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India blanked arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 to open its campaign on a rousing note in the final edition of the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament, in the Netherlands. India scored four field goals with comeback man Ramandeep Singh opening the account in the 26th minute. Young Dilpreet Singh (54th), Mandeep Singh (57th) and Lalit Upadhyay (60th) also scored a goal apiece. While ...

Lionel Messi is under increased pressure to redeem himself when Argentina face Croatia in Thursday’s pivotal match after eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup to send Morocco packing. France will be looking for a second World Cup Group C win against Peru Thursday while Australia need to bounce back from their heart-breaking defeat to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU England set a new record for the highest total ever scored in a men’s one-day international when they went past 444 against Australia at Trent Bridge here today. When Alex Hales, who already had a hundred to his name, hoisted Jhye Richardson for six in the 46th over it meant England had broken their own world record ...

Shikhar Dhawan today became the first Indian player to score a century in Test cricket before lunch, joining an esteemed list of former cricketers, including the legendary Don Bradman. The explosive Indian opener hammered 19 fours and 3 sixes as he reached his century in 91 balls on the opening day of the historic India-Afghanistan test match at Chinnaswamy stadium ...

Rafael Nadal claimed an 11th French Open title with a 6-4 6-3 6-2 demolition of Dominic Thiem despite a worrying injury scare in the closing stages of the final. The 32-year-old world number one now has 17 Grand Slam titles, just three behind great rival Roger Federer. Nadal endured a nervy conclusion to the final, however, when he needed treatment ...

India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million. Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an all-male affair with no women being featured ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Leg-spinner Rashid Khan carried his lethal IPL form into international cricket as Afghanistan outplayed Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening T20 of the three-match series here on Sunday. It was the first ever international game in the city as well as the state. Rashid came to bowl in the 11th over and put his team in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Afghanistan will take on Bangladesh in a three-match T20 series starting here June 3, dividing their focus ahead of the historic Test debut against India in two weeks’ time. While the dates of the Afghanistan’s inaugural Test against India were announced back in January, the series against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun was ...

Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu today said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent. “I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation,” Sanjita told PTI. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg ...

The final match of the IPL 2018 proved to be a one sided affair, with the help of Shane Watson’s unbeaten century (117 runs, 57 balls, 11 fours, eight sixes), Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by a huge gap of 8 wickets. The match was dominated by Chennai Super Kings as they managed to lose only 2 wickets while ...