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Thinking of animals at the football World Cup is more often a casual shortcut to anthropomorphic mascots than to natural animals living around us. The football party may be hosted by prestigious FIFA but remember what Shakira said in the 2014 World Cup song, ‘Feel how the planet’s become one’. No kidding. While we have…
As far as reigns go, this will be hard to match. Impossible, one is tempted to say, given that the said reign was in the most unpredictable of formats. For 1,605 days, from 20 February 2022 to 11 July 2026, India ruled the Twenty20 International landscape with an iron fist, occupying the top perch in…
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Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a Test hundred at Lord’s. | Photo Credit: Reuters It was just one run. It was much more than one run. Yastika Bhatia gently drove Issy Wong to extra cover, ran for a single, raised her fisted right hand. She then removed her helmet, kissed it, knelt down, kissed the ground,…
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Syndrela produced a scintillating attacking display to outclass Manika in three straight games. | Photo Credit: BUTTERFLY UTT S.F.R. Snehit put his heart and soul into both his matches as PBG Pune Jaguars edged UP Prometheans 9-6 in an absorbing Ultimate Table Tennis Season 7 clash at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium here on…
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Heather Knight. | Photo Credit: Reuters This has been a summer of farewells in women’s cricket. Heather Knight is the latest one to say goodbye. Knight, the first woman to hit hundreds in all the three formats, will not play for England after the historic Lord’s Test against India. She made the announcement midway through…
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Linda Noskova. | Photo Credit: TOBY MELVILLE : Wimbledon 2026 marked a full circle moment for Linda Noskova. On the eve of the 2024 edition, during which she notched up her debut match-win at the All England Club, the Czech player lost her mother to cancer. Two years on, the 21-year-old stood on Centre Court…
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D’artagnan’s owners Mr. & Mrs. Vijay B. Shrike, Jay V. Shrike, Farouq K. Rattonsey, Sameer F. Rattonsey, Zaheer F. Rattonsey, Mehernosh H. Deboo, Liane Milan Luthria, Milan Luthria along with trainer P. Shroff leading in the champion horse after the victory in the Zavaray S Poonawalla Bangalore Summer Derby. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR…
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England head coach Brendon McCullum. | Photo Credit: AP Brendon McCullum has been fired as coach of England’s test cricket team after four years in charge but will continue to lead the country’s T20 and ODI sides. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Sunday (July 12, 2026) that McCullum “will stand down,” with…
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Tolkien and Haniel pleased when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (July 12). 600m: Knotty Spirit (G. Vivek) 45.5. Easy. Act Of Kindness (rb) 44.5. Moved well. Pyrite (rb) 45. Easy. 1000m: Haniel (Arul), Eminent Gold (Saqlian) 1-13, 600/41.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Doncaster Belle (Arul) 1-13, 600/41.5. Impressed. 1200m: Zakharova (Arvind),…
Kranti Gaud. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Kranti Gaud came wearing dark glasses. And she just couldn’t stop smiling. It was obvious she was still living that dream. She had become the first woman to go on the Test honours board at Lord’s. Her devastating spell of five for 37 had given India control of…
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