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As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) inch closer to announcing the squad for the remaining three Tests against England, there remains a spotlight on Virat Kohli‘s return. Virat pulled out of the series just days before the start of the first Test in Hyderabad and hasn’t yet confirmed when he intends to…
Fresh from their Davis Cup win over Pakistan, four Indians including Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji will be in action in the Bengaluru Open slated to be held from February 12-18. India’s top singles player Sumit Nagal, who opted out of the Davis Cup, will also be seen in action, having earned a direct…
Naomi Osaka said she was trying not to feel “like a failure” after her comeback hit another roadblock with a 7-5, 6-0 defeat to former world number seven Danielle Collins in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open on Tuesday. “I say some pretty harsh words about myself. I know the word, but if…
Indian players endured a tough day as the doubles pair of Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale crashed out along with Vaishnavi Adkar in singles, in the first round of the Mumbai Open on Monday. The pair of Raina and Bhosale lost to Hungary’s Fanny Stollar and Great Britain’s Naiktha Bains 6-3, 2-6, 8-10 in the…
India’s Avani Prashanth registered her fourth straight under par round with a one-under 71 to sign off tied 10th, her best finish in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championships in Pattaya on Sunday. She carded 68-69-71-71 for a total of nine-under 279, but felt she could have done much better. “I missed a lot of chances,…
Pep Guardiola said Phil Foden is enjoying his best season at Manchester City after the England international’s hat-trick beat Brentford 3-1 on Monday to leave the Premier League’s top three separated by just two points. City move alongside Arsenal on 49 points, two behind Liverpool, but Guardiola’s men have a game in hand to move out in…
Yashasvi Jaiswal – that is one name which will be discussed by Indian cricket team fans for quote some time now after what he achieved on Friday. The left-handed Indian cricket team opener stood out on the first day of the second Test against England as he stayed unbeaten 179* to guide India to 336/6 at…
India’s Ashmita Chaliha dished out a brilliant performance as she beat Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia in straight games to storm into the women’s singles semifinals of the Thailand Masters badminton tournament on Friday. The 24-year-old Chaliha remained the only Indian in the fray after Mithun Manjunath lost his men’s singles quarterfinals while the women’s…
The world number one-ranked men’s doubles tennis star Rohan Bopanna on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his historic Australian Open title win. Rohan took to X (formerly Twitter) to share some pictures of his meeting with the Prime Minister. Bopanna gifted the racquet which helped him become the world’s top ranked men’s doubles…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the country is proud of youth scaling new heights in sports and noted that India’s number-one ranked player R Praggnanandhaa put up a stiff fight against the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsson in 2023. Presenting the interim budget in Parliament, Sitharaman noted that India has over…