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November 20, 2025 7:15 PM

World Boxing Cup Finals: Minakshi, Preeti, Arundhati, Nupur win gold for India

Minakshi (48kg), Preeti (54kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), and Nupur (80+kg) powered to gold medals as India’s women boxers enjoyed a landmark day at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025, thrilling a packed Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. ...

November 20, 2025 5:14 PM

Australian Open Super 500: Ayush, Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag advance to quarters

Ayush Shetty and Lakshya Sen marched into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500 on Thursday, setting up a tantalising all-Indian clash in Sydney, even as senior campaigners H.S. Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth bowed out early. Ayush, who h...

November 20, 2025 4:03 PM

Tickets for opening day of all five Ashes Tests sold out

Cricket Australia announced on Thursday that tickets for Day 1 of the Ashes opener in Perth have sold out. Seats for the opening day of the remaining four Test matches in the series have also been fully booked. The first of the five Ashes Tests will...

November 20, 2025 12:58 PM

Composed Steve Smith ready to lead Australia into Ashes fire

Steve Smith cut a relaxed figure when he named the Australia team for the opening clash in his ninth and possibly final Ashes series on Thursday, a far cry from the perpetual angst that used to be his hallmark at the crease. An injury to Pat Cummins...

November 20, 2025 11:19 AM

Weatherald and Doggett to debut for Australia in Ashes opener

Opening batter Jake Weatherald and pace bowler Brendan Doggett will make their debuts for Australia in the first Ashes clash in Perth on Friday, the first time since January 2019 that two new baggy green caps have been handed out before a single ...

November 20, 2025 11:13 AM

Ashes triumph in Australia would be Stokes’s crowning achievement

For a player who has pushed England to unprecedented heights, Ben Stokes will strap the team to his back once again and hope to carry the nation to its cricketing Everest: reclaiming the Ashes on Australian soil. The flame-haired all-rounder has del...

November 19, 2025 7:00 PM

Federer to be inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame

Roger Federer will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) in an induction celebration set for August 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island, the ITHF said on Wednesday. Federer won 20 Grand Slams, the first male player to re...

November 19, 2025 5:13 PM

Shai Hope levels with Brian Lara for 2nd-most ODI tons by WI batter, completes 6,000 runs in the format

West Indies batter Shai Hope equalled legendary Brian Lara for the second-most centuries in ODIs for his team, while also becoming the second-fastest Caribbean batter to reach the 6,000-run milestone after the great Sir Viv Richards on Wednesday. Ho...

November 19, 2025 4:55 PM

ICC announces schedule for U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the match schedule for the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026, to be co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia from January 15 to February 6, 2026. A total of 16 teams will compete in 41 matches, with...

November 19, 2025 4:26 PM

Daryl Mitchell replaces Rohit as top-ranked men’s ODI batter, Bumrah retains No. 1 spot in Tests

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell has replaced Rohit Sharma as the top-ranked batter in the latest ICC Men’s ODI rankings, while India pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues to hold the No. 1 position in the Test bowlers’ rankings. Mitchell has become the ...

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