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Two-time FIFA World Cup champion Uruguay play cricket at Eden Gardens (Screengrabs) The Uruguay football team has been exploring Kolkata ahead of its international friendly against India on October 6.The two-time FIFA World Cup champions visited some of the city’s famous landmarks and even tried their hand at cricket at the iconic Eden Gardens.The players…

Image credit: Hockey India At the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium, tears flowed freely on the pitch. More than 5,500km away, in India, women’s hockey’s loyal legion, small in numbers but deep in investment, rejoiced.They had watched a team in which skill was matched by fitness, individual brilliance was backed by teamwork and, finally, belief had…

Qatar will host the 2030 Games. (Image credit: X) NAGOYA: It has been a testing three weeks for Japan. Accommodation woes, transport and logistical nightmares, mismanagement and weather that refused to cooperate – the challenges the Asian Games organisers faced were plenty.Yet, as the Games drew to a close, there was enough to celebrate. Records…

Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah Former India batter Hanuma Vihari has called on the team to bring experienced pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami back into the ODI setup. His comments came after India failed to defend 351 against the West Indies in the third ODI, losing by five wickets.Vihari believes India need more reliable…

R Praggnanandhaa talks about his Chess Olympiad campaign NEW DELHI: In the open section of the 2026 Candidates Tournament, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was India’s sole representative in Cyprus earlier this year. He did not win the top prize there. But the quality of chess he played was unmistakably high.He has continued to maintain that standard at…

Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly left Portugal after Jesus allegedly broke promises over his Norway warm-up, with a private apology replaced by public defiance/ Image: X Portugal coach Jorge Jesus has kept the door open for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team after the 41-year-old captain left the squad last week. Ronaldo departed after being…

Kumkum Mohod and Sujeet Kalkal NEW DELHI: Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal have been recognised as the standout performers of India’s campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha naming them the inaugural recipients of the Jaspal Rana Award and Raja Randhir Singh Award respectively.The two awards…

World number one Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from this month’s Wuhan Open due to a foot injury, tournament organisers said on Sunday, a day after the Kazakh suffered a shock defeat in her opening match at the China Open.Rybakina lost to world number 118 Alina Charaeva in Beijing in her first match since winning last…

BCCI president Mithun Manhas presents the trophy to Rest of India captain Rishabh Pant. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant could not have asked for a better 29th birthday present. On a day when he missed the action because of fever, the Rest of India captain watched his teammates complete a stunning comeback against Jammu…

Indian contingent at the Asian Games closing ceremony and PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian contingent for its performance at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, praising the athletes for representing the country with “determination, passion and remarkable sporting spirit” as India concluded its campaign with 85 medals.India finished…