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Factbox on major ball-tampering incidents in cricket after in the wake of the ongoing probe into the Australian team for attempting to alter the state of the ball during the third day of the third Test against South Africa.

Ajinkya Rahane will likely to lead IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals in case an under-fire Steve Smith loses captaincy after admitting to ball tampering during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Mohammad Shahzad starred as Afghanistan laid down a marker ahead of next year's World Cup by romping to a seven-wicket thrashing of the West Indies in Sunday's qualifying final in Harare.

More than a year ago when Virat Kohli was close to calling his Australian counterpart Steve Smith the 'C' word for his sneaky DRS tactics during the Test series at home, the Indian captain was the one who was thought to be taking the issue too far.

India spinner Harbhajan Singh slammed the ICC for letting off Australian opener Cameron Bancroft with only a fine of 75 per cent of his match fee and not a ban, despite his role in the ball-tampering scandal in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi on Sunday termed the ball tampering scandal involving top Australian cricketers "one of modern day cricket's great tragedies" and held the players responsible for plunging the sport into crisis.

Australia captain Steve Smith has been handed a one-match suspension and fined 100% of his match fee by ICC following his admission on Saturday that he was party to a decision to attempt to change the condition of the ball in order to gain an unfair advantage.

The continued defiance of the BCCI office-bearers and former officials to the Supreme Court orders regarding the implementation the Justice (retd) RM Lodha reforms in the cricket body is no great surprise to Lodha himself.

IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla on Sunday said Rajasthan Royals will wait and see what sanctions the ICC imposes on Steve Smith before taking a call on his future as the franchise's captain.

Mercedes' joy at their searing 'party mode' pace during qualifying disappeared quickly on Sunday as a virtual safety car (VSC) and an apparent software glitch cost Lewis Hamilton an Australian Grand Prix victory.

Indian women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday admitted her bowling unit needs to improve after England recorded the highest chase in T20 internationals against the hosts.

Teenaged Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan has become the fastest bowler to the milestone of 100 ODI wickets, doing so in 44 matches which is eight fewer than the previous record holder, Australia’s Mitchell Starc who took 52 matches to break an 18-year-old record in 2016.

New Zealand snapped up three wickets Sunday, including that of Joe Root with the last ball of the day, to pin down an England side battling to salvage a draw from the first Test.

HS Prannoy is not worried about familiar foes such as three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei, and says it is the surprise element of the unheralded shutters, who could pose a bigger threat to his medal aspirations at next month's Commonwealth Games.

A game that began with a bang ended in whimper for India’s women’s team as they lost to England in their second tri-series outing at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The visitors needed to do something really special in order to bring about the highest chase ever in women’s T20 cricket, and they managed precisely that, chasing down a challenging 199 for the loss of only three wickets.

Steve Smith and David Warner have stepped down as captain and vice captain of the Australian team for the the remainder of the third Test vs South Africa in Cape Town

Amateur boxing desperately needs a revamped scoring system, says former Olympic champion and Kazakh legend Bakhtiyar Artayev who also feels that allowing professional boxers in Olympics and expanding women's events at the expense of men is a mistake.

Sebastian Vettel made full use of the virtual safety car to sneak in front of Lewis Hamilton midway the race before the German held off the frustrated Briton to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

In wake of the ball tampering controversy, the Australian Sports Commission has called for Steve Smith and other members of the Australian cricket team, who were part of the ‘leadership group’, to stand down from the team.

Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari will spearhead India’s recurve teams in the first two stages of the Archery World Cup in Shanghai next month and Antalya, Turkey, in May.

Roger Federer's latest reign atop the world rankings will end after the Swiss great's shock loss to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round of the Miami Masters.

India cricketer Mohammed Shami was injured in a road accident today while travelling from Dehradun to Delhi, according to ANI.

On Saturday, Australia captain Steve Smith admitted that his team was involved in ball-tampering during the third day of their third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.