Sr Men Inter-Department National C'ship: Railways, CAG, Police win on Day 3

IANS | October 1, 2025 7:35 PM

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Oct 1 (IANS) Railway Sports Promotion Board, Comptroller & Auditor General of India, All India Police Sports Control Board, and Punjab National Bank secured convincing wins on Day Two of the 5th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2025 at the Naval Tata Hockey Academy ground in Jamshedpur.

Women's World Cup: How Pakistan perform with clarity on a given day will decide their fate, says Marina Iqbal

IANS | October 1, 2025 6:15 PM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Pakistan enters the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup on the back of winning the qualifying tournament in April, including sweeping past West Indies and Bangladesh. With Pakistan set to play all of its games in Colombo, their spin-heavy attack, Fatima Sana’s influence, and Sidra Amin’s consistency at the top offer glimpses of a team eager to go past being a group stage finisher.

WPAC 2025: Catherine Debrunner achieves hat-trick of gold medals

IANS | October 1, 2025 4:43 PM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Unstoppable Catherine Debrunner became the first athlete to win three gold medals in the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. Having already claimed the women’s 5000m T54 and 800m T53 crowns, she added the 1500m T54 title in a Championships Record time of 3:16.81.

'Sundar fitting in the role of what Ashwin did with Jadeja', says childhood coach M. Senthilnathan

Niharika Raina | October 1, 2025 4:25 PM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) As India prepares for their first home Test series since Ravichandran Ashwin's retirement in December 2024, when they take on the West Indies in the first of two games in Ahmedabad on Thursday, the question on everyone's mind is whether Washington Sundar can keep going to fill the void left by a legend who defined Indian spin bowling across 106 Tests, especially in a home domination era.

Asia Cup trophy row: PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi dismisses reports of apologising to BCCI

IANS | October 1, 2025 4:16 PM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the Asia Cup 2025 final trophy escalated further after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi quashed reports suggesting he had apologised to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), accusing Indian media of spreading “fabricated propaganda”.