Indonesia Open: India's challenge ends with Satwik-Chirag's QF loss

IANS | June 6, 2025 4:36 PM

Jakarta, June 6 (IANS) The former champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the Indonesia Open, a BWF Super 1000 badminton tournament, with a straight game loss in the men's doubles quarterfinal to Malaysian seventh seeds Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee here on Friday.

ICC-sanctioned European T20 Premier League postponed for next year

IANS | June 6, 2025 4:30 PM

Dublin, June 6 (IANS) The European T20 Premier League (ETPL), co-owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, has been shelved until 2026. The ICC-sanctioned new annual T20 franchise tournament was initially slated to take place from July 15 to August 3.

At India-Central Asia Dialogue, Kyrgyzstan FM Kulubaev bats for deepening interconnectedness

IANS | June 6, 2025 4:17 PM

Bishkek/New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeenbek Kulubaev on Friday emphasised the importance of further deepening the interconnectedness of the states of the region, including through the opening of direct flights and the development of transport infrastructure, as he addressed the 4th meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue hosted by India in New Delhi.