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Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (Image credit: BAI) NEW DELHI: When the curtain came down on the BWF World Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Indian badminton found itself standing at a defining intersection of pride, introspection and structural redemption.Seventeen years after India last hosted the prestigious global showpiece in Hyderabad, the Delhi edition…

Dhruv Jurel marked his century on Day Two of the second Test with a salute, before pointing to the tattoo on his biceps, ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ — former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s tribute to India’s soldiers and farmers during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.Jurel is the son of Kargil War veteran Nem Singh Jurel,…

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, second right, and Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando (78) exchange words (AP Photo) Yashasvi Jaiswal’s explanation for his heated exchange with Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando has failed to convince former India cricketers, with Cheteshwar Pujara, WV Raman and Saba Karim criticising the opener for crossing the line during the second Test in…

Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Rohan Bopanna has questioned the changes made to India’s tennis squad for the 2026 Asian Games, saying players who had earned their place through rankings were left out after the selection process was changed.The sports ministry’s guidelines limited the Asian Games tennis squad to players ranked among the top eight…

Former India captain Kapil Dev has joined 21 other former international cricket captains in urging Pakistan to ensure proper medical care and humane treatment for jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.The group has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, asking authorities to follow court orders related to Khan’s medical treatment and family visits.Kapil said…

Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo) Rishabh Pant added another milestone to his growing list of Test records as the India wicketkeeper-batter surpassed Australia legend Adam Gilchrist to become the third-highest six-hitter in Test cricket during the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday.Pant’s aggressive approach once again came to the fore as he smashed…

Rohan Bopanna slammed the Sports Ministry for their Asian Games selection criteria in Tennis. (File) NEW DELHI: In June earlier this year, Manas Dhamne and Vaishnavi Adkar were among the four tennis players roped into the government’s Target Asian Games Group (TAGG). The objective of the scheme was to fund the athletes in their bid…

Dhruv Jurel’s unbeaten 115 headlines rain-hit Day 2. (ANI Photo) Dhruv Jurel produced a composed unbeaten century as India strengthened their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka, declaring their first innings at 503/9 before reducing the hosts to 8/2 at the close of a rain-interrupted second day. Jurel remained unbeaten on 115, his…

India vs Argentina (Photo by HI) India’s men’s hockey team bow out of the 2026 World Cup semi-final race after a 3-5 defeat to Argentina on Monday.Despite Argentina’s win over England keeping India’s qualification hopes technically alive, India needed a victory by at least three goals to make the last four.Instead, two early strikes leave…

KOLKATA: Syndrela Das hates to travel on her birthday. But she made her 17th birthday away from home memorable by bagging a ‘double’ winning the Under-19 and women’s singles titles at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships that concluded in Kanpur on Sunday.It was a day devoted totally on the board as the rising…