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Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the 2nd ODI against England, at Sophia Gardens stadium in Cardiff | Photo Credit: ANI The third ODI between India and England at Lord’s on Sunday (July 19, 2026) could be Rohit Sharma’s final game in international cricket with the national selection committee unlikely to pick the white-ball great…
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Leading into the second ODI between India and England here in Cardiff, history at the Sophia Gardens — both recent and distant — had favoured the chasing team. Eight of the previous 12 ODIs, including four of the last four, were won by sides batting second. For a brief while on Thursday (July 16, 2026),…
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It feels like it was only the other night that co-hosts Mexico and South Africa kicked off the 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, and here we are with only two of the gargantuan 104 matches left to play in the tournament. One of them, the third-place playoff, is a match no team wants…
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Manush Shah and Anna Hursey of U Mumba TT in action against S.F.R. Snehit and Prithika Pavade of PBG Pune Jaguars during the Ultimate Table Tennis 2026 at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee indoor stadium in Goa, on 16th July 2026. | Photo Credit: Butterfly UTT Manush Shah remains a vital cog in U Mumba TT’s…
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Nodirbek Abdusattorov playing against Hans Niemann at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Master Chess Tournament on Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Nodirbek Abdusattorov has good memories of Chennai. He was at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s spectacular run in the chess Olympiad in nearby Mamallapuram in 2022, with his defeat of D….
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Alireza Firouzja wore down Pranesh in a marathon 79-move game to emerge the only winner on the opening day of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Chess Tournament on Thursday.. Photo: | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Alireza Firouzja got off to a winning start, dismantling M. Pranesh in a longish game, at the Chennai Grand Masters chess tournament at Hotel Westin Velachery on Thursday….
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England’s attempt to double-team or even triple-team Lionel Messi didn’t faze the Argentine. Will Spain’s better drilled side do better? | Photo Credit: AP Mumbai As Spain and Argentina prepare to lock horns in Sunday night’s FIFA World Cup final, two of European football’s biggest names have highlighted the tactical intrigue that could define the…
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Kranti’s match haul of seven wickets went a long way in India winning the Lord’s Test | Photo Credit: Getty Images Kranti Gaud’s rise has been as fast as some of the balls she sent down in the historic women’s Test at Lord’s. No fast bowler for a long while has made as big an impact in Indian…
Swedish table tennis great Peter Karlsson at the meet-and-greet event in Goa on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sweden’s Peter Karlsson admitted that he was “a bit stubborn” during his playing days, but only in the sense that he possessed an unshakeable belief in his own abilities. That unwavering self-confidence was one of the…
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