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Aanya Bisht and C Lalramsanga compete against Korea during a mixed doubles quarter-final match (Photo: BFI/Badminton Photo) India concluded their campaign at the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships with a bronze medal after losing to defending champions Indonesia in the semifinals in Guwahati on Friday.The Indian team had made history by securing their first…
Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill, and Jasprit Bumrah (X) Shubman Gill celebrated his first Test toss victory as India’s captain on Friday, breaking a streak of six consecutive losses, in the second Test against the West Indies in New Delhi. After winning the toss, Gill opted to bat first, retaining the same playing XI that had…
Esha Singh with her World Cup gold (Special Arrangement) NEW DELHI: Last month, Esha Singh won her first senior World Cup gold medal in the 10-metre air pistol, edging out her competitor by just 0.1 point, the smallest possible winning margin in her sport. However, shooting wasn’t her first love. Young and curious, she tried…
Mumbai: In a stunning development, which perhaps could even signal the end of his red-ball career, India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was on Friday excluded from the 16-man Mumbai squad for the 2025-26 season-opening Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Sher-E-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar from Oct 15.Led by Sanjay Patil, the…
Yashasvi Jaiswal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten at 173 as India reached 318-2 on day one of the second Test against West Indies at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.India chose to bat first, aiming to complete a clean sweep in the two-match series. Jaiswal dominated the day’s play with a remarkable 193-run partnership…
Aryna Sabalenka (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images) World number one Aryna Sabalenka advanced to her 11th semi-final of 2025 at the Wuhan Open on Friday, defeating Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-3, setting up a clash with Jessica Pegula. Third-seeded Coco Gauff also progressed to the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Laura Siegemund.Sabalenka, the defending…
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz (AP/PTI) Chinese tennis fans have created unique nicknames for international tennis stars based on Chinese language homophonic syllables, as revealed during the ongoing tennis tournaments in Shanghai in October 2025. These nicknames, often derived from puns and transliterations of players’ names into Chinese, range from animals to food items and…
Rahul Soreng bowls (Photo Credit: @virendersehwag on X) Rahul Soreng, whose father was martyred in the Pulwama attack, has earned a spot in the Haryana Under-19 cricket team, receiving congratulations from former Indian cricket opener Virender Sehwag.Since 2019, Rahul has been studying at Sehwag International School. Following the Pulwama attack, Sehwag had initiated free education…
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, Women’s World Cup 2025: Two matches into the Women’s World Cup, New Zealand find themselves on the back foot. Despite brilliant innings from captain Sophie Devine, they have yet to register a win, falling to both Australia and South Africa. Their slow start is compounded by a six-month gap…
Sanju Samson (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has criticized chief selector Ajit Agarkar and the selection committee for choosing Dhruv Jurel over Sanju Samson in India’s ODI squad for the upcoming Australia series. Kaif expressed his disagreement with the decision on October 10, 2025, stating that while Jurel shows promise,…
