Moscow, July 7 (AP) Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow.
The reports quoted Griner
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Wimbledon, July 7 (PTI) Trailblazing Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's swansong appearance at Wimbledon ended in a semi-final defeat to defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doub
Washington, July 7 (AP) President Joe Biden on Wednesday reassured the wife of detained WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia, that he is working to win Griner's freedom as soon as possible
New Delhi, July 7 (PTI) Virat Kohli's ploy of trying to negate swing by meeting the ball early has backfired, feels the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, whose advise in English conditions has always been about pla
Kuala Lumpur, July 7 (PTI) India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and compatriot HS Prannoy cruised to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters with straight-game wins here on Thursday. Sindhu, wh
Southampton, July 6 (PTI): Experimentation will go out of the window as India will get down to finalising their best eleven for the World Cup during the three-match T20 series against an ultra-aggressive Englan
Amstelveen, July 6 (PTI): A lacklustre Indian women's hockey team need to tick all boxes against New Zealand in its final Pool B match to seal a direct quarterfinal place in the FIH World Cup, here on Thurs
Kohima, July 6 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland has constituted a State Level Committee for coordination and necessary logistic arrangement for the upcoming Chess Olympiad Torch Relay, as part of the Azadi Ka
Dubai, July 6 (PTI) India's star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant blazed his way into a career-best fifth position in the latest ICC Test rankings announced on Wednesday, even as the out-of-form Virat Kohli
New Delhi, July 6 (PTI) Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named India captain for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies, beginning on July 22 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Regular skipper Rohit Shar
Kuala Lumpur, July 6 (PTI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu had to toil hard before emerging victorious in the opening round of the Malaysia Masters while compatriot Saina Nehwal made a second consecutive f
Our Correspondent Kohima | July 5 The Inter-Department Badminton Club Kohima is all set to conduct its 2nd edition of inter department badminton tournament Kohima 2022 from July 22 to 23 at Nagaland’s
Dubai, July 5 (PTI) India were on Tuesday penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining slow over-rate against England in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham, which has led to them dropp
Birmingham, July 5 (PTI) India stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday blamed his side's defeat to England in the rescheduled fifth Test here to the batting failure in the second innings, saying they let
Birmingham, July 5 (PTI) Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow scored majestic centuries as England pulled off their highest-ever successful run chase in the longest format for a convincing seven-wicket win over India in
Kohima, July 4 (MExN): The Nagaland Taekwondo team won 18 medals (8 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze medals) in the Open India Kukkiwon Dispatched Master Championship organised by Titabor Dojang Taekwondo Academy wh-
Birmingham, July 4 (PTI): Under-fire England openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley displayed a lot of positive intent, taking England to 107 for one at tea on day four after India set a record 378-run target in the
Birmingham, July 4 (PTI): Star England batter Jonny Bairstow has played down the heated verbal exchange he had with senior India player Virat Kohli during the third day of the rescheduled fifth Test, saying it-
Wimbledon, July 3 (AP): Tatjana Maria saved two match points in the second set before beating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34.
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Birmingham, July 3 (PTI) Indian captain Rohit Sharma is finally out of isolation after having tested negative for COVID-19 and will now be available for the opening game of the white-ball series against England
