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Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL 2026 match against Chennai Super Kings. It was the team’s first offence under the league’s Code of Conduct this season.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs in IPL 2026, exposing batting struggles and tactical issues in KKR’s setup, as Noor Ahmed starred with the ball on a tricky Chepauk pitch

Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov clinched the 2026 Candidates tournament with a round to spare, setting up a World Championship clash with India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, while the women’s section remains undecided going into the final round

The Roland Garros 2026 entry list features 100 of the top 101 WTA players, led by Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka. Former champions and rising stars promise a strong competition in the season’s second Grand Slam in Paris

Carlos Alcaraz began his Barcelona Open campaign with a straight-sets win over Otto Virtanen. Lorenzo Musetti and Alex de Minaur also advanced to the next round with comfortable victories in their respective opening matches

Harsh Kumar Goumte and K Veena have been selected for Indian camp based on their performances in the recent Sub-Junior Nationals in Ranchi

RCB will want to cash in on the home stretch of three matches beginning with their clash against LSG

Vishesh’s 65 set a new course record and featured an eagle on the par-5 14th, six birdies, and a lone bogey

Chandigarh teenager Krish Chawla shot a bogey-free five-under 65 to take a one-shot lead on day one of the IGU Telangana Amateur Golf Championship in Hyderabad. He leads a strong field featuring Shashank Sachin, Ranveer Mitroo and Gulfam Hussain

India’s Amee Kamani reached the semifinals of the Asian Heyball Championships with a narrow win over Tamami Okuda. Other Indian players had mixed results, with early exits in the men’s section and quarterfinal losses in women’s events

Telangana’s Naga Moksha Yerram, 18, won bronze at the US Open Pickleball Championships. She earlier claimed two golds and a bronze at IPA Nationals 2025. Her success highlights the rise of pickleball in Telangana and India

India’s under-17 women’s football team lost 0-3 to Russia in their second friendly at Sochi. Valeria Menyailova scored twice after Sofia Svyatnaya’s opener. India, coached by Pamela Conti, will play the final friendly on April 17

Harshit Joshi of BBVM Sr Sec School, Haldwani, won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors online chess tournament with 10 points from 12 rounds. Arpit Chauhan finished second and P Harshit third. Several boys and girls excelled across age categories

Sanju Samson has been named ICC Player of the Month for March 2026 following his match-winning performances in India’s successful T20 World Cup campaign, including crucial knocks in the knockout stages. Amelia Kerr secured her third women’s award after stellar all-round displays in both ODIs and T20Is.

A brief floodlight outage lasting eight seconds occurred during the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on 13 April. The Hyderabad Cricket Association clarified that the issue stemmed from a fault in a specialised DMX device, not from the power supply.

Praful Hinge, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s young fast bowler, recalls his humble beginnings with a tennis ball, his father’s guidance, and his journey through MRF Pace Academy to Australia. Inspired by Josh Hazlewood and Hardik Pandya’s encouragement, Hinge now aims to lift the IPL trophy and win the Best Fielder award.

Debutant Praful Hinge made IPL history with three wickets in his first over, while teammate Sakib Hussain also starred with four wickets as Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers dominated a match against Rajasthan Royals

India’s medal tally rose to three golds at the US Open Pickleball Championship 2026 in Naples, Florida, with Arjun Singh winning Men’s Singles 5.0 and Dhiren Patel clinching 40+ Pro Men’s Singles. The Indian Pickleball Association hailed the success

Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7‑6, 6‑3 to win the Monte Carlo Masters and reclaim the World No 1 ranking. The Italian matched Novak Djokovic’s 2015 feat of winning the first three Masters 1000 titles of a season

Ayush Shetty clinched silver at the Badminton Asia Championships, becoming the first Indian men’s singles finalist since HS Prannoy in 2018. The 20‑year‑old expressed pride, credited Shi Yu Qi for the final, and vowed to become the world’s best

Ishan Kishan’s 91 and debutant pacers Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain’s four wickets each powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 57‑run win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, ending their losing run

Ishan Kishan smashed 91 off 44 balls to power Sunrisers Hyderabad to 217 against Rajasthan Royals in their IPL clash at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy added crucial runs, setting up a strong total for Sunrisers

BCCI has revised the IPL 2026 schedule, shifting the Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings fixture on April 26 from Ahmedabad to Chennai. The afternoon clash will now be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, starting at 3:30 PM IST

RCB batter Tim David has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and given one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL Code of Conduct during Match No 20 against Mumbai Indians, after repeatedly disobeying umpire instructions