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The India under-19 team has enjoyed a near-perfect couple of weeks, defeating Australia u-19 in three one-day games and a four-day ‘Test’ in Rajkot. The developmental tour will conclude with the second and final multi-day match, starting at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘A’ here on Monday. The hosts have had multiple performers across the…
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Aman Sehrawat. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The signs of Aman Sehrawat’s Saturday battle were etched across his face. His lip was coated with dried blood, bruises darkened beneath both eyes, and crimson scratches marked his neck. The 23-year-old hadn’t noticed any of it. “Pata bhi nahi kab hua yeh (I don’t know when these even happened),” he laughed, his teeth stained red. He…
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Shubman Gill poses with the winner’s trophy. | Photo Credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN Even as India celebrated yet another home ODI series triumph, skipper Shubman Gill did not hold back on the things the team needs to improve. Foremost among them was the fielding standard, which the captain felt was poor in the three outings against…
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Dominant show: Tamil Nadu was in control of the match from start to finish. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Tamil Nadu u-23 team began its season on the best possible note, comprehensively beating Rest of India u-23 by six wickets on the final day at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here. Fixed a target of 149…
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Y. Gopi Rao presenting the winner’s trophy to Buddy’s owners Prabhakar Chowdary Tripuraneni, right, and M. Subodh Kumar Ananthula as HRC chairman R. Surender Reddy and others look on. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA The 30-to-1 rank outsider Buddy, ridden by Mukesh Kumar, pulled off a major upset by winning the Race2win Foundation Hyderabad Deccan Derby (Gr….
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Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep have multiple threads tying them together. Both pacers hail from mofussil towns in Bihar. Both relocated to West Bengal to pursue cricket. Both have donned the whites for India. Their bonhomie with the ball in hand has given Bengal many victories in the Ranji Trophy. At the picturesque Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium…
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Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Japan Open. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Sunday (October 4, 2026) after an ailing Denis Shapovalov retired to hand the world number three a 7-6 (7/3), 2-1 victory. His Canadian opponent was forced to withdraw after…
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Indian players pose for a photo after winnig the ODI Series against West Indies at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh on October 03, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap With just about a year to go for the 2027 ODI World Cup, India’s preparation for the quadrennial event got…
India and Brazil during the friendly football match in Kolkata on October 3, 2026 | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The match against five-time World Cup winner Brazil appeared to have left the Indian camp with a sense of perspective, as head coach Khalid Jamil emphasised the importance of regular exposure to top-class opponents. His comments…
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TTFI secretary-general Kamlesh Mehta. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The National-ranking table tennis tournament at Panchkula starting on Tuesday has been retained as an official National-ranking event by the ad hoc committee constituted to administer the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), even as the committee stripped the ranking status of the…
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