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Gold Coast, Apr 2: About 225,000 condoms, 17,000 toilet rolls and free ice cream: welcome to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, where athletes and officials will want for little. Ahead of Wednesday's opening ceremony, thousands of competitors and support staff are pouring into their temporary home on Australia's eastern coast. Organisers hope to make the village as comfortable and

Karachi, Apr 2: Pakistan thrashed a depleted West Indies side by 143 runs in the first Twenty20 International on Sunday at the National Stadium in Karachi, the first such match in the city for nine years. Pakistan, the world's top-ranked T20I side, equalled their highest total in the format of 203/5 in 20 overs before bowling the West Indies out for their lowest-ever T20I total -- 60 runs -- in 13

Al Khobar, Apr 2: The wait is over. The MRI hard tennis ball cricketing extravaganza is to begin from 12 April 2018 in Saudi Arabia. Season 3 of the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) being conducted by the SAB Sports Academy Rakah Al Khobar, is coming up with attractive prizes along with many individual prizes with total a price of 60000/- sar under the title SAQCO- Karnataka Premier League -Season 3

New Delhi, Apr 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to Twitter to congratulate the young Indian shooters who finished second overall at the recently concluded ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney, Australia. India won 22 medals, which included nine gold, five silver and eight bronze, to finish second behind China, who won 25 medals, in the medal tally. In a series of tweets, the PM praised

New Delhi, Apr 1: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, whose term as Rajya Sabha MP ended recently, has donated his entire salary and allowances to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. In the past six years, Tendulkar has drawn nearly Rs 90 lakh in salaries and other monthly allowances. The PMO has also issued a letter of acknowledgement which states: "Prime Minister acknowledges this thoughtful gesture

Karachi, Mar 31: Pakistan's masters of reverse-swinging a cricket ball have unanimously defended it as an "art" which can be achieved without the tampering that ended in shameful bans for three Australian players. Steve Smith had to step down as Australia captain and David Warner as vice-captain after they orchestrated ball-tampering through batsman Cameron Bancroft in the Cape Town Test against

David Warner, former Australia vice-captain, made a tearful apology on Saturday for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that has left the cricketing world reeling, saying he is "resigned to the fact" he may never play for Australia again. The left-handed opener repeatedly said he was taking "full responsibility for my part" in the controversy, which saw Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft use

Sydney, Mar 30: A match referee warned of disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner "being involved in a ball-tampering incident" in the domestic Sheffield Shield in 2016, a media report said. The report came after Smith and Warner were stripped of the captaincy and vice-captaincy and banned for a year from the sport after being caught up in a plot to alter the condition of the

New Delhi, Mar 30: The ball tampering incident should not define Steve Smith and his two fallen team-mates, according to Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, who said images of the former Australia skipper being escorted at Johannesburg airport and his tearful media conference in Sydney "resonated" with him. "The video of Steve Smith being escorted at the airport and his most recent press conference

Sydney, Mar 29: Darren Lehmann has announced his resignation as head coach of Australia in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal that sent shock waves across global cricket. Lehmann will stand down after the final Test of the four-match series against South Africa. "As many who sit in this room will know, life on the road means a lot of time away from loved ones and after speaking to my