Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Karandeep Kochhar, fresh from a win in Egypt, returns to the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) Tour as he tees up at the IGPL Invitational Mumbai as the tour moves to the western part of India. After six events around the country, the seventh leg will be held in Mumbai at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The 2026 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is likely to begin in early January, with a final decision on venues set to come soon, sources close to the development said to IANS on Monday. Lucknow, Bengaluru, Vadodara, and Mumbai hosted WPL 2025, which was won by Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians (MI) for the second time at the Brabourne Stadium earlier this year.
Panaji (Goa), Nov 17 (IANS) Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi (2773) kept India's flag flying high as he held Chinese Grandmaster Wei Yi (2754) to a solid draw in 31 moves in the first classical quarterfinal game of the $2 million FIDE World Cup 2026 at Hotel Resort Rio, Goa, on Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former India leg-spinner Amit Mishra has downplayed the controversy surrounding the 'bauna' (dwarf) comment directed at South Africa captain Temba Bavuma during the first Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, saying that it’s not a big deal while praising the visiting skipper's match-winning unbeaten 55 under pressure.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India has announced their team ahead of the 2025 Squash World Cup, which is set to be hosted in Chennai from December 9 to 14. The returning tournament in Chennai will be hosted by the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) and will follow the success of the 2023 event, in which mixed-gender teams of two male and two female players will battle it out for the title in Tamil Nadu.
Karnal (Haryana), Nov 17 (IANS) Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy, Sonepat, HAR Academy, and Anantapur Sports Academy recorded convincing victories in their respective matches on Day 3 of the 3rd Hockey India-Sub Junior Women Academy Championship 2025 as Zone A & B witnessed dominant performances across the pools.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India’s 2025 Asian Archery Championships medal winners for their remarkable performances at the tournament, where they bagged 10 medals, their best tally ever. The Indian archers clinched six gold medals, including a historic one in the men’s individual recurve.
Wuhan (China), Nov 17 (IANS) East Bengal FC saw off Bam Khatoon FC 3-1 in their AFC Women’s Champions League 2025-26 Group B opener on Monday. The Red and Golds hit the ground running and took the lead as early as the fourth minute after two blocked attempts by Fazila Ikwaput saw the ball falling kindly to Shilky Hemam, who struck a low shot into the bottom right corner from just above the box.
Cairo, Nov 17 (IANS) Olympian Gurpreet Singh came close to becoming world champion in the men’s 25m Center Fire Pistol event but had to settle for silver after losing on inner 10s to Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range, marking his second individual medal in the ISSF World Championship 2025 after a silver in the 25m Standard Pistol event in Changwon in 2018, while Yann Pierre Louis Fridrici of France claimed bronze.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Birthday girl Anuya Prasad and teammate Pranjali Prashant Dhumal completed a 1-2 finish for India in the 10m Air Pistol event of shooting competitions at the 25th Summer Deaflympics currently being held in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday.
