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Doha, Mar 3: The Indian combine of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra staged a remarkable recovery to pip Pakistan in the final of the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup. After being 0-2 down in the best-of-five final played on Saturday night, India found themselves in a deeper hole at 0-30 down in the third frame. Thanks to a well-crafted 39 break from Chandra and a classy clearance of the final

New Delhi, Mar 3: Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad has tendered his resignation from the post of chairman, junior national selection committee, less than a month after the country won the U-19 World Cup. Prasad, who has worked as the head of the junior national selection committee for 30 months, of late shared a cold relationship with the BCCI mandarins. It has been learnt that Prasad cited

Bishkek, Mar 2: India's Vinesh Phogat had to be content with a silver medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship after losing 2-3 to China's Chun Lei in the summit clash of the women's 50kg freestyle event. Trailing 0-1 early in the bout, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Vinesh made a strong comeback to score two points and take the lead. But with less than two minutes left, the Chinese wrestler

Chennai, Mar 2: England paceman Mark Wood on Friday said he wants to pick the brains of former India skipper MS Dhoni and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and emerge as a "match winner" for Chennai Super Kings during next month's Indian Premier League. I think learning to cope in pressure situations can only help. And picking the brains of some of the legends of the game... MS Dhoni as my

Karachi, Mar 2: Pakistan's flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi wants to play the final of the third Pakistan Super League as it will be held in his adopted hometown, Karachi, on March 25. Afridi, 37, also rubbished speculations about him making a comeback to international cricket. "My decision to retire is final. I am now enjoying myself playing in these T20 leagues and doing my foundation work,"

Ipoh, Mar 2: Handed a relatively easy draw in the World Cup, the Indian hockey team head coach Sjoerd Marijne emphasised on the importance of winning every single match and not be complacent about their opponents. The hosts have been clubbed with Olympic silver medallists Belgium, Canada and South Africa in a favourable Pool C. "It is the World Cup and every team will come with the intention of

Monaco, Mar 1: Former India captain Kapil Dev wants Hardik Pandya to "work harder on his batting" as that is his primary skill as an all-rounder. Pandya, after his 93 in the first Test against South Africa in Cape Town, failed to get a single half-century across formats in the remaining matches. Comparing any talented all-rounder to Kapil is a norm in Indian cricket and the World Cup winning

Dubai, Mar 1: Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Wasim Akram on Wednesday launched the world’s biggest tennis ball cricket tournament, 10PL, in grand style. At a gala dinner in front of a packed audience, Mr Akram, also the brand ambassador for the tournament, unveiled the jersey, anthem and the trophy of the tournament as 16 sides were named to play in this highly anticipated tennis ball

The qualifying tournament for the 2019 ICC World Cup gets underway in Zimbabwe on Sunday, with 10 teams battling it out for only two places at next year's tournament in England and Wales. Two-time world champions West Indies and Afghanistan are favourites to claim the remaining spots for the reduced 10-team World Cup, while fellow Test sides Ireland and Zimbabwe will be hoping to cause an upset

Hyderabad, Mar 1: PV Sindhu, India's Rio Olympic silver medalist in badminton who was recently in the scheme of things at the India Open 2018 and Badminton Asia Team Championship, has achieved her career-best No. 2 ranking but couldn't hold on to it for long. The defending champ of India Open also conceded the titleto Beiwen Zhang last month thus slipping in ranks as well. Currently, World Number