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Abhishek Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Defending champions India intensified their Asia Cup 2025 preparations with another full-fledged practice session at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Saturday. While bowlers kept the intensity high, the major talking point of Day 2 was the way India’s top-order batters focused heavily on big-hitting, particularly aerial shots,…

Indian men’s hockey team players celebrate after scoring against China in the Asia Cup. (Image: TheHockeyIndia) Rajgir: China might have given India a mighty scare in their group-stage game of the Asia Cup last week. But the hosts showed their might in the Super4 stage as they routed the Chinese side 7-0 at Rajgir Sports…

Virender Sehwag (Image-X) Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag has opened up about the intense emotions he felt whenever India lost to Pakistan. With the highly anticipated Asia Cup clash between the arch-rivals scheduled for September 14, Sehwag recalled how such defeats often made him lose his focus and temper. Sehwag, who played 42 matches against…

Andre Agassi’s Open is, without doubt, one of the finest — if not the finest — sporting autobiographies ever written. It charts his meteoric rise, his rebellion against tennis’s hierarchy, his follicular rebellions and acceptance, his flirtation with mind-altering substances, the father-son dynamic with his trainer Gil, and his epochal comeback after tumbling out of…

Graeme Smith (Getty Images) New Delhi: Despite the backdrop of Dinesh Karthik playing in the SA20 last year and speculation of tens of Indians entering the SA20 Auction on September 9, no Indians will be up for grabs for the fourth season, and beyond, of South Africa’s T20 league. SA20 League Commissioner Graeme Smith has…

Axar Patel of India celebrates with teammates (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Ahead of the Asia Cup 2025, veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane highlighted all-rounder Axar Patel as one of the team’s most underrated players. The continental tournament gets underway on Tuesday, September 9, with Afghanistan facing Hong Kong. India, led by Suryakumar Yadav, will…

Zimbabwe’s captain Sikandar Raza, centre, with teammates (AP Photo/Wonder Mashura) Zimbabwe pulled off a memorable win in Harare, beating Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second T20I to level the series. The hosts bowled brilliantly to skittle Sri Lanka out for just 80, their second-lowest total in the format, before holding their nerve in…

North Zone’s batters Nishant Sindhu and Shubham Khajuria run between the wickets (left) and Central Zone’s Rajat Patidar (right) Bengaluru: The strength of the Central Zone team lay in flashes of individual batting brilliance on the penultimate day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal against West Zone here on Saturday. At the BCCI Centre of Excellence,…

India escape with a 2-2 draw against Japan at the WomensAsiaCup 2025. (X-Hockey India) India came from behind twice to hold defending champions Japan to a thrilling 2-2 draw in their second pool match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2025 on Saturday. Navneet Kaur struck from a penalty corner in the final moments of the…

India vs China Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Live: The Indian men’s hockey team is one step away from the Asia Cup final, but China stand firmly in their path. Both teams met earlier in the group stage, where China nearly held India to a draw, underlining the challenge ahead. India lead the Super4s table with…