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New Delhi — Jammu and Kashmir pace bowler Aqib Nabi, 29, has been drafted into India’s Test squad for the upcoming two-match series in Sri Lanka after veteran fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out with a knee injury. India begin their series with a three-day warm-up match from August 7, before the first Test gets underway in Galle on August 15. The call-up marks Nabi’s first selection for the Indian Test team. Should he get a game in the series, he would become the first cricketer from Jammu and…

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New season begins December 8 in Argentina; India to host matches February 13-28 New Delhi, August 6, 2026 — India’s women’s hockey team and France’s men’s team are heading back into the FIH Pro Hockey League fold. Both sides punched their tickets by winning the FIH Hockey Nations Cup, earning a return to the elite competition when the new 2026-27 season gets underway on December 8, 2026. India’s men’s team, for its part, doesn’t need any such qualification route — a solid eighth-place finish in the 2025-26 Pro League was…

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FIH Pro Hockey League 2026-27 season kicks off in Argentina on December 8, 2026 Matches in India will be held from February 13 to 28 New Delhi — India’s women’s team and France’s men’s team, both fresh off FIH Hockey Nations Cup titles, will make their return to the FIH Pro Hockey League when the new 2026-27 season begins on December 8, 2026. Meanwhile, India’s men’s team secured its spot for the new season by finishing eighth in the 2025-26 edition of the league. The upcoming season will feature a…

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Learned so much from goalkeeper PR Sreejesh New Delhi — Karnataka goalkeeper H.S. Mohit is set to fulfill a dream at just 24: playing his first Hockey World Cup for India. Mohit and the more experienced Suraj Karkera have been picked as India’s two goalkeepers for the FIH Belgium and Netherlands Hockey World Cup 2026, running from August 15 to 30. While Mohit doesn’t carry the same experience as Karkera, his composure between the posts has caught everyone’s attention. His grit and determination pushed the national selectors to back him,…

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Players and coaches felicitated on stage in Lucknow Lucknow: More than 3,000 players from across the state took part in the Sub-Junior, Cadet, Junior and Senior (men’s and women’s) State-Level Taekwondo Championship, held at K.D. Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow from July 30 to August 2. Players from the Gonda Taekwondo Association put in a standout performance, walking away with 13 gold, 11 silver and 5 bronze medals, and flying the district’s flag high at the state meet. Announcing the results, association secretary Dr. Pratyush Raj said the following players…

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GLASGOW — When Victoria, Australia pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games back in 2023, citing runaway costs, many wondered whether the 96-year-old event had reached the end of the road. Less than three years later, Glasgow answered that question by stepping in, stripping the Games down to their essentials, and pulling off an eleven-day sporting event that organizers are already calling a blueprint for the movement’s future. Running from July 23 to August 2, the second Glasgow-hosted Commonwealth Games looked nothing like the city’s lavish 2014 edition. Instead…

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Glasgow: There are moments in sport that get etched into history in letters of gold, and Indian boxing wrote exactly one such chapter at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. When India’s boxers stepped into the ring, there was a different kind of confidence on their faces and an unmistakable glint of victory in their eyes — a glint that wasn’t the result of a single day’s effort, but of years of sweat, countless struggles, and a burning desire to prove themselves on the world stage. This time, the Indian…

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