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Biennial World Cup feasible, debate continues: FIFA chief Gianni Infantino

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has clarified at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, Qatar that the global football governing body has not proposed a biennial World Cup and it needs more time to discuss.

Partnerships key to avoid losing wickets in a cluster, says Mandhana

India opening batter Smriti Mandhana said building batting partnerships will be the key to avoid losing wickets in a cluster in the crucial match against Australia in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

Shri Nivetha, Esha, Ruchita win gold in women's 10m air pistol team event

The Indians shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish on the podium for the country's third medal, and second gold, in the year's first World Cup

Equal pay dispute over, US Soccer, women's team reach $24 mn agreement

US Soccer and the Women's National Team (USWNT) players have announced an agreement to resolve the outstanding equal pay claims in litigation.

FIFA links more World Cups to averting migrant deaths at sea

FIFA President Gianni Infantino Infantino said soccer was being dominated by the few who "have everything"

Story of 1983 World Cup win, my career show wonders happen: Pankaj Tripathi

The actor stars in the upcoming "83", which chronicles India's win under Kapil Dev's captainship

Picking 3 wicket-keepers in 2019 ODI WC squad wasn't logical: Ravi Shastri

Shastri revealed that either Ambati or Shreyas Iyer should have been selected

FIH Junior Women's World Cup in South Africa put on hold owing to Covid-19

The prestigious tournament was to be held in the Rainbow Nation from December 5 to 16

T20 WC, SCO vs NAM Highlights: Trumpelmann shines as Namibia wins by 4 wkts

Opting to bowl, Namibia first restricted Scotland to 109 for eight and then chased down the target in 19.1 overs

Archery: Indian women's recurve team clinches gold at World Cup Stage 3

The Indian women's recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari struck gold at the ongoing World Cup Stage 3 here on Sunday, defeating Mexico in the final.

ISSF World Cup: India add gold, silver to continue dominant run

The Indian juggernaut remained unstoppable at the ISSF shooting World Cup with the country's women shooters grabbing the spotlight by clinching the 25m pistol team gold medal

Narwal shoots second gold in Para-Shooting WC with new world record

Promising Manish Narwal shattered the world record en route clinching the gold in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 event on the penultimate day of the 2021 Para Shooting World Cup here on Tuesday

India, England call each other favourites for upcoming T20 World Cup

Asked if his boys are the favourites for the T20 World Cup, skipper Virat Kohli said no and called England favourites instead

ICC signs deal with IMG, to live stream 541 games across 3 World Cups

A total of 541 matches across three upcoming World Cups will be broadcast globally

India to host 2021 T20 World Cup, Australia gets to hold it in 2022: ICC

The global body also confirmed that next year's women's ODI World Cup in New Zealand has been postponed until February-March 2022

On this day in 2019: Rohit Sharma became first to score 5 tons in one WC

On July 6 last year, star Indian opener Rohit Sharma broke great Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara's record of scoring highest number of centuries in a single edition of the 50-over World Cup

How 1996 World Cup is back to haunt foreign portfolio investors

The Budget earlier this year announced a 20% withholding tax on dividends paid to FPIs

Brands, sponsors play the game of uncertainty as Covid-19 halts all sports

Can teams, athletes and broadcasters come together to keep the show going as the pandemic grinds all sports to an indefinite halt?

Semi-final 1 highlights: India's ICC CWC 2019 dream over, NZ win by 18 runs

The script was eerily similar to the 2015 CWC semi-final and just like that evening in Sydney, skipper Virat Kohli was once again out cheaply and MS Dhoni (50) was stuck in the middle overs

I will be surprised if Dhoni stays captain till 2019 WC: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly backed Virat Kohli to be given the leadership role soon