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  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag Shetty ensured a medal with a commanding win over their fancied opponent Aaron Chia and Soh of Malaysia while PV Sindhu & Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championship 2025 played at Paris on 29 th August. Satwik/Chirag Shetty produced one of their best performances with a straight game win over the 2 nd seeded Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh of Malaysia. The first game began with a long 59 rally shots before Indian pairing gets the point. Satwik/Chirag got six successive points at the start to build pressure on Malaysian pair. It was a dominating performance by Satwik/Chirag as they enter into mid-break with 11-5 lead. After the break, the fight for points continued with another long rally coming to 49 shots. Satwik/Chirag looked in sublime touch to win the first game easily at 21-12. The second game started with Satwik/Chirag taking the initial points befo...

  The Indian Men’s hockey team started the Hero Men’s Asia Cup with a thrilling 4-3 win over China in Group A encounter played at Rajgir Sports Complex, Rajgir on 29 th August 2025. Indian team began the first quarter with an aggressive move but Chinese goalkeeper Wang made a stunning save. A penalty corner shot was converted before the visitors decided to review the decision; it was overturned due to Hardik Singh push. China stunned the home crowd as Du Shihao converted penalty corner into a goal in the 12 th minute. Right before the hooter, India earned another PC but Harmanpreet Singh shot went wide. At the end of first quarter, China led 1-0. The captain Harmanpreet Singh was not on the field as Jugraj Singh converted the penalty corner in the 18 th minute to level scores at 1-1. This time around, Harmanpreet Singh converted PC in 20 th minute giving India 2-1 lead. Hardik Singh was given a green card for a foul meaning 2-minute suspension. At the end of the first half,...

  The Indian badminton contingent had a field day with all three players including PV Sindhu, Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila; Satwik/Chirag stunned their fancied opponents to enter the quarterfinals of BWF World Championship 2025 played at Paris on 28 th August 2025. The mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila & Tanisha Crasto stunned the 5 th seeded Hong Kong pair CM Tang and YS Tse in three thrilling games. It was a great start for both pairs fighting for each point. At the mid-game break, Indian pair had slender 11-10 lead. After the break, both pairs fought for each point before Kapila and Crasto committed few mistakes to give Tang and Ys Tse the first game 21-19. After decent start by both pairs in the initial stages of second game, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto upped their game to take a commanding 11-3 lead at the break. They continued the domination winning second game comfortably 21-12. The third and deciding game saw both pairs fighting for each point right f...

  The prestigious Hero Asia Cup hockey tournament is about to begin in Rajgir, Bihar from 29 th August onwards till the 7 th September. A total of 8 teams divided into 2 groups will take part in this event. Lot is at stake with the winner of Asia Cup 2025 will qualify directly for the World Cup 2025 to be held in Belgium and Netherlands. It promises to be a mouth-watering clash with the likes of South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, hosts India, China taking part in this event. Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan qualified for this event via AHF Cup played from 17 th -27 th April 2025 in Jakarta. Bangladesh and Kazakhstan will replace both Oman and Pakistan. Here we look at the Groups, Schedule and teams taking part in the tournament. Group A India China Japan Kazakhstan. Schedule 1.       Japan vs Kazakhstan (29 th August) 2.       India vs China (29 th August) 3.       China vs K...

  The star Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu made a winning start to the BWF World Championship tournament with comphrensive wins played at Paris on 26 th August 2025. PV Sindhu survived a scare before winning her match against Bulgarian K Nalbantova in straight games. Nalbantova started off brightly putting Sindhu under pressure with smashes. At the mid-game break, Bulgarian had a 11-7 lead. After the break, Sindhu showed great resistance taking 7 points in succession. The match ebbed and flowed with Nalbantova missing easy chances to kill the game. Sindhu held onto her nerves to win the first game 23-21. Sindhu proved too strong for Nalbantova initially with 5-1 lead before her opponent fought back strongly reducing the gap at 5-6. Sindhu never looked back winning points and won the second game comfortably by 21-6. She will face Karupathevan of Malaysia. HS Prannoy eased past through J Oldorff of Finland in two straight games with scoreline of 21-18, 21-15. Prannoy...

  The Indian A Women’s team showed their fighting skills as they defeated Australia A side in a thrilling 2 nd One-day international match played at Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane on 15 th August 2025. Australia A captain Tahila McGrath won the toss and decides to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the hosts as Tahila Wilson was dismissed cheaply by Titas Sadhu. Racheal Trenmann and the experienced Alyssa Healy steadied the ship keeping the momentum going taking singles and hitting boundaries with ease. Minnu Mani dismissed Trenmann with a good delivery to break 58 runs partnership between Alyssa Healy and Trenmann. Australia A captain Tahila McGrath could not contribute dismissed cheaply for 15 while Alyssa Healy looked impressive. Healy and Tahila McGrath added 36 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Alyssa Healy showed her intent keeping the scoreboard ticking while Anika Learoyd and Nicole Faltum could not contribute. Alyssa Healy was dismissed for well-made 91 off 87 balls. El...

  West Indies sealed their first ever series win over Pakistan after a gap of 34 years. They registered a dominating 202 runs win in the 3 rd and deciding One-day international played at Trinidad and Tobago on 12 th August 2025. After struggling a lot in the initial stages, West Indies batters showed their class in the dying overs to post a massive total of 294 for 6 and then bowlers skittled visitors out for 92. Here we look at the 3 players who played a key role in helping West Indies register win 3 rd ODI against Pakistan. 1.       Shai Hope West Indies captain Shai Hope led from the front with a match winning knock. He struggled initially against Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz. Hope kept the scoreboard ticking taking singles completing his fifty off 54 balls. The hosts looked in trouble at 184 for 6 before Shai Hope launched an assault on the Pakistani bowlers smashing them to all over the park. It was a remarkable knock by Hope reaching hi...

  The Ireland Women’s team stunned Pakistan with a last ball thriller in the 2 nd T20I match played at Dublin on 8 th August 2025. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana won the toss and decided to bat first. Muneeba Ali and Shawaal Zulfiqar made a solid start keeping the scoreboard ticking. At the end of the first six overs, both openers reached 44 for 0. Cara Murray got the much-needed wicket for Ireland getting rid of Zulfiqar with a simple catch to Gaby Lewis. Muneeba and Zulfiqar added 62 runs for opening wicket. Pakistan lost the wicket of other opener Muneeba Ali soon. Eyman Fatima and Natalia Pervaiz steadied the ship for Pakistan keeping the scoreboard ticking. Lara McBride struck again to dismiss Eyman Fatima. Eyman Fatima and Natalia Pervaiz put on 43 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana kept the momentum going with attacking shots along with Natalia Pervaiz. Both batters put on 30 runs for the 4 th wicket before Natalia Pervaiz fell. Tuba Hasan and R...

  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as Lakshya Sen and Tharun Mannepalli registered victories to move into the semi-finals of the Super 300 Macau Open played at Macau on 1 st August 2025.   Tharun Mannepalli continued his brilliant run in the tournament with an impressive win over current junior World Champion Hu Za of China. It was a closely fought affair in the initial stages of the first game as both players took alternate points. At the mid-game break, Tharun had a 11-9 lead. After the break, Tharun showed his domination to win the first game comfortably by 21-12. Hu Za began the second game on a good note taking 6-3 lead and continued his domination to take commanding 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, it was one-way traffic by Chinese winning second game easily by 21-13. Tharun Mannepalli made a strong start to the third game putting enough pressure on Hu Za with smashes and not allowing any chances for his opponent. At the mid-game break, the ...