Muin Bek Hafeez, who has been named the captain of the India basketball team, feels the side has "prepared enough for Qatar" 🏀
✍️ Joan Mathew Jacob
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Tatyana Tomashova was banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for anti-doping rule violations at the London Games and stripped of her silver medal from women’s 1,500 metres race.
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Roger Federer wrote an emotional post, paying tribute to Rafael Nadal, who is set to retire from professional tennis at Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain, this week.
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Defending champion Argentina is on the verge of securing its FIFA World Cup 2026 spot if it beats Peru in the South American qualifying.
Victory would Argentina 25 points from 12 matches, historically good enough for at least sixth place in the 10-team standings.
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Squad announced for India's three-match ODI series in Australia🚨
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Spain’s Davis Cup captain David Ferrer remains tight-lipped on whether Rafael Nafal will be featuring in Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Netherlands.
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Chelsea striker Sam Kerr and U.S. midfielder Kristie Mewis are expecting a baby.
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The AIFF in its Executive Committee meeting on November 18 awarded the commercial rights for the upcoming #ILeague season to Shrachi Sports Endeavour Private Limited.
✍️ Neeladri Bhattacharjee | #IndianFootball
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V. K. Vismaya, who anchored the India women’s 4x400m relay team to gold at #Jakarta2018, has tested positive for dope.
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From Jorge Martin sealing his maiden #MotoGP championship to Ugo Ugochukwu winning an incident-filled #MacauGP, Kavita Menon brings us the Motorsport Weekend Wrap.
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#RafaelNadal has his game face on and won't be dwelling on his impending retirement.
Read what he said ahead of #DavisCup finals: https://bit.ly/3UVPtbB
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Five-time World Cup winner Brazil has struggled to impress in South America’s qualifiers for the 2026 tournament, but Marquinhos has called on fans to stick by the side ahead of Tuesday’s home game against Uruguay.
With a run of five wins, four losses and two draws, Brazil is fourth in the standings on 17 points, five behind leader Argentina.
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India’s premier men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will make a highly-anticipated return to action at the China Masters Super 750, starting Tuesday.
The duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwik’s shoulder injury.
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BREAKING 🚨
Hardik Pandya likely to play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Baroda.
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India entered the #BiharWACTRajgir2024 final after the side beat Japan 2-0 in the semifinals.
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📸 R. V. Moorthy
Women's Asian Champions Trophy | India vs Japan Semifinal 2
India starting XI: Savita Punia, Jyoti, Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Salima Tete, Sharmila Devi, Neha, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sangita Kumari, Deepika
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Virat Kohli vs Nathan Lyon in Tests
Balls faced - 1028
Runs scored - 529
Wicket lost - 7 times
Average - 75.57
Who's going to win the battle this time?
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India's predicted XI for the Perth Test against Australia
🔸Who will open with Yashasvi Jaiswal?
🔸Who will debut — Harshit Rana or Nitish Kumar Reddy?
🔸Who will be India’s third pacer?
What is your best XI for the first Test?
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#SportstarPodcast | Nihit Sachdeva & N. Sudarshan discuss Rafael Nadal's tennis journey, his rivalry with the other members of 'The Big Three' & more as the Spanish legend retires at #DavisCup this week
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"...in sport there's nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent."
#OnThisDay Pat Cummins-led Australia defeated India in the ODI World Cup 2023 final to lift its sixth title.
📸 K.R Deepak
The PCB had to abruptly end the National Women’s Championship in Karachi yesterday after 5 players had a close shave following a fire incident in the team hotel.
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Borussia Dortmund’s sponsorship deal with an arms maker profiting from the Ukraine war looks set to be a major topic for discussion at the club’s AGM on Sunday.
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India being embarrassed by lower-ranked FIFA sides in men’s football has been the tale of 2024, writes Neeladri Bhattacharjee.
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A 27-ball 61 by Marcus Stoinis helps Australia complete 3-0 whitewash in the T20I series against Pakistan.
📸AFP
Reaching the semifinal unbeaten through their league matches, the Indian women’s team would fancy its chances to go all the way when it takes on Japan in the semifinal of the Asian Champions Trophy at the Rajgir Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
Preview by Uthra Ganesan
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Aaron Hardie takes 3/21, Adam Zampa bowls an economical spell of 2/11 as Australia bundles out Pakistan for 117.
Can Pakistan avoid a complete washout in the T20I series?
📸AFP
#AUSvsPAK
In his squad, Manolo Marquez has introduced younger legs of Thoiba Singh (21), Vibin Mohanan (21), Irfan Yadwad (23) and Hmingthanmawia Ralte (24), veering away from older warhorses like Subhasish Bose (29), Udanta Singh (28), Nikhil Poojary (29) and Pritam Kotal (31).
Moreover, players who have impressed in the domestic circuit have also been given a chance, namely Aakash Sangwan, Jithin MS and Farukh Choudhary.
Though all three are over 25, their inclusions are blaring examples of the fact that no player is guaranteed a spot in the squad and only good performances would ensure their spot in the team.
Neeladri Bhattacharjee writes ahead of India's international friendly against Malaysia.
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