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IPL chairman Arun Dhumal announced that the IPL auction is returning to India after three previous editions were held overseas. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction will be held in Goa in mid-December, its chairman Arun Dhumal told PTI on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). The IPL auction is…
For nearly a quarter of a century, Joshna Chinappa has stood like a colossus on the squash court. At 40, Joshna doesn’t seem to have lost her fighting spirit and tenacity. She knows she is ageing, has tweaked her training module accordingly and has remained one of the finest players in the country a good…
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Jay Meena secured India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, fetching a bronze after losing to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the men’s singles semifinals in Nagoya on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). Jay Meena wins India’s first-ever soft tennis bronze medal at Asian Games Jay Meena makes history by winning India’s first soft tennis…
Indian All Stars players try to take the ball off Ronaldinho. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Long before kick-off, the fans thronged the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Many of them wore the blue shirt of India, and there were several in yellow, too. Hawkers were there as well, selling jerseys and plastic horns. And if you…
D. Gukesh follows the Indian women’s match after his win. | Photo Credit: FIDE The rest day seemed to have helped both the Indian teams at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. The defending champion India scored badly-needed wins in the open and women’s sections in the seventh round on Wednesday. After the loss to host…
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Anupama. | Photo Credit: File photo After a semifinal finish in the UK Women’s Snooker Championship earlier this month, Anupama Ramachandran is turning her attention to billiards. The reigning IBSF World Snooker champion will lead India’s challenge in English billiards at the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships, to be held in Ahmedabad from October 7 to…
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Aspect Sports has been awarded the operating rights for the Navi Mumbai franchise, the newest addition to the T20 Mumbai League, from the 2027 edition. The franchise, which will take the league’s strength to nine teams, has been awarded for ₹106.88 crore for a six-year period, with the first season carrying a fee of ₹12.21…
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Punjab’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor. File | Photo Credit: PTI Tajinderpal Singh Toor might have missed a chance to carry the Indian flag at the opening ceremony, but the star shot-putter remains a favourite to raise it for the third consecutive time at the Asian Games as the track and field events kick off at the…
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The Indian skeet bronze-winning men’s team of Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Bhavtegh Singh Gill after the medal ceremony at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on September 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Aichi General Shooting Range continued to reward Indian shooters with medals at the Asian Games in Nagoya…
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Spin-choke: Mulani’s four-for ensured India-A got a healthy lead. | Photo Credit: CAP Shams Mulani picked up four wickets as Australia-A slumped on either side of a Jason Sangha counterattack and folded for 171, a massive 163 short of India-A’s 334, on the second day of the first ‘Test’ at the Siechem Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday. Sangha produced a 64-ball 46 (5×4, 1×6) after walking…
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