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Afghanistan Test team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi at New Chandigarh on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Eight summers ago, Afghanistan entered the Test fold with a game against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Since that momentous occasion, which although ended in a thumping innings defeat, the Afghans have gone on to feature…
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Former India sprinter Anil Kumar is happy that the 100m is making headlines again in India It is one of the ironies of life that the once fastest man in India can now barely jog 10 metres. But P. Anil Kumar, who held National records in 100m (10.21s unratified) and 200m (20.73s) at the start of the…
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Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PIB The Sports Ministry is planning to create a dedicated National Coach Accreditation Board (NCAB) to improve the standards of coaching in the country and bridge the gap between demand and supply of resources. The decision follows recommendations from the P. Gopichand-led Task…
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Pant will have to rediscover the level that yielded centuries in Australia, England and South Africa. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI For Rishabh Pant, the switch from the slam-bang madness of the Indian Premier League to the slow grind of Test cricket is a welcome change of scenery.For Rishabh Pant, the switch from the slam-bang…
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Mansi Lather, the recently crowned Under-23 Asian champion who narrowly missed out on the Asian Games squad losing the selection trials in the final, dominated the proceedings at the Under-20 Asian Championships trials here on Wednesday. Mansi beat Kirti in the 68kg at the selection trials for the upcoming event in Thailand from June 26. Sisters Samruddhi Satish and Gauri Satish also won their respective trials…
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Zuccaro, Starzella and Amazing Stride impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (June 4). Outer sand: 600m: Knotty Girl (Chetan) 44. In fine trim. Sprezzatura (Neeraj) 44. Moved on the bit. Yourmanorborne (Pranil) 46. Easy. Stud Poker (Antony) 46. Moved freely. Gachchahatu (Neeraj) 44.5. Shaped well. 1000m: My Visionary (Jagadeesh), My Solitaire…
P.V. Sindhu, who had also lost to the South Korean in the quarterfinals of last week’s Singapore Open, showed spark but only in patches to go down 17-21, 14-21 in the round of 16 clash. | Photo Credit: AP Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu suffered a second successive defeat to world No. 1 An Se…
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Virat Kohli celebrates after winning the IPL 2026 finals for the RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on May 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Virat Kohli is set to miss India’s forthcoming ODI series against the Afghanistan national cricket team because of a hamstring injury sustained during the IPL final earlier…
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Vinesh Phogat, in blue, competes against Jyoti in a 53kg category wrestling match during the Asian Games selection trials, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ptI The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the plea of the Wrestling Federation of India against the Delhi High Court order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate…
Vinesh Phogat, in blue, competes against Jyoti in a 53kg category wrestling match during the Asian Games selection trials, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ptI The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the plea of the Wrestling Federation of India against the Delhi High Court order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate…