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Bengal will once again look to go the distance in the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, with experienced all-rounder Mita Paul named captain for the 2025-26 season. The tournament begins on October 8 in Nagpur. Promising young pacer Titas Sadhu has been appointed vice-captain, while the team will continue to draw on the guidance of legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, who serves as mentor. The coaching staff includes Probal Dutta as chief coach and Ananya Mitra as coach. Bengal enjoyed a strong campaign last season, finishing runners-up after topping their group. They went on to defeat Madhya Pradesh in the…

WebDesk The last day of swimming and diving events at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 saw China assert their dominance once again, sealing the overall champion title with a staggering 49 medals (38 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze) at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex today. For India, the final day brought four bronze medals through Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men’s relay team. Their efforts in the Women’s 400m Freestyle, Men’s 200m Butterfly, Men’s 100m Backstroke and Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay lifted India’s tally to 13 medals (4 silver, 9 bronze), marking the country’s most successful…

New Delhi, October 2: Saeid Afrooz (Iran) in the men’s Javelin Throw F34 final and Safia Djelal (Algeria) in the women’s Shot Put F57 added a World Record each to the growing list of marks created in Indian Oil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Saeid Afrooz’s 41.52m improved on his own mark of 41.16 set in Kobe in 2024 while Safia Djelal’s 11.67m effort bettered her own mark of 11.62m set in 2024. The number of World Records set here has risen to 21 while 65 new Championships Records have…

Colombo [India], October 1, 2025: It was officially announced that Sri Lanka will co-host the first-ever Women’s T20 World Cup – Cricket for the Blind, scheduled from November 11–23, 2025. The tournament will begin with the inauguration and 5 matches in New Delhi (Nov 11–13), continue with 4 matches in Bengaluru (Nov 14–16), and conclude with 15 matches in Colombo, Sri Lanka, (Nov 14 – 23), including the finals and closing ceremony on Nov 23. The announcement was made in the presence of Hon. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sri Lanka – Mr. Sunil Kumara Gamage, Hon. M.P. and…

The day at the World Para Athletics Championships was marked by India’s dominance in javelin. Yesterday, in the F46, India pocketed three of the top four positions with Rinku Hooda and Sunder Singh Gurjar claiming the gold and silver. This afternoon, in the F44, the story got repeated. The field of nine had four Indians and all strong contenders. Lead changed between Sandip Sanjay Sargar and Sandeep Chaudhary through the rounds. Both had their best in the fifth throw, with Sandip’s 62.82m helping him to clinch the gold. Sandeep, who was in pole position till then, had to be satisfied…

Jaimin Bhatt At the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi on Monday, the highlight for India was clearly expected to be the F46 javelin finals for men. India had three in contention — Rinku Hooda, Ajeet Singh Yadav and Sunder Singh Gurjar. Two of these three had always figured on the podium at the World Para Athletic Championships in Paris in 2023, Paris Paralympic Games in 2024 and World Para Athletic Championships in 2024 at Kobe, Japan. All three were in medal contention. Crowd expectations had clearly built up with hopes of a clean sweep by India on home ground. …

Bengaluru, 29th September 2025: Hockey India on Monday announced a 33-member core probable group for the Senior Men’s National Coaching Camp, scheduled to be held at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru from 29th September to 18th October 2025. The camp marks a crucial build-up for the Indian team as it prepares for upcoming two major international assignments — the 31st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025, set to be played in Ipoh, Malaysia from 22nd to 29th November, followed by a high-intensity tour of South Africa. Indian players head into this camp on the back of an…

Salum Ageze Kashafali stole the show on the second day of the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. The muscular Norwegian set a new world record as he crossed the line in 10.42 seconds in the men’s 100m T12. It was his third gold in the World Para Athletic Championships. He had also won the gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympics. That was also a record-breaking dash. Clearly, he is an accomplished man. But if one bores into his life journey, his achievements take on the hue of the supernatural –…

Vikas strained his every sinew to ensure that the Indian Tricolour would go up during a medal ceremony in the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 Para World Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. But his best efforts at the Long Jump pit in the men’s T47 final went in vain as he finished sixth. The 23-year-old Vikas earned himself three more attempts with a heart-warming 6.69m jump on his third try to lift himself to the sixth position. His team-mate Ajay Singh was unable to improve on his season best jump of 6.31m and finished 10th. Only…

Manikanta Hoblidhar representing SSCB (Service Sports Control Board) made a bold statement here at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) on Sunday. The 24 years old Army’s sprinter clocks 10.19 seconds on his way to winning gold to better his own meet record of 10.23 seconds set in 2023 in Bengaluru. Hoblidhar rocketed off the blocks and powered his way to the finish line. The former national 100m record holder raised his hands in jubilation when he crossed the finish line. His winning time of 10.19 seconds fell short of Animesh Kujur’s national 100m record of 10.18 seconds. “I was confident…