All posts tagged: Defending

Teams defending their IPL titles: Dhoni tames Gayle, ABD and Kohli; MI’s last win | Cricket News

Teams defending their IPL titles: Dhoni tames Gayle, ABD and Kohli; MI’s last win | Cricket News

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3 min readJun 1, 2026 05:33 PM IST Royal Challengers Bengaluru waited 17 years to win the Indian Premier League (IPL). And then, they suddenly had two trophies in two years. With the victory over Gujarat Titans on Sunday, RCB have become just the third team to have succesfully defender their IPL title, with the only other sides being Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, teams that Bengaluru have shared a rivalry with but never quite matched in terms of trophy count until now. RCB are still a long way from equalling MI or CSK’s records though – the latter two sides have won a record five titles each. Here we take a look at the two previous IPL finals in which a team won the trophy for a second consecutive time. 2011 IPL final: CSK beat RCB by 58 runs CSK had won the IPL for the first time in 2010 and in the next one year, the tournament went through a bit of a storm. Founder and league commissioner Lalit Modi had been …

Sibi Sathyaraj meets Tamil Nadu CM Vijay days after defending his decision to assign Rajmohan in film ministry. See pics

Sibi Sathyaraj meets Tamil Nadu CM Vijay days after defending his decision to assign Rajmohan in film ministry. See pics

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Actor Sibi Sathyaraj is all praise for Tamil Nadu CM Vijay. The actor shared a couple of pictures from their most recent meeting, in which the two smiled and posed. Sibi has been a vocal supporter of Vijay and also came to his defence after his decision to appoint Rajmohan for the film ministry was questioned last week. (Also read: Vishal questions Tamil Nadu CM Vijay over assigning Rajmohan as Minister for Film Technology and Cinematograph Act) Sibi Sathyaraj posted a picture with Tamil Nadu CM Vijay. What Sibi shared Sibi shared the pictures on his X account and wrote, “Super happy to have met our Honourable Chief Minister @TVKVijayHQ. Anna today to congratulate him on his massive victory in the TN 2026 elections.” He added, “Having had the privilege of knowing him for almost two decades, I can proudly say that his humility, warmth, and simplicity have remained the same throughout all these years. Wishing him good health, continued success, and a bright future for our state. Thank you so much for your time, …

Director Vignesh Raja sparks outrage after defending ‘brownfacing’ of Mamitha Baiju in Dhanush-starrer Kara

Director Vignesh Raja sparks outrage after defending ‘brownfacing’ of Mamitha Baiju in Dhanush-starrer Kara

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Ahead of its worldwide release later this month, the action drama Kara has found itself embroiled in controversy over certain remarks its director, Vignesh Raja, made during a recent interview, with some even dubbing them “racist.” Headlined by Dhanush, Kara features Malayalam actor Mamitha Baiju as the female lead. Ever since the movie’s promotional materials were unveiled, many have been deriding the casting of a non-Tamil actor in an evidently Tamil role, claiming it was a blatant oversight of regional talent. Several netizens also wondered why there was a need to cast Mamitha and brownface her, while Tamil Nadu has enough talented actors whose skin tones would have easily matched the female lead character. During a conversation with Galatta Plus, Vignesh was asked why it was hard to find a Tamil girl to play the lead role. In response, he maintained that casting choices depended on performance, and then on marketability. Don’t Miss | Bhooth Bangla movie review: Akshay Kumar’s dated, ungainly film makes you miss Monjulika ‘No one else came close to what Mamitha …

Why Jitesh Sharma said Royal Challengers Bengaluru are not defending the IPL title but chasing it | Cricket News

Why Jitesh Sharma said Royal Challengers Bengaluru are not defending the IPL title but chasing it | Cricket News

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2 min readApr 4, 2026 08:46 PM IST Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vice captain Jitesh Sharma said that the franchise is not defending the Indian Premier League title which they won in 2025 but rather defending it. “Irrelevant, Frankly speaking. Mo Bobat, our director, clearly said we are not defending (the title). We are chasing the title. We are hungry like we were last year. Lots of people have forgotten that we are champions,” Jitesh said on Saturday ahead of RCB’s match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). “This is a new season. We have to start a new game and take one game at a time. But we have that confidence that we have achieved something. With that confidence, we are just going forward,” he added. Sharma, who was a vital cog in RCB’s title-winning campaign last year said that being the vice-captain and the whole leadership experience has added a certain edge to his game. “I think whenever you get the responsibility, you feel grateful and privileged and I take extra effort to give …

Eugenio Chacarra minimises mistakes, maximises gain to edge closer to defending Indian Open title | Golf News

Eugenio Chacarra minimises mistakes, maximises gain to edge closer to defending Indian Open title | Golf News

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4 min readGurugramMar 28, 2026 07:28 PM IST Earlier this week, responding to a list of questions from golf.com, Gary Player, who designed the course at the DLF Golf and Country Club that is hosting the ongoing Hero Indian Open, called his layout a ‘meaningful challenge.’ “The experience is intentionally thought-provoking… Every hole offers something unique, continually engaging the player’s attention from the first tee to the final green,” he wrote. On Saturday, defending champion Eugenio Chacarra left the course with one hand on the trophy. Carding a two-under 70 on another measured day’s play, capitalising on his tendency throughout the week to minimise mistakes, left him with a four-stroke lead at the top of the leaderboard. Just about everybody else in the title reckoning was left disappointed, proving just how much Player was downplaying the devilishness of his design. With two lakes, narrow fairways and firm greens, the brutality of the conditions here is represented in the scorecards. 14 different players scored 80 or more at this par-72 on Thursday and Friday each. The …

Indian Open golf: Home players struggle in forgettable campaign; defending champion Eugenio Chacarra takes lead | Golf News

Indian Open golf: Home players struggle in forgettable campaign; defending champion Eugenio Chacarra takes lead | Golf News

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4 min readGurugramUpdated: Mar 27, 2026 08:02 PM IST As conditions changed rapidly throughout the day at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram on Friday – from a burst of rain to overcast to bright sunshine – the gloom that fell over the Indian contingent competing at the national Open never abated. Never before in eight previous editions of the Hero Indian Open have as few as only two home players made the cut. But that was the total number of the 30-member strong contingent that managed to do so by the end of a rain-delayed day’s play on Friday, with a handful set to finish their second round early on Saturday. Defending champion Eugenio Chacarra further strengthened his position to defend his title by emerging with the sole clubhouse lead after another solid day, carding a three-under 69 to leave him at a total score of eight under. With a sensational round of eight-under 64, inclusive of as many as nine birdies, South African Casey Jarvis surged up the leaderboard to take …

Arne Slot says Liverpool’s defeat to Brighton ‘hurts a lot’ as defending champions slump to 5th spot | Football News

Arne Slot says Liverpool’s defeat to Brighton ‘hurts a lot’ as defending champions slump to 5th spot | Football News

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3 min readMar 21, 2026 11:09 PM IST Liverpool manager Arne Slot was forced to admit that his team have not been “good enough” and said that the defending champions’ latest defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion “hurts a lot”. Danny Welbeck scored a brace for Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Saturday while Milos Kerkez pulled a goal back for the Reds. The defeat meant that Liverpool have earned just a solo point from their last three league games. The club is now in fifth place in the Premier League, one point ahead of sixth-placed Chelsea ahead of its match at Everton later. “Of course now looking at the league table, this loss hurts a lot and it should hurt us a lot,” Slot said after the game. “It’s not good enough, no matter how many excuses I come up with.” The result will add more scrutiny on his position at the helm of the club. “The main problem is that we are in this position because we dropped a point at Wolves in …

Thomas and Uber Cup 2026: Indian men and women clubbed with defending champions China | Badminton News

Thomas and Uber Cup 2026: Indian men and women clubbed with defending champions China | Badminton News

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2 min readUpdated: Mar 18, 2026 09:32 PM IST India’s men’s and women’s teams have been handed a decent draw in the group stages of next month’s 2026 Thomas and Uber Cup championships. The prestigious team event will be held in Horsens, Denmark from April 24th to May 3. While the Indian men created history by winning the 2022 edition of the Thomas Cup, the women’s team has won the bronze medal in the 2014 and 2016 editions. The team of 2022 — comprising players like Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty — had defeated 14-time Thomas Cup champions Indonesia to claim their title. Both the Indian teams are seeded eighth in the tournament based on their individual players’ world rankings. Giving India company in Group A will be defending champions and top seeds, China. The 2022 Thomas Cup champions India will be favourites to claim one of the two quarterfinals spots from Group A that also comprises Pan Am champions Canada and Oceania champions Australia. The women’s team, however, …

Deepika Padukone likes post defending her 8-hour work shift demand, exit from Spirit and Kalki sequel

Deepika Padukone likes post defending her 8-hour work shift demand, exit from Spirit and Kalki sequel

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Actor Deepika Padukone sparked a debate about actors’ eight-hour work shifts in 2025 when she reportedly exited Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit and the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD. It led to a wide range of responses from several big names in the industry, from Kareena Kapoor to Rana Daggubati. The discourse resurfaced on social media after a digital media platform shared an opinion piece on the actor’s demands. The actor ‘liked’ the article on Instagram. (Also read: Kareena Kapoor, Ananya Panday back Deepika Padukone’s eight-hour shift demand: ‘You should be able to say what you want’) Deepika Padukone has talked about fixed working hours on set. (Photo: Instagram) Deepika likes post on her 8-hour work demand Deepika liked the post from The Quint, authored by Debiparna Chakraborty, which noted how the actor decided to walk out of two big-ticket films, sparking a debate over her professionalism. The article noted that Deepika herself called out the industry’s hypocrisy: male actors have been working on fixed-hour shifts for years, but when a female actor demands the same, …