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IPL Auction 2026 Cameron Green arguably emerging as the most lucrative option for franchises to buy. A total of 1,355 players feature in the long list of players, as per a report, though the official tally will be shared with the franchises on Monday. With a maximum squad size of 25 per franchise, a maximum of 77 slots are available to be filled at the mini-auction, which is to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16. A maximum of 31 players can be picked to fill the remaining 7

Scotland When you've done the things Duncan Scott has done and won the medals he has won, it would perhaps be understandable should the Commonwealth Games lose a little of its lustre. But not so. The 28-year-old swimmer seems to revel in it. Think back to Birmingham, and the last edition, when he became the most decorated Scottish athlete in the event's history by taking his medal tally to 13. The image of the taciturn Scot standing atop the podium, roaring the words of Flowe

Taiwan Taiwanese bodybuilder Liu Ming-i won two gold medals on Sunday at the 2025 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships in Saudi Arabia, taking first place in the men’s fitness model (176 cm) and men’s physique (170 cm) categories. President Lai Ching-te congratulated Liu after the results were announced, praising his performance and encouraging the rest of the Taiwan delegation to keep striving for top honors. Liu said he began bodybuilding relatively late, starting training

NBA Johnson scored 41 points and also contributed 14 rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks, who played without Kristaps Porzingis in addition to Trae Young. Jalen Johnson scored a career-high 41 points to lift the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a wild 142-134 double-overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 34 points for Atlanta, while Dyson Daniels pitched in with 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Johnson also contributed

Divyanshi Bhowmick The Indian Under-19 boys team won the silver medal, while the U15 girls team, which also featured Divyanshi, bagged bronze. Indian paddlers finished their  World Youth Table Tennis Championships 2025  campaign with three medals after  Divyanshi Bhowmick  secured a bronze in the Under-15 girls’ singles event in Romania on Sunday. Competing at the BT Arena in Cluj Napoca, Divyanshi Bhowmick won the opening game but eventually lost 4-1 (10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-

Kidambi Srikant Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma lost in the women’s singles semi-finals, while Hariharan Amsakarunan and Treesa Jolly were also beaten in mixed doubles. Former world No. 1  Kidambi Srikanth  moved into the men’s singles final at the  Syed Modi International 2025 badminton  tournament after beating compatriot Mithun Manjunath in the semis at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday. World No. 38 Kidambi Srikanth beat Mithun Manjunath, 95th in t

Jair Levie In Group-B with Oman, Chile and two-time champion India, Switzerland oozes confidence going inito the prestigious competition Minutes before Switzerland’s match against Chile at the  FIH Men’s Junior World Cup  was scheduled to start, a man wearing Swiss gear made his way to the stands while taking cover from the incessant rain. He began distributing miniature Swiss national flags – easily over a 100 of them – attached to plastic straws. It was Punleuk Kam, Managin

Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh opined that Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington has a long way to go to establish himself as a specialist right-arm off-spinner and be a like-for-like replacement for R. Ashwin in terms of all-round skills With India being outplayed by South Africa in the just-concluded Test series, spin great Harbhajan Singh felt the hosts don't have a specialist off-spinner for the five-day game, and called for an increased workload for Washington Sundar. In th

F1 Race : Qatar GP Just 12 points separates Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the title battle after the Red Bull driver's win in Qatar. Max Verstappen claimed a crucial victory in the Qatar Grand Prix from Oscar Piastri, with the title battle set to go down to the final round as championship leader Lando Norris could only finish fourth. Verstappen's unlikely win was courtesy of McLaren's alternative strategy which came as a consequence of an early Safety Car intervention an

Khalid Jamil The head coach of the senior men’s football team, Khalid Jamil, felt that the resumption of the Indian Super League season is imperative to check the slide of the national team in the FIFA rankings. “I feel the ISL should resume at the earliest. It is important that the players get the chance to play enough competitive matches,” Jamil said while addressing the media here on Saturday. “Development takes time, and we should have a positive frame of mind, which is n

FIH The Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team got off to a rampaging start with a 7-0 win against Chile in their first Pool B match here at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 which witnessed a grand opening ceremony on Friday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Egmore, Chennai. Goals for India were scored by Rosan Kujur (16', 21'), Dilraj Singh (25', 34'), Ajeet Yadav (35'), Anmol Ekka (48') and Rohit (59'). Meanwhile, the Indian goalies Bikramjeet Singh

Abhishek Sharma The dashing opener struck 148 off 52 balls to destroy Bengal; Mumbai's Mhatre too his hundred It was a morning where Abhishek Sharma double underlined why he remains the most destructive T20 batsman going around in India. Turning up for Punjab in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20, in this Group C fixture at Hyderabad’s Gymkhana ground, the left-handed opener got to his fifty off 12 deliveries – joint second fastest by an Indian alongside his mentor Yuvraj Singh

Indian Football India registered a spectacular win in their final Group D match by defeating Iran 2-1 at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad and qualified for the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2026. With this victory, India has secured its 10th appearance in the tournament. Iran needed a draw to qualify Before the match, Iran was considered a strong contender. They had seven points and only needed a draw. On the other hand, India had four points and needed a win at all costs to advance from the g

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup India were defeated 1-0 by Belgium in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, played on Sunday in Malaysia. The only goal of the match was scored by Thibault Stockbroekx in the 34th minute. India got three penalty corners but the team could not convert them and had to settle for a silver medal. India's strong defence in the first half The final match between India and Belgium was fast-paced and tough. From the start, Belgium gained more ball possession a

Hockey New Zealand’s exciting 3-3 draw against the higher-ranked Argentina — after twice trailing and then taking the lead — in a FIH junior men’s hockey World Cup Pool-C match made for a compelling watch at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Sunday. Two-time champions Argentina were favourites when they started their second Pool C match against New Zealand here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Sunday afternoon. As expected, Mateo Torrigiani converted a

Team India Rohit and Rahul chip in with fifties; Harshit and Kuldeep star with the ball as the Proteas fall short in the 350-run chase; Breetzke, Jansen and Bosch’s spirited efforts go in vain The full house at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here enjoyed three hours of Virat Kohli at his absolute best. It was vintage stuff — wristy flicks, charging at pacers, and straight drives from the Sachin Tendulkar playbook. After a humiliating whitewash in the recently-conclude

Cricket The 2-0 series loss to South Africa at home, after the 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand, exposes Indian team 's management confused state of mind and also lack of application by a batting unit that lacks Test temperament. Beating India in India in Test cricket used to be a career goal, a dream for most overseas teams. The ‘final frontier’ as the Australian great Baggy Green-er Steve Waugh termed it. Even he never managed to breach the fortress. These days, that dream

Davis Cup "At the end, I looked at my bench and found something in my heart." For Flavio Cobolli, the faces cheering for him from the sidelines provided the extra impetus he needed as he fought to realise his dream of becoming a world champion. The 23-year-old secured a historic third successive Davis Cup title for Italy by battling back from a set and a break down against Spain's Jaume Munar to seal a 2-0 triumph in front of an jubilant home crowd in Bologna. Cobolli's gritt

Football Pep Guardiola celebrated taking charge of Manchester City for the 100th time in the Champions League on Tuesday, but it was Bayer Leverkusen and their fans that were left dancing at full-time. The Bundesliga side would have been expecting a tough evening upon their delayed arrival in England, but it turned into a  memorable 2-0 victory  to leave Guardiola stunned on his milestone moment. The Spaniard said in Monday's pre-match news conference that there had been "mor

ICC T20 World Cup The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will not host any matches; the development came despite the venue only recently reopening for cricket after a prolonged suspension following a fatal stampede in June Suryakumar Yadav, who will lead India’s T20 World Cup title defence in less than three months, made no attempt to hide the opponent he hopes to meet in the final of the 2026 edition. Rohit Sharma, who captained reigning champions India to glory at the prev