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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Indian Grandmasters Humpy Kuneru and Arjun Erigaisi for winning bronze in the open section of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, held in Doha. Erigaisi claimed a historic bronze medal at the FIDE World Rapid Championship in...

Bengaluru: The women came of age with a long-awaited World Cup trophy but Indian men's cricket was in turmoil as its white-ball peaks ended up dwarfed by the abysmal low of a home Test series whitewash, making 2025 a year of 'glorious uncertainties' for the...

New Delhi: Star India batter Virat Kohli will play Delhi's Vijay Hazare Trophy game against the Railways January 6 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, DDCA President Rohan Jaitley told PTI Monday. The BCCI diktat for all centrally-contracted players was to take...

New Delhi: India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana believes that thinking about the World Cup after a successful campaign will not help them win the next one and said that the Indian team has a lot of scope to improve as they prepare for the global T20...

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association is offering concessionary tickets for students and a dedicated ticketing initiative for specially-abled spectators for the final match of the three-match ODI series between India and New Zealand at the Holkar Stadium. MPCA has confirmed that tickets for the...

Thiruvananthapuram: Vaishnavi Sharma and Arundhati Reddy picked up two wickets each as India Women overcame a spirited challenge from Sri Lanka Women to win the fourth T20I by 30 runs at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram Sunday. Chasing 222, after Smriti Mandhana’s 80 and...

Ujjain: Religious leaders in Ujjain have issued a stark warning to disrupt Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches by damaging pitches if Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman is allowed to participate. The threat stems from growing anger over recent violent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, particularly...

Melbourne: England ended an 18-match winless streak in Australia and beat the home side by four wickets in the fourth Ashes test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday. England lost each of the first three tests to allow Australia to retain the Ashes in just...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday congratulated tribal girl Jyotsna Sabar on being conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu. Sabar, a native of Gajapati district, created a youth Asian record at the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships held in...

Bengaluru: Star batters Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant made solid fifties, while Gujarat batters pressed the self-destruction button as Delhi eked out a tight seven-run win in their Elite Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Friday. Player of the match Kohli (77, 61...