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Thirteen-year-old Nilkonda Mani stole the spotlight on the opening day of the 17th Monsoon Regatta National Ranking Sailing Championship at Hussain Sagar. Despite difficult wind conditions, the young sailor secured a commanding victory to take the early lead in the competition.

Legendary Dutch dragflicker Taeke Taekema has joined the Indian women’s hockey team for a specialised training camp during its Australia and New Zealand tour. The initiative aims to improve penalty-corner efficiency ahead of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Auckland.

Jai Hanuman defeated Central Excise by seven wickets to win the HCA A-Division T20 League Championship. In the B-Division competition, P Harshith smashed an unbeaten 104 off 49 balls to guide Visaka to victory over Warangal District.

Hockey India has announced a 20-member women’s squad for the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Led by Salima Tete, the team enters the tournament after a productive Australia tour and will face the United States, Japan and Uruguay in Pool A.

Ultra runner Kartik Joshi has crossed 844 kilometres of his ambitious 4,200-km Kargil-to-Kanyakumari challenge. Battling extreme terrain and weather conditions, the Indore athlete is aiming to complete the journey in 55 days while attempting to set a new endurance record.

With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 expanding to 12 teams, several star batters are set to take centre stage. From Shafali Verma and Georgia Voll to Hayley Matthews and Laura Wolvaardt, these players could shape the tournament’s outcome.

After a stellar TATA IPL 2026 campaign that earned him the Orange Cap and Most Valuable Player award, Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi reflected on achieving his 700-run target, lessons learnt during the season, and his dream of playing Test cricket.

New Indian wrestling head coach Emzarios Bentinidis has stressed personalised training and athlete-specific development plans as India prepares for the 2026 Asian Games. The Wrestling Federation of India trials finalised strong men's freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's squads for the continental event.

RCB batter Tim David will miss the opening game of the next IPL season after being handed a one-match suspension. David was fined 50% of his match fee for aggressively throwing an ice bag toward umpire Nitin Menon

Director of Cricket Mo Bobat and head coach Andy Flower credit a meticulous auction strategy, structural elite experience, and an indispensable Indian coaching staff for driving Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their second successive IPL trophy

French Open organizers hit Paraguayan tennis player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo with a historic $65,000 fine following "unacceptable" and sexist remarks targeting Brazilian chair umpire Ana Carvalho after his second-round defeat at Roland Garros

Series tied 1-1 ahead of crucial Taunton finale

Kushagra wins Meridian chess title

Anna Kalinskaya survived a dramatic three-set thriller against Anastasia Potapova on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, saving multiple match points to win 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(7) and secure her first-ever career quarter-final spot at the French Open

Virat Kohli scored 675 runs in 16 matches with a strike-rate of 165.85

The list has been finalised following the completion of annual national selection trials and crew finalisation by the Rowing Federation of India (RFI)

The Women's Champions Trophy will debut in February, providing a new window in the international calendar

The final placings: 1. Sky Kings FC 20 points, 2. OK Sporting 18 points

For the longest time, RCB were the IPL’s biggest underachievers – a star-studded unit who would always fall short of winning the trophy when it mattered the most

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to herald a new era in international football as the competition expands from 32 to 48 teams for the first time

The ICC Board has approved several recommendations from the Chief Executives Committee, including trialling the use of a pink ball in Test Matches, with prior agreement from both teams, to maximise play in case of anticipated bad light

Pandya gave a complete all-round performance, he scored 226 runs with the bat and picked 14 scalps in this season

Hyderabad’s Sahaja Yamalapalli finished runner-up at the ITF W35 Wichita tournament in Kansas, losing 4-6, 0-6 to USA’s Reese Brantmeier in the final. Earlier, Yamalapalli fought through a grueling three-set semifinal to book her place in the summit clash

RCB and Titans rule consistency chart; MI and LSG face complete overhauls after abysmal seasons