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"India seem to have got a good variety of bowlers, especially pace bowlers, which is probably unusual. They have strength of depth in their pace bowling," said Cook ahead of the first Test.

"In England, patience is the key. It depends on the weather -- if it's sunny, it's good to bat; but if it gets cloudy, then definitely it's good for the bowlers," India's Test vice-captain said.

Indian football coach Stephen Constantine on Monday "apologised" for his unsavoury comments on the youth team's performance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the Commonwealth Games 2018 medal-winning paddlers, including Manika Batra and Achanta Sharath Kamal.

Global footballers' union FIFPro says that at least 15 World Cup players have taken part in UEFA club competitions less than four weeks after returning from Russia, leaving without a sufficient close season break.

Before Karman, Sania Mirza, Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao and Ankita Raina had made it to top-200 in WTA rankings.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy dished out a commanding performance to storm into the second round of the World Badminton Championships at Nanjing, China on Monday.

In a lopsided first game of the five-match series in Colombo on Monday, the Indian colts won by six wickets after bowling out the hosts for 143.

Bolstered by the campaign-saving draw against a mighty USA, the Indian women's hockey team will fancy its chances against lower-ranked Italy in the cross-over World Cup match on Tuesday.

On November 9 last year, Sehwag was included in the six-member panel along with Justice RV Easwar (head), advocate Vibha Datta Makhija, former Delhi captain Vinay Lamba, Dr Naveen Dang and Dr Harsh Mahajan.

Be angry and challenge Virat Kohli, urged former captain Michael Vaughan to an English side hosting an ambitious India, for long seeking to shed the poor travellers' tag, in a highly-anticipated Test series.

Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili jumped 46 places to be 35th, while Matteo Berrettini of Italy rocketed 30 positions to be 54th.

The Serbian teenager jumped from 187th to 112th behind an unchanged top 10 led by Simona Halep, Carolina Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens.

Geraint Thomas was labelled the "Perfect Poster Boy" on Monday after the British Team Sky rider deposed teammate and four-time champion Chris Froome to win the Tour de France.

"On behalf of the cricket family, I want to congratulate England on their 1000th men's Test match, the first country to reach this milestone," ICC chairman Shashank Manohar said in a statement.

India captain Virat Kohli will look to snatch the coveted number-one position from Australia's Steve Smith in the ICC Test Player Rankings during the five-Test series which is beginning with the first Test in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Vijay Mallya is 'devastated' to have lost control of the Force India Formula One team but the embattled tycoon should still have a say in what happens next, according to his right-hand man Bob Fernley.

As per the existing policy of the Delhi government, a CWG gold medallist gets Rs 14 lakh for gold, Rs 10 lakh for silver and Rs 6 lakh for bronze. Since the amount of the cash prize was a lot lesser than what the athletes from Haryana and Tamil Nadu get, a revised proposal had gone to the Delhi government for approval.

Sauber's Swedish Formula One driver Marcus Ericsson has revealed that he has raced thirsty for years because he has ditched his car's water bottle in order to save weight.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy dished out a commanding performance to storm into the second round of the World Badminton Championships at Nanjing, China on Monday.

Chinese superstar Lin Dan rolled back the years and made a fast start to his challenge at the badminton World Championships on Monday.

Dale Steyn, one of the most prolific wicket-takers of his generation, did not condone the actions of the Cape Town trio but said the incident exposed the need for cricket to change to prevent the loss of the art of reverse swing bowling.

Daniel Sturridge is looking to put his injury troubles behind him and re-establish himself in the Liverpool side for the upcoming campaign.

Chelsea defender David Luiz has dismissed speculation about a potential departure from the Premier League club and said he is aiming to win titles under new manager Maurizio Sarri.

After retiring from cricket 24 years ago, former India captain Kapil Dev is going to represent the country again. But this time, it's not with bat and ball, but as a golfer.