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Delhi Dynamos maintained their excellent run in the final leg of the league stage as they outclassed Mumbai City FC 5-1 in their 17th match of the Indian Super League season four at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Indian men's hockey team captain Sardar Singh says his side has enough fire power to tackle strong opponents such as world number one Australia and reigning Olympic champions Argentina at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, beginning on Saturday.

Afghanistan laid down a marker ahead of 2019 World Cup qualifying as fast bowler Dawlat Zadran took a hat-trick in a comfortable warm-up victory over West Indies in Harare on Tuesday.

Four-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton sat out the second day of pre-season testing on Tuesday after Mercedes said they wanted to make the most of good weather with rain threatening.

Making a strong return to the domestic competition circuit, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra outclassed the field to claim gold medal at the Run Adam Indian Grand Prix-1, on Tuesday.

Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood is keen to continue holding the upper hand over South Africa batsman Hashim Amla when the sides begin their four-Test series in Durban on Thursday.

Leg-spinner Karn Sharma said he was excited to get an opportunity to play at Chennai Super Kings (CSK) under Mahendra Singh Dhoni and hoped to learn a lot under him.

From the moment he smashed an exquisite cover drive off the very first delivery of the match bowled by Saurashtra's Jaydev Unadkat, it was more or less clear that Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal was ready for another big one.

At 19 years of age, highly-rated Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is set to become the youngest captain in the history of international cricket. Rashid will lead Afghanistan after regular skipper Asghar Stanikzai was diagnosed with appendicitis.

Former India spinner Sairaj Bahutule was on Tuesday named as the spin bowling coach of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, who are making a comeback to the League after serving a two-year ban.

Tennis' national observer Somdev Devvarman insists that he has nothing "personal" against Ankita Raina and his decision to exclude her from the TOP scheme was based on his assumption that she would not make it to the Tokyo Olympics in 2022.

Chelsea have the quality to secure a top four spot in the Premier League as the race for Champions League qualification heats up, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said.

Mithali Raj will lead a 15-member Indian women's team in the three-match ODI series against Australia to be held at Vadodara from March 12-18, the BCCI said on Tuesday.

"As a captain, he (Kohli) is still developing and needs some time to pull in his excitement factor and emotions but that's the way he plays. I think he just needs to get a bit aware that everyone in the side can't play in that fashion. Someone like (Ajinkya) Rahane and (Cheteshwar) Pujara are very calm and quiet guys so he needs to just understand that some players are different," Waugh said.

"As a captain, he (Kohli) is still developing and needs some time to pull in his excitement factor and emotions but that's the way he plays. I think he just needs to get a bit aware that everyone in the side can't play in that fashion. Someone like (Ajinkya) Rahane and (Cheteshwar) Pujara are very calm and quiet guys so he needs to just understand that some players are different," Waugh said.

"As a captain, he (Kohli) is still developing and needs some time to pull in his excitement factor and emotions but that's the way he plays. I think he just needs to get a bit aware that everyone in the side can't play in that fashion. Someone like (Ajinkya) Rahane and (Cheteshwar) Pujara are very calm and quiet guys so he needs to just understand that some players are different," Waugh said.

TOI Sports caught with the Dutch star after stage three to talk about his interest in cycling, how he started with the sport and how he feels about the accolades he has earned in a rather short while.

Even though he may not be fully fit by the time the All England Badminton Championships start on March 14, Indian shuttler HS Prannoy feels that he needs to play the tournament in order to get into the groove ahead of this April's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

The Badminton World Federation's proposal to reduce on-court coaching and tweak the scoring system has left international coaches a confused lot with the likes of Pullela Gopichand and Kenneth Jonassen questioning the very logic of such a move.

The pace attacks of South Africa and Australia are preparing to slug it out for supremacy in what is likely to be a bruising four-Test series over the next five weeks.

Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar suffered a sprained ankle and a fractured metatarsal when he was stretchered off in Sunday's win over Marseille, the Ligue 1 leaders announced on Monday.

Rafael Nadal says he will not be thinking about reclaiming his world number one ranking when he makes his return from injury at the Mexico Open in Acapulco on Tuesday.

Although India lost the Test series to South Africa 1-2, they conquered the limited-overs leg with individual strokes brilliance from skipper Kohli and pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.