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Chennai’s Chahar ruled out of IPL with back injury

Sports Desk: Chennai Super Kings pace bowler Deepak Chahar, the second-most expensive player at the Indian Premier League auction, has been ruled out of the tournament due to a back

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Benzema sinks brave Chelsea in extra time as Real Madrid reach semi-finals

Sports Desk: Luka Modric turned the tie and Karim Benzema settled it as Real Madrid held off a sensational fightback from Chelsea on Tuesday to win an enthralling Champions League

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Australia appoint Andrew McDonald as cricket coach

Sports desk: Australia’s top cricket body appointed Andrew McDonald as national coach on Wednesday, two months after the shock departure of Justin Langer. McDonald, 40, secured a four-year contract after

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Khaled fined for throwing ball at SA player

Sports Desk: Bangladeshi right-arm pacer Khaled Ahmed has been fined 15% of his match fees by ICC for throwing ball at South African player Kyle Verreynne in “an inappropriate and

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Shakib’s mother-in-law passes away

Sports Desk: After battling for a long, all-rounder cricketer Shakib Al Hasan’s mother-in-law Nargis Begum died of cancer on Friday night. She breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Combined

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Djokovic returns to Monte Carlo as Alcaraz waits to pounce

Sports Desk: Novak Djokovic will return to action at the Monte Carlo Masters next week where Carlos Alcaraz, the teenager seen as his likely long-term successor as world number one

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Bangladesh eye level Test series against South Africa

Shawdesh desk: Putting behind their ignominious defeat in the first Test, Bangladesh are keen to hit back in style as they take on the hosts South Africa for the second

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Arsenal’s top four bid rocked in ‘unacceptable’ Palace defeat

Sports Desk: Mikel Arteta apologised for Arsenal’s “unacceptable” performance in a 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace that dealt a significant blow to their bid to finish in the Premier League’s

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