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Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL match against Chennai Super Kings in Lucknow. It was LSG’s first offence of the season under IPL Code of Conduct regulations.

Aston Villa secured qualification for next season’s UEFA Champions League with a commanding 4-2 victory over Liverpool in the Premier League. Ollie Watkins scored twice as Unai Emery’s side climbed to fourth place ahead of next week’s Europa League final.

Lakshya Sen exited the Thailand Open quarterfinals after losing to Kunlavut Vitidsarn, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semifinals with a commanding win. P.V. Sindhu also suffered a hard-fought defeat against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi

Mitchell Marsh’s explosive 90 off 38 balls propelled Lucknow Super Giants to a seven-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in Lucknow. Despite Kartik Sharma’s composed 71 for CSK, Marsh and Josh Inglis’ 135-run stand sealed the emphatic chase

India finished the Asian Under-17 Boxing Championships in Tashkent with 17 medals, including two gold medals won by Rakhi and Navya. The girls’ contingent dominated with 12 medals, while the boys contributed one silver and four bronze medals to the overall tally.

 Adhyayan Banerjee won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors online chess tournament

Delhi FC secured promotion back to the Indian Football League 2026-27 after playing out a 1-1 draw against United SC

Railways shooter Sonam Uttam Maskar clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Women event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship in Bhopal. Elavenil Valarivan won silver, while Arya Borse secured bronze in a closely contested final.

GT will hope to continue their win streak while KKR will hope to stay alive

Pollard admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee, Pankaj Dharmani.

The campaign opener will be played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semifinals of the Thailand Open badminton championship with a straight-game win over Japan’s Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami. PV Sindhu, however, bowed out after losing to top seed Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals

Hyderabad golfer Saatvic Kumar Singh secured the second runner-up position in the IGU Andhra Pradesh State Junior Golf Championship 2026 held at East Point Golf Club in Visakhapatnam. The DPS Hyderabad student finished the tournament with a total score of 303

JioStar has reported record reach and engagement for TATA IPL 2026 across television and digital platforms as the race for the play-offs intensifies. Digital reach, CTV viewership and regional language watch-time have shown significant growth, attracting several new advertisers this season

K Sudhakar has been elected as the new general secretary of the Hyderabad District Handball Association during an executive committee meeting at LB Stadium. The appointment follows the resignation of former general secretary Sanjeev Kumar, which was formally accepted by the association

Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the match against Punjab Kings after allegedly using abusive language towards the fourth umpire

The IPL 2026 playoff race has intensified with eight teams still in contention for the top four spots. Crucial matches involving Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Punjab Kings could determine the final playoff standings

Real Madrid defeated Real Oviedo 2-0 in a tense La Liga clash at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Gonzalo Garcia and Jude Bellingham scored for Madrid, while Kylian Mbappe faced boos from supporters amid growing frustration surrounding the club’s recent struggles

Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets in Dharamsala, with Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 75 and Shardul Thakur’s four-wicket haul leading the charge. Punjab’s fifth consecutive loss severely dented their playoff hopes despite posting a competitive 200-run total

Arjun Dahiya retained a slender one-shot lead over Vihaan Jain after the penultimate round of the IGU Andhra Pradesh Junior Boys Golf Championship in Visakhapatnam. With three strokes separating the top four, a thrilling final day awaits across all categories

India will face Jamaica in the Unity Cup semi-final in London later this month as Khalid Jamil prepares the Blue Tigers for the SAFF Championship and other upcoming international tournaments.

India head coach Khalid Jamil has named a 28-member preliminary squad for the Unity Cup 2026 in London. The Blue Tigers will hold a brief camp in Bengaluru before finalising 23 players to face Jamaica, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe

CSK face LSG in a crucial encounter

Development Committee Member, Archery Association of India, who makes it a point to go to the interiors to tap young, raw talent.