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Kerala maintained their perfect run in Group B with a 2-0 win over Odisha, cementing their position at the top of the Group B table with nine points from three matches in the final round of the 78th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at Deccan Arena on Thursday.

Telangana girls narrowly defeated Chandigarh 53-52 to qualify for Level I and enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 49th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls (Under-13 Years) at the Sports Authority of Telangana Indoor Stadium, Saroornagar, Hyderabad, on Thursday.

Parmeet smashed an unbeaten 102 (13x4, 3x6) in Ameerpet’s 13-run win over SK Blues in the HCA C Division One-Day League Championship on Thursday. Aditya (4/46) was the standout bowler for SK Blues, who fell short in the chase by 13 runs, finishing at 237/8 in 40 overs.

Batting first, Himateja played a brilliant knock, hitting 17 boundaries and 3 sixes, supported by valuable contributions from Mayank Gupta (58) and Sathwik Reddy (41), as Hyderabad posted a total of 313/5 in 50 overs.

I too came to know at the last minute. The way in which he gave that (retirement), there could be many reasons. Only Ashwin knows, maybe humiliation

ICC confirms that all India-Pakistan matches during the 2024-2027 rights cycle will be hosted at neutral locations due to strained political relations between the two nations

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In the finals, the men edged out Amberpet 35-31, while the women secured a hard-fought 33-30 victory over Amberpet, completing a double trophy sweep

Neeraj Chopra’s silver at the Paris Olympics highlighted his dominance, despite injuries and near-misses. However, India’s athletics still battles doping issues, even as global events bring new opportunities.

The actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared a video from BCCI, and wrote, “A lasting legacy”.

After the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in a stalemate at the Gabba, both Australian and Indian teams headed to their next battle in Melbourne for the fourth Test of the series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The former Indian cricketer could be seen was escorted out of the airport by local officials as fans took photographs before he left with his family

Ashwin played 23 Tests against Australia from 2011 to 2024, taking 115 scalps, including a 10-wicket and seven five-wicket hauls

Perez has not won a race since April 2023, even as his teammate Max Verstappen has dominated F1, and the 34-year-old Mexican was rarely competitive this season.

Hyderabad FC are currently in the 12th spot on the Indian Super League 2024-25 points table, with two wins and a draw from 11 matches.

Krishna earned 11 points from 12 rounds, securing first place ahead of Sai Sree Nandagopal, who finished second with 10 points, and Adhyayan Banerjee, who took third place with 9.5 points.

In the quarterfinals, Amberpet's men's team triumphed over Secunderabad with a score of 25-22, while the women's team defeated Himayatnagar 28-21. At the same time, Charminar's men's and women's teams also advanced to the semifinals, with the men winning 22-16 and the women edging out Bahadurpura 21-20 in their respective matches.

In the other Group A match, Jammu and Kashmir drew with Manipur 1-1. Bengal, 32-time champions, accumulated nine points from three matches

Nikhat’s impressive run ended in the semifinal clash against Swastika Ghosh of Airport Authority of India, where she lost 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 8-11. Earlier in the quarterfinals, she defeated Poymantee Baisya of West Bengal 5-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9.

Tamil Nadu boys secured a commanding 82-56 victory over Jharkhand in the ongoing 9th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship at Saroornagar, Hyderabad on Wednesday.

India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the opening match of the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup on January 13, 2024, marking the start of the week-long event which will be organised at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the national capital and at the Noida Indoor Stadium

Shami made his comeback from injury during the recently-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and has also been named in Bengal's squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting Saturday.

"He could have said, listen after the end of the series, I won't be available for selection for India. What it does is that, similarly when MS Dhoni retired at the end of the 3rd Test in 2014-15 series, it leaves you one short," Gavaskar told broadcasters

Rain was always a constant theme in the match at Brisbane, and only 22 overs of play was possible on day five. After bowling out India for 260 to take a 185-run first-innings, Australia declared its second innings at 89/7 and gave the visitors’ a target of 275 runs in a bid to get an unlikely victory