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India, meanwhile, have their own selection dilemmas as they look to bounce back from their narrow loss to the Proteas, with left-arm spinner Radha Yadav and experienced seamer Renuka Singh all in line for a recall to boost the side's bowling stocks.

Kolkata Thunderbolts put on a dominant performance to beat the Chennai Blitz 15-11, 15-12, 15-13 in the RR Kabel Prime Volleyball League powered by Scapia at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, on Saturday. Jithin N was named the Player of the Match.

India shuttler Anmol Kharb's memorable run at the Arctic Open 2025 badminton tournament's women's singles draw ended after a heartbreaking semi-final defeat against Japanese top seed Akane Yamaguchi in Vantaa, Finland, on Saturday.

The Bengaluru Bulls were in fine form as they thrashed the Jaipur Pink Panthers 47-26 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in the Delhi leg's first match. It was an all-round performance led by Alireza Mirzaian's Super 10 once again, but Yogesh's joint-career best of eight points, alongside Deepak Sankar's High Five, played an equally important role in the win for the Bulls. Alireza also completed a personal milestone, reaching 100 PKL raid points on the night.

Puneri Paltan became the second team to reach the top eight in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 12 after their comprehensive 36-23 win over the Tamil Thalaivas on Saturday night. Led by the raiding of Pankaj Mohite and Aslam Inamdar, who scored nine and seven points respectively, the match was one-sided from the get-go despite a tough fight from the Thalaivas. Meanwhile, Gurdeep also scored a High Five at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium.

The schedule has been revised for better calendar alignment across the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), athletes, prospective franchises, and broadcast partners.

Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Saturday, felicitated India's medal-winning contingent from the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, commending them for their extraordinary spirit, determination, and record-breaking performance that has made the nation proud.

England continued its unbeaten run and leapfrogged to the top of the table with an emphatic 89-run victory over Sri Lanka at the ongoing World Cup on Saturday in Colombo.

Namibia revelled in its history as it inaugurated the new Namibia Cricket ground by hosting its neighbours, South Africa, for the first time and thrashed them with a four-wicket win during a nail-biting thriller on Saturday.

The landmark 20th edition of the Delhi Half Marathon will be flagged off by the Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta and the Lieutenant Governor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, as over 40,500 participants take to the streets for Asia's premier road race.

England have jumped to the top spot in the standings with three wins in as many games,

The ICC last month imposed an immediate suspension on USA Cricket following a detailed review of its affairs and extensive consultations with key stakeholders over the past year.

Veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja believes the future of Indian cricket is in good hands, considering the way the youngsters have stepped up, taking responsibility from the seasoned stars.

India vice-captain Ravindra Jadeja decoded the harrowing mix-up between skipper Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, which led to the latter being left stranded and run out before a double hundred on Day 2 of the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

India's Hitaashee Bakshi registered a third straight under-par round at the Hero Women's Indian Open to open a three-shot lead over the rest of the field after the third round in the USD 500,000 event.

China entered the final with a formidable lineup featuring three reigning Asian Junior Championships individual gold medallists and two silver medallists. Indonesia, aiming to retain the title they won last year, needed special performances from a few players but fell short against the Chinese juggernaut, according to a release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).

India and Japan claim bronze medals

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the two-time Olympic Bronze medal-winning Indian Men's Hockey Team participated in a unique chess master class conducted by former International Chess player and co-owner of American Gambits Prachura P Padakannaya at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) campus in Bengaluru on Friday.

After being dropped from the Indian ODI squad for the upcoming Australia tour, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has expressed his ambition to feature in the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup, acknowledging that while selection is not in his hands, he understands the reasoning behind the selectors' recent decisions.

Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar had wholehearted praise in store for India's top-order sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal for his panache-filled 175(258) during the second Test against the West Indies at Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital. With a playful manner, the 'Little Master' urged the 23-year-old to hammer 'granddaddy' tons in future.

India's flamboyant opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose promising innings ended on a bitter note following a disastrous mix-up with captain Shubman Gill, which led to a run out, downplayed the entire situation by classifying the moment as a 'part of the game' after the conclusion of Day 2 of the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Introduced ahead of the fifth edition of IRONMAN 70.3 Goa on Friday, the campaign aims to spotlight inspiring personalities from the realms of sports, entertainment, and culture, bringing them together under a unified message of perseverance and strength.

India U23 men's team defeated Indonesia 2-1 in the first of two U23 international friendlies at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.

South Africa Women's left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba has been reprimanded for an inappropriate gesture directed at Indian batter Harleen Deol during their ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 match in Visakhapatnam.

With a glorious start to India's Test captaincy, Shubman Gill continued to level and topple records with a blistering hundred against the West Indies during the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital on Saturday.