Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Friday it has postponed the Afghanistan Test in Hobart scheduled for November 27 until the situation regarding the women's game in the South Asian nation becomes clearer.
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she held off Croatia's Donna Vekic for a 6-2, 6-3 win in a tense final on Saturday.
Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas of which eight are from the associate nations.
New Zealand shooter kills two on eve of Women's Soccer World Cup
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Beat England to reach maiden Women's T20 World Cup final in Cape Town on Friday.
Under the deal, reportedly worth more than $250 million, international matches and the domestic Big Bash League for men and women will be beamed to India "and other territories across Asia" from the 2023-24 season.
Ashleigh Gardner scored an unbeaten 33 as Australia beat England by eight wickets to win the Women's World Twenty20 title.
Brazil's Cristiane scored a hat-trick as the former finalists sealed a superb 3-0 victory over women's World Cup debutants Jamaica on Sunday to kick off their campaign in style.
Zimbabwe series will be announced by the end of this week
China's state media, athletes and netizens rallied to support Olympic swimming champion Pan Zhanle
In the other semi-final bouts, S Kalaivani, Shruti Yadav, and Monika suffered identical 0-5 defeats and bowed out of the competition.
Australia beat India by nine runs to win the Commonwealth Games women's T20 cricket gold medal on Sunday but the real winner was the sport which delivered compelling competition and boosted its case to be included in the Olympics.
The 22-year-old from Assam finished third in semifinal 2 with a timing of 23.42 seconds.
Kaur cited the example of men's IPL where youngsters get to play with the cream of world cricket.
Shabnim Ismail bowls fastest delivery in women's cricket, breaches 130kph
In the men's category, Netherlands (2465.707) replaced India (2366.990) in the third place based on their impressive results in the FIH Pro League.
The duo progressed following their fine showing in India's victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener.
'Right now hockey is totally changed and anyone can beat anyone depending on the day. It depends on how many chances you create.'
The Paris Olympics will feature a new sport in breaking, plus three young sports returning from the Tokyo Games -- climbing, skateboarding and surfing.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to his official Twitter handle to announce the historical development.
Sue Redfern is poised to make history as the inaugural ICC-appointed female neutral umpire
Grace Stewart's goal in the third quarter was enough to take the home side through for a meeting with New Zealand in the semi-finals.
With the athletes bidding goodbye to Paris after another bone-tingling edition of the Olympics, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com, shares some interesting nuggets that made the Paris Olympics an event to remember!
American Masai Russell won the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday.
Four Indians, including three women, have been killed in a tragic drowning incident at an unpatrolled beach in the Australian state of Victoria, the worst tragedy in Victorian waters in almost 20 years, officials said on Thursday.
'...VVS Laxman is going to Zimbabwe but new coach will join from Sri Lanka series'
Australia captain Meg Lanning says women's Test matches need to spread beyond Australia-England rivalry and believes India need to play a big role in promoting the format.
England is the third team to figure in the tournament in which all matches will be played at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium.
Ariarne Titmus assumed the mantle as the best long-distance freestyle swimmer in the Commonwealth when she won the women's 800m title at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on Monday.
Even though the score is below-par against Southern Stars, Vastrakar's clean hits at least gave them something to fight for.
The Indians were undone by a horrendous stopwatch faux pas by technical officials in the shoot-out against Australia
Alyssa backed Harmanpreet and the India team to come out stronger from this series.
Images from the US Open women's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
'The die is cast. The wave is for her.' 'We will win this. The numbers are going to be higher than people are saying.' 'It is going to be more closer to Obama's numbers than Biden's numbers.'
Indian women made a stupendous start to their campaign at the Uber Cup badminton tournament by thrashing Australia 5-0, in Kunshan, on Monday.
Need to maintain energy to secure maiden Test win over Australia, says Harmanpreet Kaur
The WPL action is slated to be held on February 13 in Mumbai, a day after India's T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan.
The Indian women's cricket team produced a superb all-round performance to chase down a record total and upstage World champions Australia by five wickets in the opening Twenty20 International in Adelaide, on Tuesday.
In mixed doubles, the husband-wife Indian pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy defeated Malaysia's Wong Tien Ci and Lim Chiew Sien 21-17, 21-19.
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