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Abhimanyu Mishra battles it out with Leon Luke Mendonca in a GCL match in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Global Chess League can be an almost hopeless race against the clock. The lack of increment — for the moves you make —ensures as much. That, of course, has added to the drama in…
Bumrah, right, will be the go-to bowler for Shreyas. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR For a few years now, the workload management of Jasprit Bumrah has entailed the selectors preserving him in the white-ball format where there is no World Cup around the corner. It was why Bumrah’s appearance in the ODIs against England…
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Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran and India captain Shreyas Iyer unveil the trophy ahead of their first T20I cricket match, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. September 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Ibrahim Zadran has led Afghanistan in the T20 format on 11 previous occasions. But when he takes charge…
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India’s captain Shreyas Iyer, left, and Afghanistan’s captain Ibrahim Zadran during the unveiling of the Friendship Cup trophy ahead of the first T20I cricket match of a series, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI In a year when India and Afghanistan have locked horns in a one-off Test and three ODIs, there is a feeling…
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England players, including captain Joe Root, celebrate following their series win over Pakistan on day four of the third Test at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, on September 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP After sensational six-hitting by No. 9 batter Razaullah Khan had helped to force a fourth day, Pakistan bowler Mohammad Abbas gave England…
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Sarthak Chavan won the Super Sport 301-400cc Open race. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pune’s 19-year-old Sarthak Chavan shrugged off jet lag and a last-row start to win the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open race in the second round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W at the Madras International Circuit (MIC) here on…
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Trainer M.K. Jadhav’s filly Kavya, ridden by N.S. Parmar, won the Pune City Gold Cup, the feature event of Saturday’s (Sept. 12) races. The winner is owned by Mr. Prashant Nagar rep. SKJ Thoroughbreds Pvt. Ltd. Trainer Aman Altaf Hussain stole the limelight by scoring a grand treble on the day. 1. ACCLAIMED PLATE (1,800m):…
The five-year-old mare Timeless Vision, who ran second in her last outing, should make amends in the S.N. Reddy Memorial Trophy, the main event of Sunday’s (Sept. 13) races here. 1. NAWAB SULTAN ALI KHAN MEMORIAL TROPHY (Div. II) (1,200m), 4-y-o and upward, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1.45 p.m.: 1. Warwick (6) P….
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The three-year-old colt Jaandaar, who is unbeaten in his last three starts, maintains his winning form as evidenced by his morning trials and should win the S.A. Poonawalla Million, the main attraction of Sunday’s (Sept. 13) races. Rails will be announced one hour before the first race. 1. EXCELLENT SORRENTO PLATE (Div. II) (1,200m), Cl….
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Padikkal has made the most of his recent good form. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Devdutt Padikkal is living up to the proverb ‘make hay while the sun shines.’ In the recent Test tour of Sri Lanka, the Karnataka batter replaced an injured Sai Sudharsan in the line-up and made it count. He scored two centuries…
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