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Starzella, Knotty Emperor and Zobel impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Nov. 6) Inner sand: 600m: Rocking Star (Anish) 40. In fine trim. Agera (Anish) 40.5. Easy. Pure Soul (rb), Starlight Serenade (Arul) 40.5. They moved well. Character (Laxman S) 39.5. Strode out well. Meghann (Laxman S) 39.5. Stretched. Monterio (Anish)…
India’s inexperienced yet promising four-pronged pace attack will be looking to maintain its upper hand over New Zealand’s batters and dictate proceedings to ensure that the visitors’ lead is extended when the two sides clash in the second ODI in Wellington on Saturday (November 7, 2026). There were plenty of question marks over India’s untested…
File photo of Michael Hussey. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Mike Hussey was on Friday (November 6, 2026) appointed a consultant coach to the Australian team for next year’s blockbuster Ashes series against England and the 2027 World Cup. The former Australian batsmen revealed in August that England’s new red-ball coach, Stephen Fleming, had informally…
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File photo of Japan Football Association chairman Kozo Tashima | Photo Credit: AFP Kozo Tashima first started playing football after watching the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and since then he has dedicated his life to developing the sport’s growth in Japan. The 68-year-old is set to become the first person from Japan to run for the…
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File photo of New Zealand’s opener Devon Conway | Photo Credit: The Hindu Dealing a massive blow to New Zealand in the ongoing ODI series against India, big-hitting batter Devon Conway has been withdrawn from the remaining matches owing to the concussion he sustained during training on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) . Conway had to…
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India’s Deepti Sharma. Photo: ICC via Getty Images. India’s Deepti Sharma was among the six players shortlisted for the ICC Player of the Month awards here on Thursday. Deepti scored an unbeaten 106 in her only outing with the bat in a home ICC Women’s Championship series match against Zimbabwe and took five wickets at…
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Indian players celebrate the narrow win. Suhail Ahmad Bhat struck a brace as defending champion India began its SAFF Championship campaign with a 3-2 victory over Pakistan in a Group B match on Thursday (November 5, 2026). Bhat scored in the 13th and 19th minutes while Manglenthang Kipgen struck in the 31st minute as India…
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Virat Kohli is at that stage of his career where he is thoroughly enjoying himself. It’s not as if he isn’t as driven as previously; it’s just that, having shouldered the burden of the Indian batting for so long, he feels he has earned the right to express himself with greater freedom than ever before,…
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Magda Linette. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The last time Magda Linette was in Chennai, she was just months away from the best Grand Slam run of her career. After finishing runner-up at the WTA Chennai Open in 2022, she went on to reach her maiden Australian Open semifinals in January 2023. Now, back in…
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Zakharova was tested by Vaishnavi in the first set before running away with it. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Vaishnavi Adkar fought well in the first set before being blown away in the second as she lost 3-6, 0-6 to Anastasia Zakharova in the second round of the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Thursday. Vaishnavi,…
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