India opener Smriti Mandhana has reached a career-best 741 points as she continues to maintain her third position in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings for batters released on Tuesday.

Doha: Cristiano Ronaldo said in a cryptic social media post that his dream of winning the World Cup with Portugal has ended, while stopping short of announcing his retirement from international duty.

Dhaka (Bangladesh): Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma was on Sunday ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh that begins on December 14. Sharma has been ruled out of the match owing to a thumb injury that he sustained during the second ODI match against the Bangaldesh.

Kolkata: The euphoria surrounding this year's FIFA World Cup has been "unprecedented" in football-mad Kolkata, with nearly 9,000 fans having already travelled to Qatar to witness the showpiece event and many more slated to arrive in the next few days, officials said.

Kylian Mbappe and France made it back to the semifinals of the World Cup on Saturday by beating England 2-1.

Doha (Qatar): Moroccan football team on Saturday created history by becoming first Arab team ever to enter semifinals of a FIFA World Cup, they defeated the heavyweights Portugal 1-0 in the quarterfinal.

A dominant defence by Morocco kept the Portugal strikers away from breaching goal in the first half of the quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Doha: Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from Portugal's starting lineup for the second straight match at the World Cup. The 37-year-old Ronaldo won't play from the outset in the quarterfinal match against Morocco on Saturday, after starting on the bench and then coming on as a substitute for the round-of-16 match against Switzerland.