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India’s captain Shubman Gill congratulates bowler Prasidh Krishna for the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella during day five of the first cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Galle, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: AP The triumph at Galle was a fitting climax to India’s 600th Test. It spread cheer in the…
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Rishabh Pant isn’t a blink-and-you-miss-it circus act, but you simply can’t take your eyes off him when he is on the cricket ground. Behind the stumps, he is a veritable motormouth, interspersing advice and tips to bowlers with hilarious one-liners bereft of foul language and malice. His sense of humour is earthy and relatable, and…
Contrasting games, similar fortunes — the Indian singles campaign at the badminton World Championships ended in heartbreak with P.V. Sindhu and Ayush Shetty bowing out of the competition in the pre-quarterfinals here on Thursday. The day that started with an Indian victory ended with one but the results in between left the two doubles pairs,…
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P. V. Sindhu | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Patience was the key word for P.V. Sindhu and the lack of it made all the difference to the five-time World Championship medalist’s pursuit of an unprecedented sixth. “I should have been patient overall because I can’t see any loopholes otherwise in between the points. Specially…
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Bichu’s late effort was described as the ‘save of the match’ by Savita. | Photo Credit: Hockey India It was not the way they would have wanted, but it would just be fine. They made it harder for themselves, but the Indian women survived an onslaught from England to hold on for a nervy goalless…
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Tushar’s early onslaught made Pradosh’s job that much easier. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Tushar Raheja (48, 17b, 7×6) sparkled on his captaincy debut as he led from the front in iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans’ four-wicket win over Madurai Panthers in the TNPL-10 match at the MAC Stadium here on Thursday. He was well supported by…
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Ancy Sojan speaks on Thursday at the press conference ahead of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet to be held at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday, August 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: x@sports_odisha Ace long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Ancy Sojan think the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, to be held at…
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The Duleep Trophy was held behind closed doors last season. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain On Duleep Trophy matchdays at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) on the outskirts of Bengaluru last year, there was a familiar sight. A small group of enthusiastic fans would gather near the gates, hoping to watch some of the…
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Former Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for a banned substance. Swapna, who claimed the Asian Games heptathlon gold by achieving her personal best of 6,026 points in Jakarta in 2018, has returned a positive result for endogenous steroid boldenone, according to information published by the National…
Age Of Reason and Don Julio pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Aug. 20) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Kimiko (Bharat) 41. Easy. Ageisjustanumber (Pranil) 41. Easy. 800m: Fire Away (Dashrath) 57, 600/42. Easy. Manwar (Zervan) 54, 600/40. Moved fluently. Liban (Nazil) 53, 600/40. Moved freely. El Nino (S.J. Sunil) 54, 600/39. Worked…