Lucknow, June 8 (IANS) Indian cricketer Rinku Singh got engaged to Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj on Sunday in Lucknow with their wedding date locked in for November 18 at the Taj Hotel in Varanasi.
London, June 8 (IANS) Fresh off their arrival in the UK, the Shubman Gill-led Indian Test squad wasted no time and dived straight into intense training sessions, kickstarting their preparations for the five-Test showdown that marks the beginning of the 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle.
Ahmedabad, June 8 (IANS) India’s 20-year-old rising star Yashaswini Ghorpade pulled off a massive upset in Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6, becoming the first paddler to beat China’s Fan Siqi this season in U Mumba TT’s 9-6 win over Stanley’s Chennai Lions on Saturday. Earlier, Jeet Chandra upset World No. 34 Ricardo Walther of Germany as Jaipur Patriots recorded a dominant 11-4 win over Ahmedabad SG Pipers.
Nagpur, June 8 (IANS) Pagariya Strikers beat Bharat Rangers by five wickets to register their second win in match five of the Vidarbha Pro T20 League at the VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, on Saturday. Md. Faiz played a vice-captain's knock and remained unbeaten at 82 in 51 balls to secure the win. Captain Yash Kadam played a crucial part in closing out the game, blitzing 35 runs in just 13 balls.
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) The Eagle Thane Strikers, led by Atharva Ankolekar, triumphed over Shreyas Iyer’s SOBO Mumbai Falcons by a margin of 36 runs, securing their place in the semifinals of the T20 Mumbai League 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday.
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Jyothi Yarraji, Tejas Ashok Shirse, and Abdulla Aboobacker won the gold as India dominated the track in the 2025 Taiwan Athletics Open, finishing with six gold medals in the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meet held in Taipei on Saturday.
Bengaluru, June 7 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday, ordered an increase in compensation for the 11 families of those who died in the June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium tragedy, raising the amount to Rs 25 lakh each. Previously, the government had announced Rs 10 lakh in compensation per family.
Paris, June 7 (IANS) Coco Gauff of the United States won her maiden French Open Women's singles title, beating World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in a gripping three-set final in Paris on Saturday. The 21-year-old came back firing on all cylinders after losing a dramatic 78-minute first set on a tiebreak to stun the World No.1 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 in the thrilling clash on Court Philippe-Chatrier that lasted two hours and 38 minutes, adding a first Roland-Garros title to her US Open success from 2023.
Ahmedabad, June 7 (IANS) Indian campaigner Jeet Chandra led from the front as Jaipur Patriots beat Ahmedabad SG Pipers in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) on Saturday. Jeet pulled off a stunning 2-1 upset win over World No. 34 and World Championships silver medalist Ricardo Walther, powering Jaipur to an 11-4 victory that sent them to the top of the table.
Northampton, June 7 (IANS) Tom Haines and Emilio Gay smashed fifties each before bad light forced an early end to the second day of the second unofficial Test between England Lions and India ‘A’ at County Ground in Northampton on Saturday. At stumps, England Lions had reached 192/3 in 46 overs and trailed India ‘A’ by 156 runs.
