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Lucknow, 25 November 2025. India’s top-seeded women’s doubles pair, Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, made a superb start to their campaign with a thrilling victory to secure a place in the pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi India International HSBC World Tour Super 300 Badminton Championship 2025. In men’s doubles, last year’s runners-up and second seeds, India’s Sai Pratheek K. and Prithvi Krishnamurthy Rai, also eased into the next round with a comfortable win. Organised by the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India (BAI), the main draw matches in women’s and men’s doubles took…

It didn’t age well. On a sluggish pitch that looked placid until yesterday, Indian batsmen were bounced out by Marco Jansen on the third day of the second Test here in Guwahati. At Eden Gardens, they couldn’t play spin on a turner. On an ACA Stadium surface, still pretty good, they failed to handle the lift. Take the case of Dhruv Jurel, the team’s makeshift No. 4 in Shubman Gill’s absence. Less than 10 minutes to go for the tea interval, he decided to go for a pull. Jansen had banged it short, assuming that the slowness of the pitch…

Lalita Boipay (left). Picture credit- Revsportz. Shourjyani Chatterjee On the second day of the Empowerment Cup, an initiative by RevSportz, we all got to witness stories of empowerment, determination, hardwork and the hunger to standout in young grassroot-level female players. With two matches being played everyday, numerous players and even the audience proved that football lies at the heart of Bengal. For example, Lalita Boipay has represented the Indian Under-17 women’s team in the U-17 SAFF Women’s Championship, and U-17 AFC Cup camp. There are many such examples from the Empowerment Cup. Lalita was 13 when she had…

A searing spell of pace bowling from Mitchell Starc put Australia in the box seat on the opening day of the Ashes at the Perth Stadium, only for Ben Stokes and England to storm back and reduce the hosts’ remodelled batting line-up to rubble. On a day when 19 wickets fell in just 71.5 overs, it was England who left the field happier after Stokes’s 5/23 reduced Australia to 123/9 in response to their first-innings total of 172. Australia’s reply began in the worst possible fashion, with Jake Weatherald, the debutant, lasting just two balls before Jofra Archer thudded one…

Picture credit- ICC Shourjyani Chatterjee At its convocation ceremony on December 24, Jadavpur University intends to present Harmanpreet Kaur, Women’s Cricket World Cup-winning captain, with an Honorary D Litt. The new vice-chancellor, Chiranjib Bhattacharya, called a meeting of university deans to discuss the idea which was later approved by the Governor and Chancellor CV Ananda Bose. The university is also expected to invite Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee as the chief guest. The names of NRF CEO Shivkumar Kalyanaraman and DRDO Chairman Sameer V Kamat were also accepted as alternate possibilities though only one will be selected. The D…

Greater Noida, November 20, 2025: India delivered its greatest-ever performance on the global stage, clinching nine gold medals on a landmark final day of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in front of a roaring home crowd. In a statement of dominance across key Olympic-class divisions, India’s women led the charge with a historic sweep, while two gold-medal wins in the men’s section added to a defining campaign for the host nation. India finished the campaign with nine gold, six silver, and five bronze medals, with each of the 20 participating pugilists securing…

Mohor Chaudhuri The Empowerment Cup 2025, a flagship initiative from RevSportz, made its grand return to Kolkata this year with an exciting new chapter – one dedicated solely to women. The launch, which took place around 2 pm at the Sports Journalists’ Club in Kolkata, marked the fourth edition of the tournament. It showcased a significant shift in the city’s sports scene, putting grassroots women footballers at the forefront in a movement aimed at dismantling patriarchal barriers and bringing hidden talent into the light. The event attracted a lively crowd filled with anticipation, optimism, and a sense of purpose.…

iIND vs SL (PC: ICC)India Women’s team are all set to play a five-match home T20I series against Sri Lanka Women in December 2025. According to a source close to RevSportz, the five-match series is expected to take place in the last week of December. Two venues have reportedly been selected. India Women scripted history in November by winning their maiden ICC Women’s ODI title in Navi Mumbai. After that, the newly crowned ODI champions were scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a series of three ODIs and three T20Is in December. But a few days ago, the tour was postponed,…

Greater Noida, November 18, 2025: Preeti Pawar (54kg) delivered one of the biggest upsets of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025, defeating Tokyo Olympics medalist and three-time World Champion Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei to advance to the gold medal bout on Tuesday. Preeti led the way as eight Indians, including Arundhati Choudhary, Minakshi Hooda, Abhinash Jamwal, Ankush Phangal, Nupur Sheoran, Narender Berwal, and Parveen, entered the finals at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. Preeti set the tone from the opening seconds, edging the first round with clean counterpunches before asserting clear dominance in the second. The…

Greater Noida, November 18, 2025: Arundhati Choudhary delivered one of the most commanding performances of the tournament, stopping Germany’s Leonie Müller—a medallist at all three stages of the 2025 World Boxing Cup—via RSC to headline a sensational Day 3 for India at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. Arundhati’s statement win set the tone for a flawless session, during which Minakshi, Ankush Phangal, Parveen, and Nupur all booked their places in the finals. Arundhati, the former Youth World Champion and Strandja medalist, competing after a 1.5-year break, showed no signs of rust. She controlled both opening rounds with clean…