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New Delhi: Neeraj Chopra was named Best Male Athlete of the Year 2025 at the inaugural Indian Athletics Awards held on Saturday, June 20. It marked another recognition for the Olympic gold medallist at a ceremony in India that celebrated achievements across multiple categories in the sport. The awards, launched by the Athletics Federation of India, were organised to recognise contributions from athletes, coaches, technical officials, mentors and state associations. The event featured 10 categories, including Best Female Athlete, Best Coach, Best Technical Official, Best State Association and Lifetime Achievement Award. Notably, the honour came shortly after Neeraj’s return to…

Berlin: Aryna Sabalenka suffered another disappointing result ahead of Wimbledon as the world No. 1 was knocked out of the Berlin Open semifinals by Jessica Pegula on Saturday. The Belarusian lost 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0 in a match that ended with a one-sided deciding set, adding to concerns over her recent form. Sabalenka looked close to forcing a turnaround after recovering from losing the opening set. She stayed composed in the second set and won the tiebreak to push the contest into a decider. However, the momentum quickly shifted as Pegula took complete control in the final set and did not…

London: Star England batter Joe Root became only the second batter in Test cricket history to reach 14,000 runs in the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval. He was two runs short of reaching the milestone and eventually got there in the fourth innings as England chase a daunting total of 463 runs to seal the series.  With that, Root now needs fewer than 1900 runs to break Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of most runs in Test cricket. The former India cricketer holds the top spot with 15921 runs to his name in the longest format of the game. …

Chennai: India registered a comfortable nine-wicket win in the third ODI against Afghanistan at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. They produced another dominant show with both bat and ball, leaving the visitors in tatters. They failed to execute their plans throughout the series, as India proved to be too hot to handle. Batting first in the third ODI, Afghanistan lost four wickets for only 36 runs. Pacer Prasidh Krishan was breathing fire in the powerplay and absolutely decimated the visitors. Since then, the pair of Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai stitched an important partnership of 105 runs, which…

New Delhi: Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a stellar hundred in the third and final ODI of the series against Afghanistan as he shattered a major Shikhar Dhawan record on his return to the format. Jaiswal turned the heads with a scintillating hundred against Afghanistan at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which might have made his case stronger for an opener and a reliable back-up option behind the regular pair of Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma.  Jaiswal, who was dropped from India's Playing XI in ODIs after the ton against South Africa last year, hit another century and this time against…

New Delhi: Hashmatullah Shahidi created history as he became the first Afghanistan captain to hit a hundred against India in any format. The 31-year-old slammed a stellar and a fighting century in the third ODI of the series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai for his maiden ODI ton. Shahidi had a fifty against India as skipper, having hit an 80 in the ODI World Cup 2023 in Delhi. He was their second captain to have hit a fifty against India in international cricket, as Ibrahim Zadran had also scored a half ton during a T20I against the Men…