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Glasgow: Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra advanced to the men's javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after registering a best effort of 79.61m in the qualification round on Friday. The Indian secured his place among the 12 finalists after finishing fifth overall in a closely contested field where no athlete managed to breach the automatic qualification mark of 84.00m. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage topped the qualification standings with a throw of 82.84m, followed by Grenada's Anderson Peters (81.29m), South Africa's Douw Smit (80.64m) and England's Ben East (80.38m). Chopra's 79.61m placed him ahead of Australia's Cameron McEntyre (78.91m)…

London: England have appointed Stephen Fleming as the new Test head coach. He takes over the responsibility from Brendon McCullum, who resigned from his position after England’s 2-1 defeat to New Zealand last month at home. However, the former keeper-batter will continue as the head coach in white-ball cricket. Fleming, on the other hand, joins after a successful tenure with Super Kings franchise. Under his guidance, CSK won five IPL titles and several others across the globe. He is New Zealand’s most successful Test captain in a career spanning 111 matches.  “I am looking forward to working with the players…

New Delhi: The Indian team is all set to take on Sri Lanka in a two-game Test series; the two sides will take on each other in the first Test of the series at the Galle International Stadium from August 15, and ahead of the series, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced the squad for the series.  All-rounder Saransh Jain made the cut in India’s squad for the Sri Lanka series in August. Led by Shubman Gill, the squad will feature senior players, including Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Rishab Pant and Mohammed Siraj. Two tests against…

New Delhi: Veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane recently came forward and announced that he would be retiring from all forms of cricket. The 38-year-old took to Instagram and shared a heartfelt video with his fans where he talked about his career and opened up about his journey.  Having made his way into the Indian Test team back in 2013 for the first time, Rahane established himself as a stalwart of the Indian batting attack, especially in the longest format of the game. With the veteran announcing his retirement, let us have a look at the top five finest knocks from…

New Delhi: The Indian team is all set to take on Sri Lanka in a two-game Test series. The two sides will meet in Galle and Colombo for the two Tests, and the first Test of the series will begin from August 15. Ahead of the series, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) took centre stage and announced India’s squad for the series.  The team consists of several star players, but former India cricketer Irfan Pathan took centre stage and questioned the exclusion of Auqib Nabi from the Test squad. It is worth noting that Nabi had…