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India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will miss the fifth India vs England Test, according to a report in ESPNCricinfo. Before the series, the BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar had declared that Bumrah would play only three of the five Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy due to workload management. Bumrah has already played three of the four Tests so...

India batted more than five sessions to overturn a 311-run deficit and pull off an unprecedented draw against England in the fourth Test at Old Trafford. India were reduced to 0/2 in their second innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal and B Sai Sudharsan scoring ducks. However, captain Shubman Gill led India’s fightback, slamming his fourth century...

England’s day at Old Trafford in Manchester, finishing on 225/2 and just 133 runs behind India’s total with plenty of batting in the tank. Duckett and Crawley’s strong combination does the brunt of the work, with Ben Stokes’ five-fer earlier in the day being key as well. Rishabh Pant’s heroic effort a key moment of...

Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights from Day 1 of the India vs England 4th Test match being played at Old Trafford in Manchester. England leads the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-1 after pulling off a memorable final-session, 22-run triumph at Lord’s. The host also comes to Manchester with one change, getting in Liam Dawson in place of Shoaib...

Seven-time Grand Slam single champion Venus Williams returned to competitive tennis after a 16-month hiatus on Monday with a doubles victory at the WTA and ATP DC Open. The 45-year-old American joined compatriot Hailey Baptiste to defeat Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and US teen Clervie Ngounoue 6-3, 6-1 in a first-round match. “After the match Hailey asked...

Lionel Messi had two goals and two assists, Telasco Segovia also scored twice, and Inter Miami beat the New York Red Bulls 5-1 on Saturday night. It was Messi’s sixth multi-goal game in his last seven matches. Messi became the fifth player in MLS history to record at least 35 goals and 25 assists over...

Two-time Twenty20 World Cup winner Andre Russell will retire from international cricket at age 37 after the second T20 match against Australia on July 22 in his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said on Wednesday. All-rounder Russell, who won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016, has earned 84 international caps...

What a Day 5 we have in store! Tickets are already sold out, as per Michael Atherton, and it promises to be a memorable finish with all four results still possible. KL Rahul got a reprieve on 5 when Chris Woakes put down a return catch, and just like in the first innings, he will...

This page is now closed, but the match report from our reporter Hafsa Adil at Wimbledon is available at Al Jazeera Sport. Jannik Sinner has won his first men’s singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday, defeating reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Sinner is the first Italian to win a singles title at Wimbledon....

Carlos Alcaraz swept into the Wimbledon semi-finals for a third successive year as the defending champion demolished Cameron Norrie, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka survived a major scare to reach the last four on Tuesday. Alcaraz needed just 99 minutes to win 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 in his most commanding performance in this year’s tournament....