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Namita Toppo calls time on her career with Indian women's hockey team
The 27-year-old Namita was part of the Indian team that won a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and the team that bagged a bronze medal in Incheon in 2014. Hockey India on Thursday congratulated her on an illustrious career with the Indian women's hockey team during which she also won the gold medal in the 2017 Asia Cup in Gifu, Japan and bronze in the 2014 edition in Kuala Lumpur.
T20 World Cup: Afghanistan bring back batter Darwish Rasooli in 15-member squad
From the 17 players who were part of the squad for the recently held ACC Men's Asia Cup 2022, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) also dropped Karim Janat and Noor Ahmad for the T20 World Cup which will be played from October 16 to November 13 at various venues in Australia.
Champions League: No kisses for Haaland but a late artistic goal as City win 2-1
After a laboured first half, the visitors took the lead when Jude Bellingham stole in to head in Marco Reus' driven cross. City struggled to break the resilient visitors down, and it took a fine strike from John Stones from outside the box to level.
Champions League: Messi, Neymar score as PSG come from behind to beat Maccabi Haifa
In front of 30,000 fans at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Wednesday night, the home team quickly recovered from a strong start by PSG, and after two saves by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, managed to stun the French champions. In the 24th minute, Surinamese midfielder Tjaronn Chery netted for Haifa after an accurate lofted pass by Dolev Haziza.
Men's T20 World Cup: Tickets for India v Pakistan match sold out
Fans from 82 different countries have purchased tickets to watch the world's best players from 16 international teams, marking the return of full stadiums at ICC events for the first time since the Women's T20 World Cup in 2020, which culminated with 86,174 fans for the final at the MCG, the ICC informed.
Supreme Court allows amendment to BCCI constitution - A timeline
Accordingly, the cooling-off period for office-bearers will kick in after two consecutive terms at either the BCCI or at the state association level. So the office-bearers can now have a maximum of 12 years at one go: Two three-year terms at the state association level and two three-year terms at the BCCI, and after this, the cooling-off period will be applicable.
Chennai Open 2022: India's Karman Kaur Thandi bows out after losing in pre-quarters
The Indian tennis player, who beat eighth seed Chloe Paquet in the first round, lost 2-6, 6-7 to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, the Wimbledon 2014 finalist. Karman Kaur Thandi began well, with her powerful groundstrokes keeping Bouchard on her toes. The Indian, however, was unable to find the winners and was broken in the very first game.
India thrash Nepal 4-0 to lift SAFF U-17 Championship title
Boby Singh, Korou Singh, captain Vanlalpeka Guite, and Aman scored a goal each, to shape a resounding victory in India's favour. With this win, India retained the title, which was previously labelled as the SAFF U-15 Championship. In the group league, Nepal defeated India 3-1. However, in the final, India looked a side eager to take complete charge of the proceedings right from the word go.
Vinesh Phogat wins bronze medal at 2022 World Wrestling Championships
Vinesh, a three-time CWG gold-medallist, got the better of reigning European champion Emma Malmgren of Sweden 8-0 in the bronze medal bout. The Indian wrestler had earlier beaten Asian Games silver-medallist Zhuldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan in the first repechage round.
West Indies announce T20 World Cup squad, Evin Lewis returns
The 30-year-old Lewis has been recalled for the first time since the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Apart from the veteran, he squad also has two uncapped players in - right-arm leg-spinner allrounder Yannic Cariah and left-arm batting allrounder Raymon Reifer.
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