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Every expansion in football history comes with the same warnings, and 48 teams were no different. Critics lined up early: bigger groups would mean more filler, more blowouts, a World Cup stretched thin. Then Cape Verde drew Spain 0-0 in their tournament opener, and didn’t stop there. The Blue Sharks followed it up with a…
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Yastika effortlessly mixed caution with aggression. | Photo Credit: BCCI Yastika Bhatia had never scored an international century. She chose the best possible venue, or occasion, for that. Her maiden hundred became sweeter as it helped India score a massive win in the first-ever Women’s Test at Lord’s. Her 113 off 158 balls in the…
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Mbappe has scored eight goals so far in the ongoing edition. | Photo Credit: AFP France has turned consistency in World Cups into an art form, lifting the ultimate prize in 2018, finishing runner-up four years later and securing another semifinal qualification in ongoing tournament. Since conquering the football world eight years ago, Les Bleus have set…
Indian players celebrate the win against England in the one-off Test at Lord’s. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is not often that a coach gets to see just about everything so right. The historic Women’s Test at Lord’s was one such match. “It was almost a perfect match,” said Amol Muzumdar, shortly after India’s 270-run…
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Duckett was all praise for skipper Brook. | Photo Credit: Reuters The hardest thing to do in modern-day cricket is to shift gears when you are already cruising. Fresh off a 4-0 dismantling of reigning World T20 champion India in the shortest format, England will face a different kind of test from Tuesday. Awaiting the…
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Bernadette Szocs. | Photo Credit: Butterfly UTT Bernadette Szocs showed why she is such a revered and feared player. The Romanian dished out a superb game against Zeng Jian to win 2-1 under immense pressure in the fifth and deciding singles match and seal the tie in Dempo Goa Challengers’ favour against HVR Kolkata ThunderBlades in the Ultimate Table Tennis Season-7 at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium…
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Hyderabad e-Champions completed an almost flawless campaign by lifting the trophy. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Some lessons in cricket are learned the hard way. Telangana’s first attempt at a State-run T20 league (Telangana T20 League) disappeared after just one season in 2018. Eight years later, the Hyderabad Cricket Association returned with TG20, not merely…
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Breaking through: Zverev is the new World No. 2. | Photo Credit: AP Tennis fans of recent vintage never tire of talking about the ‘Big Three’ of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. It’s understandable too, for they collectively won 66 Majors in a 20-year-span, triggered constant improvements in each other’s games and elevated the quality…
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Shubman Gill with India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir ahead of the first ODI against England. | Photo Credit: AP Shubman Gill will have fond memories of Edgbaston. It was here last July that he led India to a massive 336-run victory over England in the second Test, marking his debut win as Test captain. A…
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Sneh Rana, centre, celebrates with teammates after removing Sophie Ecclestone. | Photo Credit: AP At 12.35 p.m. on a glorious Monday, Sneh Rana ambled up to the wicket, tossed the ball up nicely. It turned, and beat Sophie Ecclestone. The ball went through the gate and hit the stumps. The bails went up in the…