IWL 2025-26: Indian women’s football’s finest begin battle in Bengal

IANS | December 19, 2025 10:50 PM

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The ninth season of the Indian Women’s League will get underway on Saturday with eight teams set to do battle for the title of the best women’s football club in the country. East Bengal FC, who won their maiden IWL trophy last season, will have the opportunity to defend their title on home soil as the 2025-26 league will be played in a centralised format in Kolkata and Kalyani.

World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag script history, beat Chia/Yik to enter semis

IANS | December 19, 2025 9:53 PM

Hangzhou, Dec 19 (IANS) India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, scripted history at the BWF World Tour Finals 2025, becoming the first Indian men’s doubles pair to reach the semi-finals of the prestigious season-ending event. The World No. 3 pair sealed their place in the last four with a spirited 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 comeback win over world No. 2 and Paris 2024 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia on Friday.

Sampoornesh Babu plays 'Biryani' in Nani-starrer 'The Paradise'

IANS | December 19, 2025 9:51 PM

Hyderabad, Dec 19 (IANS) The makers of director Srikanth Odela's eagerly awaited action entertainer 'The Paradise', featuring Telugu star Nani in the lead, on Friday disclosed that actor Sampoornesh Babu plays a character called 'Biryani' in the film.