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Ionescu. | Photo Credit: butterflyutt In his debut season of Ultimate Table Tennis, Eduard Ionescu struggled to find his footing. The 21-year-old Romanian had lost all three of his previous singles matches in Season 7. therFinding his rhythm But the World No. 47 finally found his rhythm on Friday, defeating Payas Jain 3-0 in the fourth and penultimate rubber…

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Garry Sobers could swing the momentum within a blink of an eye. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives In cricket’s deep memory, some players seem eternal and always relevant. The late Sir Donald Bradman was one, and Sir Garfield Sobers (89), who passed away in Barbados on Friday (July 17, 2026), was another. If batting’s…

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England players train ahead of the third place play-off against France. | Photo Credit: Reuters There is perhaps no lonelier fixture in football than the World Cup third-place playoff. For 30 days, players dream only of one destination. They imagine lifting the trophy, hearing their anthem before the final and writing themselves into history. Then,…

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Claire Taylor. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar Claire Taylor’s eyes turn towards the wicket at Lord’s as she talks about one of her most famous innings. It was there on that pitch with a well-known slope she made that 156 not out, after all. That remains the highest ODI score — for men or women —…

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In 2016, The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which oversees the laws of the game, approved trials for video referees. This edition marks the third time that VAR has been used in World Cups starting with the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This World Cup has also seen numerous instances where lovers of the game…

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When Lionel Messi broke Miroslav Klose’s World Cup scoring record in Dallas, history travelled fast. Inside the stadium, supporters sent “25.9 terabytes of data” in roughly two hours — enough, Charlotte Jones notes, “to stream high-definition video for a year”. For Jones, the Dallas Cowboys’ executive vice president and chief brand officer, the number explained…

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