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The javelin Olympic and world champion is primed for another year of excellence culminating with the big-ticket event at the Paris Games in July-August

PT Usha has apparently written to the Executive Council and defended the decision to appoint the Chief Executive Officer during EC meeting on Jan 5

During a function at the Dhyanchand National Stadium here, Anurag Thakur handed over the torch to the FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich and representatives of the host city.

With just two teams in Group W, India were assured of a knock-out round berth even before their opening match but the team made its mark in style with the shock win over the top-seeded Chinese side.

Ben Stokes will become the 16th England player to appear in 100 Tests when he will lead the side out in the third Test against India here on Thursday.

The heartbreaking loss in the final of the 2023 World Cup to Australia had reignited the murmurs of senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit returning for the T20.

A BCCI official has asserted that the visitors have been advised to process the player's visa again in the next two days.

On a day of unusual decisions, New Zealand left out regular spinner Mitchell Santner, who took six wickets in the first test, included four seamers and ended up leaning heavily on Ravindra’s left-arm spin.

The decision by the world body will now allow Indian wrestlers to compete under the country's flag in the events being organised by the UWW.

Chasing 157, Andhra could only manage 84 as S Lakshay Jain took 5/40 to help Tamil Nadu seal the match.

Punjab FC moved to ninth position with 14 points from 14 matches with this win while Blasters remained on third in the table.

Sarfaraz could be in line to debut in third Test with Patidar getting another opportunity

City, who beat Everton 2-0 at home in the early kick-off, are two points behind Liverpool with a game in hand as they chase an unprecedented fourth consecutive English top-flight title.

After a month of competition, the most thrilling AFCON in recent memory has thrown up a fascinating heavyweight final showdown between two West African footballing powerhouses.

Expressing shock over the response of the legendary sports stars towards their agitation, she said both of them had assured all support to wrestlers but did nothing..

"It was good fun," Maxwell said at the mid-innings break.

Australia, thus, became four-time champions.

That Kohli will be unavailable due to serious personal reasons was well-known but BCCI brass wanted to check one final time if it could avail his services for the final Test in Dharamsala from March 7-11.

Yazan Al Naimat had leveled the game in the second half, but Qatar was awarded two penalties on video review and Afif showed no nerves to convert on both occasions.

The trials, which earlier were scheduled from February 27 to 29, will be held on March 10 and 11.