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Ronaldo prepares to take ‘long walk’ to Champions League final

17 Feb 2021 09:26 AM IST

Porto [Portugal], February 17 (ANI): Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo is gearing up for the club’s upcoming Champions League game against “very strong” Porto and said it may be the “beginning of the long walk we want to take until the final”. The 36-year-old also said that at this stage of the

IPL 2021 Auction: RCB set to do heavy lifting, CSK look to find stop-gap arrangements

17 Feb 2021 09:23 AM IST

New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): The 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) would be kicking off in April this year, but with just two months left for the premier T20 tournament to start, all eight franchises will be looking to plug the gaps at the mini-auction on

No Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine in Zimbabwe Test squad for Afghanistan series

17 Feb 2021 08:55 AM IST

Harare [Zimbabwe], February 17 (ANI): Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine have missed out as Zimbabwe named a 15-member squad for the two-match Test series against Afghanistan on Tuesday.According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, the Test series will begin on March 2 in Abu Dhabi. Taylor and Ervine were absent from

Champions League: Salah, Mane score as Liverpool register 2-0 win over RB Leipzig

17 Feb 2021 08:54 AM IST

Budapest [Hungary], February 17 (ANI): Liverpool delivered an impressive performance to defeat RB Leipzig 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie here on Wednesday. In an intense and high-tempo game, Dani Olmo almost gave RB Leipzig the lead in the fifth minute. His diving header hit

Australian Open: Karolina Muchova knocks out Ashleigh Barty to book semi-finals berth

17 Feb 2021 08:21 AM IST

Melbourne [Australia], February 17 (ANI): Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty bowed out of the ongoing Australian Open after facing a defeat at the hands of Czech Karolina Muchova on Wednesday.Muchova defeated the local hero 6-1, 3-6, 2-6 in a match that lasted for 117 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. The

Champions League: Mbappe’s hat-trick powers PSG to a 4-1 win over Barcelona

17 Feb 2021 08:21 AM IST

Barcelona [Spain], February 17 (ANI): Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick powered Paris Saint Germain (PSG) to a 4-1 win over Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie here on Wednesday. Barcelona had the better of the early stages with Keylor Navas thwarting Antoine Griezmann before Lionel Messi opened

Indian women’s team to face Serbia in first of 3 FIFA friendlies

17 Feb 2021 05:41 AM IST

The Indian women’s team is all set to kick-off its preparations for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup with three international friendly matches in Alanya, Turkey where in the first of these three matches, it will square-off against Serbia on Wednesday. Coached by Maymol Rocky, the team has had a

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka enter semis; Halep out

17 Feb 2021 05:40 AM IST

American tennis player Serena Williams on Tuesday progressed to the semi-finals of the ongoing Australian Open. Serena defeated Romania’s Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals at the Rod Laver Arena and as a result, the American has her dream intact of registering her 24th Grand Slam win. The 39-year-old

CHENNAI PITCH WAS DIFFICULT BUT NOT DANGEROUS

17 Feb 2021 05:38 AM IST

I do not understand why there is such hue and cry about the Chennai pitch. Did the England and Wales Cricket Board not prepare the pitch according to their team’s strength? They are preparing their pitches to suit their bowlers. Australia and South Africa also do the same thing. But here

HAD DISCUSSION WITH ASHWIN REGARDING BOWLING IN RIGHT AREAS: KULDEEP YADAV

17 Feb 2021 05:36 AM IST

CHENNAI: After registering an emphatic 317-run win against England in the second Test, spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Tuesday revealed that he had discussions with Ravichandran Ashwin regarding bowling in the right areas. Kuldeep had not played a single Test against Australia in the 2020-21 series and he did not feature

PIETERSEN SHOCKED TO SEE MOEEN RETURN HOME AFTER PLAYING ONE TEST

17 Feb 2021 05:33 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday was shocked to see Moeen Ali choosing to return home after playing just one Test against India in the ongoing four-match series. “We played in 2005 on terrestrial TV and BEAT Aus. It changed the game of cricket in this country.

INDIA’S 317-RUN VICTORY IS MORE THAN A HAMMERING, SAYS VAUGHAN

17 Feb 2021 05:31 AM IST

CHENNAI: After India secured a commanding win over England in the second Test, former England skipper Michael Vaughan said the hosts’ 317-run victory is “more than a hammering”. “The last partnership was 38, highest for England in the matc! 317 run victory is more than a hammering … #INDvsENG! Well