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Asian Games Schedule October 7 Saturday: Full List Of Indians In Action:India are already on 95 medals at the Asian Games 2023. Seven more medals are assured – compound archery (3), kabaddi (2), men’s cricket (1) and badminton (1). All the finals in these events will happen on Saturday. Apart from them, the Indian women’s…
A mouth-watering clash awaits fans at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday when the Men in Blue take on the World Cup juggernauts. India and Australia have locked horns 12 times across all editions of the tournament, with the latter having won eight games. Both teams would hope to start their campaigns on a positive…
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Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing defeats to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou even as three other Indian wrestlers, including the talented Aman Sehrawat, won bronze medals on Friday. An under-prepared Bajrang, who spent a major part of this year protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan…
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Netherlands’ star all-rounder Bas de Leede did all he could, but Pakistan put up an improved bowling effort to pick up an 81-run victory in their World Cup opener in Hyderabad on Friday. De Leede took four wickets with his medium-pace as a resolute Netherlands limited Pakistan to 286 all out in 49 overs. The…
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Looking ahead: Dravid, right, will be keen that India gets off to a winning start on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Indian cricketers, split into two groups, limbered up with some warm-up sport, kicking a football across a line of chairs. A kite swooped low before taking off into the skies. Outside,…
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Afghanistan’s players during a practice session ahead of their ICC men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Bangladesh, in Dharamshala, on October 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Before the 2023 ODI World Cup opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the 10 captains sat in the GCA Club House for a pre-World Cup…
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South Africa coach Rob Walter, bowling coach Eric Simons and Captain Temba Bavuma during a practice session ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka, in New Delhi on October 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI In the days leading to the World Cup, when the cricket lovers were refusing to look…
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An error-prone HS Prannoy signed off with an Asian Games bronze, India’s first medal in men’s singles in 41 years, but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept alive the country’s hopes of a first-ever badminton gold after cruising into the men’s doubles final on Friday. Satwik and Chirag, ranked world no. 3, dished out a…
Bangladesh cricket team coach Chandika Hathurusingha addresses the media. | Photo Credit: PTI Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha said on Friday that a semifinal berth in the 2023 ODI World Cup was a “realistic” goal for his side. Hathurusingha was earlier criticised by former captain Tamim Iqbal for a lack of ambition when he said in…
Jonny Bairstow in action for England during Cricket World Cup 2023© AFP Jonny Bairstow became the first batter ever in history to open a Cricket World Cup with a six during the opening match between England and New Zealand on Thursday. It was the first scoring shot of the tournament as Bairstow comfortably heaved a…