Hashmatullah Shahidi was aged 9 when he started taking cricket seriously and his father took him to a club in Kabul. ....

Rohit Sharma and K.L. Rahul will open India's innings in the first T20 International against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Friday with Shikhar Dhawan starting on the bench as reserve opener, confirmed India skipper Virat Kohli. ....

India football captain Sunil Chhetri said on Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. However, a top official of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said that the ace forward would join the probables for the Indian team in Dubai for a camp on March 18 or 19. ....

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has lashed out at former captain Michael Vaughan for questioning the former's commitment to Test cricket. Archer said that he remains committed to performing in all formats for England and that he has never had a conversation on cricket with Vaughan. ....

The world's two top-ranked T20 International teams, India (No. 2) and England (No. 1) clash in the first match of the five-match T20I series here at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Friday. ....

Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka became the first Sri Lankan player and only the eighth in the history of ODI cricket to be given out for obstructing the field. ....

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer returned from injury to beat Britain's Dan Evans at the Qatar Open 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-5. It was Federer's first match in 13 months. ....

India captain Virat Kohli should express himself with the bat and play with freedom during the five-match T20I series against England, said former batsman VVS Laxman. ....

Atletico Madrid opened up a six-point lead over FC Barcelona and an eight-point advantage over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga after a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Athletic Club Bilbao. ....

Liverpool beat Leipzig 2-0 to ease into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 4-0 on aggregate while Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 with Barcelona at home to see off the Spanish giants 5-2 over two legs from the tournament. ....

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday announced a change to the start time for the third CG Insurance One-day International between West Indies and Sri Lanka on Sunday. The match will now start at 9:30am (8:30 am Jamaica Time) at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. It was originally slated to be a day-night fixture and was to start at 1:30 pm. All other matches in the CG Insurance ODI series will be played as originally scheduled, with the first match of the CG Insurance ODI series scheduled for Wednesday, followed by the second match on Fr ....