanied by the president and members of Saudi Arabian Football Association (SAFA) and players of the Saudi Football First Team on the occasion of their qualification for 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. Upon their reception at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, King Salman said he