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As Team India gears up to take on South Africa in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 final, wishes have come from members of the India A side.

Former India all-rounder Madan Lal, one of the heroes of India's 1983 World Cup triumph, believes that if the Indian women's team can 'control the game' and 'handle the pressure', they have every chance of lifting the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 trophy.

Failing to cross the 250-run mark in each of these three ODIs, England registered one of their worst ODI series outings in a while, going down three-nil to New Zealand. This continues their shambolic run in the format, which started with the horrific ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 title defence, during which they could win only three of their nine matches. Since then, they have lost six out of seven ODI series and won just eight out of 26 matches in the format.

White-ball captain Harry Brook declared his side was not 'good enough' as England endured their first ODI series whitewash against New Zealand for the first time in 42 years.

A brand new champion will be crowned in women's ODI cricket as three-time finalists India and first-time finalists Proteas aim to put an end to their trophy drought during the final at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.

World Junior champion GM Pranav V, GM Pranesh M and the experienced GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly began their FIDE World Cup 2025 campaign with comfortable victories, while Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh's spirited fight wasn't enough to salvage a draw in the first match of the opening round here on Saturday.

The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya, felicitated the newly appointed Fit India Icons, Bollywood Producer Rohit Shetty, World Cup-winning cricketer Harbhajan Singh and Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, at the National Fitness & Wellness Conclave 2025, held in Mumbai on Sunday.

In 26 matches and 25 innings, Abhishek has scored 936 runs at an average of 37.44 and a strike rate of over 193, with two centuries and six fifties

After failures in 2017 and 2022 50-over World Cup semifinals and runners-up finishes in the last two T20 World Cups, Proteas will be aiming to overcome this string of recent heartbreaks and capture the women's cricket's most coveted prize in the same year as their men's team captured the ICC World Test Championship title, their maiden world title in any men's cricket format. On the other side would be a highly-motivated Indian unit, who pulled off a chase for the ages, knocking down 339 runs against the mighty Aussies in the semifinals.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur affirms her side is 'mentally and physically preparing' to face 'balanced' South Africa in the Women's World Cup final after being outgunned by them during the group-stage encounter.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Rajeev Shukla affirmed that India will continue to 'stand by their decision' of not accepting the Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi.

McKibbin had started the day with a two-shot lead over Uihlein after following up his course-record 60 with a five-under 65, his second consecutive bogey-free round, as per a press release.

Following its successful 2019 season, the league is poised for a powerful comeback with the Pro Wrestling League 2026, backed by a robust public-private partnership model designed to provide a global platform for Indian wrestlers, fuel the nation's Olympic aspirations, and empower the 'Matri Shakti' of Indian wrestling. The league is scheduled to kick off from mid-January 2026.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla has hailed the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision in September to raise prize money for the ICC Women's World Cup and hoped that India will lift the title in the final tomorrow.

It is more than a contest of bat and ball — it is a meeting of belief and balance, of purpose and poise

With three-time runners-up India and first-time finalists South Africa taking to the field in the final at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, the world could finally witness a brand new champion of women's ODI Cricket.

'It's our worst team, obviously, since 2010, that's the mail anyway,' Smith laughed, referring to the recent remarks made by former England pacer Stuart Broad

Star singer Sunidhi Chauhan will enchant the crowd with a medley of her hits at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, with India and South Africa vying for the honours at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

Star Australian batter Steve Smith has spoken about dealing with his mistakes, saying that he gets 'pretty angry at himself' if he does something wrong.

India's young boxing champions, fresh off a historic showing at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain, were felicitated in the national capital on Saturday for their achievements in Manama.

Top brass considering 'same reward for women’s team' as men received after T20 World Cup win

The cricketing world will finally get to witness a brand new world champion of women's ODI cricket, when Team India takes on South Africa, the latter being the first-time finalists at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Team India will be having some fond memories at this venue in their mind, as a gem of a knock from Jemimah Rodrigues and another big match step-up from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helped India chase down 339 runs against Australia, the best-ever run-chase in knockout matches across men's and women's ODI World Cups.

Special Olympics Bharat (SOB) and The Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP) today announced a landmark seven-year partnership aimed at transforming physical rehabilitation and sports safety services for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) across India, as per a release from Special Olympics Bharat.

The RMS Chail centenary event featured a Georgians' Golf Tournament at Chandigarh Golf Club. Shahamir Brar won the Longest Drive. Col Pushpinder Mankotia won Closest to Pin. Teams led by Col Premvir Sangwan and Col B.S. Sahni achieved top scores. The tournament will be an annual event to promote camaraderie.

Alex Ross, the 33-year-old middle-order batter and right-arm off-break bowler will lead the side. He brings experience and stability to the Australian squad.