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Mohammed Siraj picked up five wickets and the young team put up a strong show to beat England by six runs in the fifth Test match of the series to level it 2-2 on Monday.
London/IBNS: The fifth Test between England and India entered the final day after rain interrupted the hosts' run-chase at Kennington Oval in London on Sunday.
London/IBNS: The fifth Test between England and India entered the final day after rain interrupted the hosts' run-chase at Kennington Oval in London on Sunday.
Kolkata: World Cup-winning Argentina skipper Lionel Messi had left Kolkata feverish in 2011 when he played an exhibition match against Venezuela, and now, fourteen years after that grand tour, he is scheduled to visit the eastern Indian city with the promise to charm his football crazy fans here.
Just two weeks after announcing her divorce with Kashyap Parupalli on social media, badminton star Saina Nehwal on Saturday hinted at giving her relationship another chance.
Oval/IBNS: Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj bowled out England for 247 taming the hosts who were displaying their brand of aggressive cricket on day two of the fifth and final Test at Kennington Oval in London on Friday.
The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Executive Committee (EC), on the recommendation of the federation’s Technical Committee (TC), decided to appoint Khalid Jamil as the head coach of the Senior Men’s Indian National Team during its virtual meeting on Friday, August 1, 2025.
London/IBNS: Karun Nair slammed his first half-century since his triple ton years ago to help India go past 200 in the rain-interrupted first day's play in the fifth and final Test against England at Kennington Oval in London on Thursday.
London/IBNS: England's stand-in captain Ollie Pope won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fifth and final Test against India at Kennington Oval in London on Thursday.
London/IBNS: India will take the field in the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval in London without vice-captain and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who fractured his toe in the previous game.
All-rounders Ben Stokes and Ravindra Jadeja have made substantial gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after their fine performances with both bat and ball in the drawn fourth Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between England and India.
London/IBNS: The Oval on Tuesday witnessed an extension of the "handshake drama" that unfolded in the last hour of the fourth Test between England and India in Manchester a couple of days ago.
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt returned to the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings after scoring 98 runs in the decider of the three-match series against India in Durham.
Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh defeated senior master Koneru Humpy to clinch the FIDE Women’s World Cup title in Georgia on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid criticism of the scheduling of India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said terrorism must stop but sports should be played between the two nations.
Manchester/IBNS: Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir has slammed England over the "no handshake" drama that unfolded on the final day of fourth Test in Manchester on Sunday.
India kept the series hope alive by managing a sensational draw against England in Manchester in the fourth Test match of the ongoing series on Sunday.
Kolkata: Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, a rising Indian archer from the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Kolkata, scripted history at the FISU World University Games 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, by winning both gold and silver medals.
The blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan in the upcoming Asia Cup will be played on September 14, the Asian Cricket Council announced on Saturday.
Manchester/IBNS: England piled up 669 in the first innings of the fourth Test against India in Manchester on Saturday.
Manchester/IBNS: Joe Root's 38th hundred powered England to establish an absolute dominance over India on the third day of the fourth Test in Manchester on Friday.
Manchester/IBNS: England decimated the Indian bowlers to quickly go past 200 after bowling out the visitors for 358 on the second day of fourth Test in Manchester on Thursday.
World Wrestling Entertainment icon Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71, Florida Police and WWE said on Thursday.
Manchester/IBNS: In a bold move, India's vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who sustained an injury on his right foot, won't keep wickets but bat in the remainder of the ongoing fourth Test against England in Manchester.
Manchester/IBNS: India's steady run on the first day of fourth Test in Manchester was on Wednesday marred by vice-captain Rishabh Pant's injury on his foot.
Manchester/IBNS: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fourth Test against India in Manchester on Wednesday.
The cricket match featuring veteran retired Indian and Pakistani players has been cancelled after some senior members of the Men In Blue squad refused to play the clash in Birmingham.
All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been ruled out of the remaining two Tests against England owing to a left knee injury. He will fly back home.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday confirmed that the World Test Championship final will be played in England till 2031.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh dominated the men’s and women’s singles matches on the first day of the 25th National Dart Championship at Dakshin Kolikata Sangsad.
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