Lakshya Sen advances in Japan Masters
India’s Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the men’s singles event at the Kumamoto Masters Japan badminton tournament after registering a straight game win over Koki Watanabe here on Wednesday. Sen, seeded seventh here, took just 39 minutes to breeze past his world number 26 Japanese opponent 21-12...
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Lavanya makes late surge to take sole lead
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Ben Stokes defends England’s Ashes preparation
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Haryana CM felicitates World Cup winner Shafali Verma
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Security beefed up for Sri Lanka team after Islamabad bombing
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No forgiveness, expected to perform like robots: Rauf
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SA20 league can learn about marketing from IPL: Smith
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Yamal, Mbappe, Ronaldo near 2026 World Cup
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McIlroy seeks 7th race to Dubai title
The Masters to complete the career Grand Slam. A home Irish Open. An away Ryder Cup. It has been a year of unforgettable, career-defining wins for Rory McIlroy. There’s a good chance it will get even better in Dubai this week in the Northern Irishman’s final event of the 2025...
Hussain advances to pre-quarterfinals; Haohui stuns Advani
Unheralded Indian cueist Hussain Khan scored a thrilling 4-3 win over Australia’s Hassan Kerde to enter themen’s pre-quarterfinals of the IBSF World Snooker Championships on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Indian, who came through the first stage qualification, played the important points well to win his match and set up a last-16...
South Africa Tests crucial for WTC cycle: Siraj
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj is confident of putting up a strong show against defending World Test Championship (WTC) winners South Africa in the “crucial” Test series beginning here on Friday. India, currently third in the WTC points table, drew their away series in England before beating the West Indies at...
All-rounder Shadab Khan likely to join Pakistan squad for tri-series
Pakistan’s experienced all-rounder Shadab Khan could be a late addition to the national squad for the T20 tri-series, also involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, to be played from November 17 in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Shadab, who has been rehabilitating from a shoulder surgery, appeared in a practice game in Lahore...
Shaheen accepts captaincy after Rizwan stepsdown
In an interesting revelation, Pakistan’s ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has claimed that he only accepted the captaincy after his predecessor Mohammad Rizwan said he would step down. “I took this responsibility from the Pakistan Cricket Board after discussing the matter with Rizwan,” Shaheen told the media on Monday. “Rizwan...
Gill, Jaiswal, Sai clock long net session ahead of SA Test
Transitioning from shorter formats to the rigours of red-ball cricket takes time, and India captain Shubman Gill spent close to an hour and a half at the nets, fine-tuning his technique ahead of the opening Test against South Africa, starting here on Friday. The Proteas arrive high on confidence, having...
Two-tier WTC model unlikely to take off
The much-debated two-tier World Test Championship (WTC) model is unlikely to take off, and, instead, the International Cricket Council (ICC) might give all 12 full members a chance to play in the next WTC cycle starting from mid 2027. Currently, nine full members are involved in the WTC matches while...
