New Delhi: Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon take note of his game, died on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: India is all set to host the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, after a decade. The tournament is being held across 10 Indian cities- Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Dharamsala, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata. While the tournament is set to kickstart from october 5th, cricket fans are already gearing up for the mega ODI tournament.

Vinesh Phogat, who was given direct entry to the Asian Games, on Tuesday announced that she won't be able to compete at the quadrennial extravaganza in Hangzhou because of a knee injury that will require a surgery.

London, Aug 14: Former England pacer Steven Finn called time on his professional career, announcing retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday after ''admitting defeat'' to a chronic knee injury.

London: England Test captain and the world's premier all-rounder Ben Stokes is all set to come out of retirement and play the ODI World Cup in India even if it comes at the cost of missing a season of cash-rich IPL, according to British daily 'The Telegraph'.

Lauderhill (US): The fifth and final T20 International between India and the West Indies witnessed third interruption of the day after the umpires decided to stop the proceedings during the former's chase of 166 runs in the 13th over here on Sunday.

Suryakumar Yadav's half-century powers India to 165-9 against WI in 5th T20I.

India beat West Indies by nine wickets in 4th T20I to level five-match series 2-2.