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Sri Lanka’s captain Dhananjaya de Silva during a practice session ahead of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on August 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Runs on the board and rival wickets, is the template that Dhananjaya de Silva will chase when the second Test commences at the…
India’s coach Gautam Gambhir. File | Photo Credit: PTI In his prime as an opener, Gautam Gambhir loved the scent of a battle and drew inspiration from it. The same combative streak lingers in his second avatar as the coach. Speaking to the media at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here on Saturday (August 22),…
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Mitchell Starc celebrates taking his fifth wicket for the innings when he dismissed Bangladeshs Litton Das during the first day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Bangladesh at the Great Barrier Reef Stadium in Mackay | Photo Credit: AFP Mitchell Starc removed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam with the first ball of the…
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India’s coach Gautam Gambhir. File | Photo Credit: PTI Indian national coach Gautam Gambhir has backed the three-Test series format, terming it as ideal. Speaking to the media at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here on Saturday (August 22, 2026), Gambhir said: “A three-Test series gives a chance to a team that has lost the…
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Arsenal’s Christos Tzolis, left, attempts a shot at goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Coventry City | Photo Credit: AP Newcomer Christos Tzolis helped set up two goals as defending champion Arsenal opened the Premier League season by dismantling promoted Coventry 3-0 to spoil the visitor’s long-awaited return to the…
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Australia’s Mitchell Starc (L) celebrates with teammates after taking his fifth wicket for the innings when he dismissed Bangladesh’s Litton Das during the first day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Bangladesh at the Great Barrier Reef Stadium in Mackay on August 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Australian paceman Mitchell Starc…
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Argentina’s Leandro Paredes (5) knocks down Spain’s Gavi (9) during scuffle after the World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York. File | Photo Credit: AP A 10-match suspension for midfielder Leandro Paredes was one of several sanctions FIFA imposed against Argentina on Friday (August 22, 2026) for…
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Sreeja Akula serves in her final qualification round win in Kanpur on August 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Amol Karhadkar Minutes before the Under-17 boys’ and girls’ finals at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at The Sportz Hub on Friday (August 21, 2026), Sreeja Akula was completing her final qualification-round match. The India…
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Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra produced his best performance in more than a year but was pipped to the post by the rising Sri Lankan star Rumesh Pathirage for the top spot by a mere nine centimetres in the Lausanne Diamond League meet in Lausanne on Friday (August 21, 2026). The 28-year-old Chopra’s 88.05m throw…
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Action from the Netherlands-India match. | Photo Credit: AFP There was an orange wave sweeping the stands as the Wagener Stadion was bathed in the summer sunlight, well past the Friday evening pushback. Yibbi Jansen, the Netherlands’ lethal drag-flicker, scored her seventh goal of the World Cup to put the host 1-0 up after just…
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