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WPL | Harris and Lee released; 63 players retained ahead of auction

September 28, 2026 admin

A total of 63 cricketers, including 23 overseas players, have been retained by the five Women’s Premier League (WPL) franchises ahead of next month’s auction. The deadline for the franchises to announce their retentions for the fifth season ended on Monday. Gujarat Giants retained 20 players, the most among the five teams. Unsurprisingly, Up Warriorz, given…

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Asian Games 2026: India secures double podium as Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage wins javelin gold

September 28, 2026 admin

Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav who won the Silver and Bronze Medal in the Javelin Throw at the Asian Games in Japan on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The newest star of the javelin throw is Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka, who won the event on Monday (September 28, 2026) at the…

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Chasemaster Kohli truly in a league of his own

September 28, 2026 admin

Kohli put on a show in the series opener against the West Indies. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Virat Kohli could chase down even a wild goose. Cricket’s greatest chaser was at it again, on Sunday night. And he was spectacular, again. He was even more spectacular than usual, actually. He reached his fifty with…

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Racing Ruler pulls of a surprise in feature event

September 28, 2026 admin

The 15-to-1 longshot Racing Ruler, ridden by Kuldeep Singh Sr., shocked hot favourite Love All in the Dr. Harish Chandra Memorial Trophy, the main event of Monday’s (Sept. 28) races. The winner is owned by M/s. Bollineni Krishnaiah, Seshadri Reddy Pochana, Ashok Ranpise, K.S.V. Prasad Raju, Mukund Kakani, Teegala Vijender Reddy, Teegala Sumant Reddy, Harinath Reddy Teegala & Mrs. Smita Bajoria. K.S.V. Prasad Raju trains the winner. Prasad Raju saddled two more winners of the day. 1. NALGONDA PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m): LION’S PRIDE (R.N. Darshan) 1, Mantle Plume (B.R. Kumar) 2, Menlo Park (Shivam) 3…

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Youth Test: Lakshya’s unbeaten double ton puts India u-19 in the box seat

September 28, 2026 admin

Lakshya continued his rich vein of form in red-ball cricket. | Photo Credit: Saurashtra Cricket Association Lakshya Raichandani carried his rich white-ball form into red-ball cricket, scoring an unbeaten 210 (256b, 20×4, 4×6) as India under-19 reached 430 for eight to take a 213-run lead over Australia under-19 on the second day of the first Youth Test….

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Asian Games 2026: Parul earns 5000m bronze, Gulveer wins silver in 1500m, Ramraj claims bronze in women’s 400m hurdles

September 28, 2026 admin

Long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary could not defend her gold but continued India’s medal-winning run at the Asian Games In Nagoya on Monday (September 28, 2026). The 31-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, who had won gold at Hangzhou in 2023, clocked 15:14.61 to finish third behind gold medallist Winfred Yavi of Bahrain (15:10.18) and silver medallist Nozomi…

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Real Gold and Bravo Zulu excel

September 28, 2026 admin

Real Gold and Bravo Zulu excelled when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Sept. 28) morning. Inner sand: 800m: Fourth Wing (A. Gaikwad) 52, 600/37. Worked well. Field Of Gold (Shubham) 52, 600/40. Moved freely. We Still Believe (Mosin) 54, 600/39. Worked freely. Latios (A. Gaikwad) 53, 600/39. Moved fluently. Azaadi (Kaviraj) 50, 600/37….

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Sensuous and Garzian please – The Hindu

September 28, 2026 admin

Sensuous and Garzian pleased when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Sept. 28). Outer sand: 600m: Sassy Sarah (rb) 43.5. In fine nick. 1000m: Amazing Attraction (Jagadeesh) 1-14, 600/46.5. Moved freely. Sensuous (Suraj) 1-13, 600/41.5. Moved attractively. Garzian (Jagadeesh) 1-14, 600/41. Moved fluently. 1200m: Frederika (rb) 1-31, 1,000/1-14.5, 600/45.5. Moved on the bit….

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Nitish Kumar Reddy becomes first Andhra fast bowler to lead India’s pace attack

September 28, 2026 admin

Nitish Kumar Reddy in action against Afghanistan in the second T20 International at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on September 15, 2026. He took three wickets in the match. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Until a few decades ago, a fast bowler from Andhra Pradesh leading the Indian pace attack in…

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Asian Games 2026: Ankita-Rutuja pair bow out; rain pushes Nagal’s match to September 29

September 28, 2026 admin

Sumit Nagal returns the ball to South Korea’s Kwon Soonwoo during a Davis Cup second-round qualifier. File | Photo Credit: AP India’s women’s doubles campaign in tennis at the Asian Games came to an early end after Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale suffered a hard-fought first-round defeat against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva and Anna Danilina on…

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