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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photos) India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has praised teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Iyer highlighted the youngster’s contrasting personality, describing him as quiet away from cricket but highly aggressive when he takes the field.Sooryavanshi rose to prominence after Rajasthan…

Two-time FIFA World Cup champion Uruguay play cricket at Eden Gardens (Screengrabs) The Uruguay football team has been exploring Kolkata ahead of its international friendly against India on October 6.The two-time FIFA World Cup champions visited some of the city’s famous landmarks and even tried their hand at cricket at the iconic Eden Gardens.The players…

Image credit: Hockey India At the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium, tears flowed freely on the pitch. More than 5,500km away, in India, women’s hockey’s loyal legion, small in numbers but deep in investment, rejoiced.They had watched a team in which skill was matched by fitness, individual brilliance was backed by teamwork and, finally, belief had…

Lovlina Borgohain and Neeru Dhanda (Image credit: X) As Neeru Dhanda led the Indian contingent out for one last time at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on Sunday night, it was symbolic of how India’s Asian Games campaign had unfolded over the past two weeks.The women had come to the fore – packing punches, vaulting…

Qatar will host the 2030 Games. (Image credit: X) NAGOYA: It has been a testing three weeks for Japan. Accommodation woes, transport and logistical nightmares, mismanagement and weather that refused to cooperate – the challenges the Asian Games organisers faced were plenty.Yet, as the Games drew to a close, there was enough to celebrate. Records…

Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah Former India batter Hanuma Vihari has called on the team to bring experienced pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami back into the ODI setup. His comments came after India failed to defend 351 against the West Indies in the third ODI, losing by five wickets.Vihari believes India need more reliable…

R Praggnanandhaa talks about his Chess Olympiad campaign NEW DELHI: In the open section of the 2026 Candidates Tournament, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was India’s sole representative in Cyprus earlier this year. He did not win the top prize there. But the quality of chess he played was unmistakably high.He has continued to maintain that standard at…

Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly left Portugal after Jesus allegedly broke promises over his Norway warm-up, with a private apology replaced by public defiance/ Image: X Portugal coach Jorge Jesus has kept the door open for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team after the 41-year-old captain left the squad last week. Ronaldo departed after being…

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 03: Craig Miles of Gloucestershire bowls during the Rothesay County Championship Division 2 match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire at Lord’s Cricket Ground on April 03, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) English fast bowler Craig Miles has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the age of 32,…

World number one Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from this month’s Wuhan Open due to a foot injury, tournament organisers said on Sunday, a day after the Kazakh suffered a shock defeat in her opening match at the China Open.Rybakina lost to world number 118 Alina Charaeva in Beijing in her first match since winning last…