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Sir David Beckham, Bank of America’s global sports ambassador (Image: Bank of America) David Beckham has helped launch a nationwide effort to bring football, known in America as soccer, into schools. The programme is called Soccer at Schools, it was unveiled in March 2026 in Altadena, California, where Beckham led a clinic for 500 students….

Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back in India colours, The veteran pacer has earned a surprise recall to the T20I squad as the BCCI announced the teams for the upcoming T20I series and India A assignments on Tuesday. India T20I squad Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (WK),…

Harmanpreet Kaur (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur’s 2025 Women’s World Cup triumph will remain the defining achievement of her captaincy and ensure that her contribution to Indian cricket occupies a “special place” in its history, the BCCI said on Tuesday after the veteran batter stepped down as India’s leader across formats.BCCI president Mithun Manhas…

Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Australia’s Alex de Minaur. (Reuters Photo) Novak Djokovic moved within one title of Roger Federer’s career tally after winning a record seventh China Open crown on Tuesday, taking his ATP singles title count to 102.The sixth-seeded Serbian was handed the trophy after Australia’s Alex…

Naman Dhir makes T20I debut (Image: BCCI/X) Naman Dhir makes his T20I debut against West Indies in the opening game of the five-match series, while teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been left out of India’s playing XI in Lucknow.Dhir, who made his ODI debut on September 27, received his maiden T20I cap from Arshdeep Singh…

File Pic: Shaheen Shah Afridi of Pakistan (R) speaks to Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill of India (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: More than 1.1 million ticket applications have already been submitted for the 2027 ODI World Cup, with the India-Pakistan clash emerging as the biggest draw just days after the ballot opened on October 1,…

India face two-time FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay in Kolkata on Tuesday, October 6, with the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan hosting the final match of the Blue Tigers’ September-October 2026 FIFA international window. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM IST, as Khalid Jamil’s side look to finish a demanding stretch of fixtures on a positive…

Harmanpreet Kaur. (PTI Photo) Harmanpreet Kaur may have stepped away from captaincy, but her impact on Indian women’s cricket was impossible to miss as tributes poured in from across the cricket fraternity on Tuesday.India’s only women’s World Cup-winning captain announced her decision to step down as skipper across all three formats, bringing an end to…

India vs West Indies Live Score: India return to T20I action just three days after their Asian Games gold-medal triumph, taking on West Indies in the opening match of the five-game series at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. Shreyas Iyer’s side come into the contest on the back of nine consecutive T20I wins, but the…

Coco Gauff after winning her round of 32 match against China’s Sun Xinran. (Reuters Photo) Coco Gauff has hit back at an “insane” wave of racist abuse on social media after her controversial China Open victory over home teenager Sun Xinran on Monday.The American, a two-time Grand Slam champion, defeated the 16-year-old 7-5, 6-1 to…