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India skipper Shubman Gill walks off field, retires hurt vs England in 1st ODI

India skipper Shubman Gill walks off field, retires hurt vs England in 1st ODI

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2 min readUpdated: Jul 14, 2026 10:03 PM IST India captain Shubman Gill walked off injured during India’s run chase against England on Monday after scoring 80 runs. Gill was looking in good touch and had brought up a 100-run partnership with his T20I counterpart Shreyas Iyer before he walked away looking in visible discomfort. Gill, who had opened with Rohit Sharma saw his opening partner depart after 11 runs while Virat Kohli also couldn’t give his skipper much company, getting dismissed for 5. After the early blows, Gill and Iyer managed to steady the Indian innings. Gill was replaced by Washington Sundar who held fort as India lost 2 more quick wickets as Iyer and then KL Rahul departed in the space of one over. India would hope that Gill’s injury is a minor one or cramps because the last time he walked out of the field had left India without their skipper for the Test series vs South Africa last year. In that match, Gill had come in to bat and swept a …

Fast classical, shorter duration, bigger field, Swiss qualification from 2027

Fast classical, shorter duration, bigger field, Swiss qualification from 2027

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3 min readJul 14, 2026 10:35 AM IST The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a significant change to the Chess World Cup format, effective from the 2027 cycle. The revamped tournament will be shorter, feature a larger field, and introduce a Swiss-system qualification stage. The new format reduces the World Cup from 27 days to 19 days. The tournament will now be played in two stages. The opening stage will consist of Swiss-system tournaments played with a fast classical time control of 45 minutes plus a 30-second increment per move. The Open World Cup will feature four Swiss pools, while the Women’s World Cup will be divided into two pools. Each Swiss tournament will be played over nine rounds across five days. The top players from each pool will advance to the knockout stage. In the Open World Cup, the top four players from each of the four pools (16 players total) will qualify. In the Women’s World Cup, the top eight players from each of the two pools (16 players total) will advance. …

Ahead of clash with Argentina, Salah leads the field in chances created

Ahead of clash with Argentina, Salah leads the field in chances created

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2 min readJul 6, 2026 05:35 PM IST Most Egyptian hopes will be centred on Mohamed Salah when the Pharaohs take on defending champions Argentina in the Round of 16 clash in Atlanta. It’s expected as well as the Liverpool legend is the most high-profile player in the line-up and would be expected to replicate, in some sense, what Lionel Messi would do for the South American giants. Salah has had to manage a hamstring issue throughout the World Cup campaign and though he has managed just one goal in the tournament – against New Zealand in the group stage – he did convert a penalty in the tie-breaker against Australia with a delightful Panenka kick. However, there’s still a metric in which Salah is leading the field in this World Cup. Sky Sports and statistics website FootMob reported that the Egypt captain tops the list of players who have created the most chances in the tournament. According to the numbers presented, going into the Round of 16 match, Salah and Belgium’s Leandro Trossard have …

Delhi Confidential: Field Visit | Delhi Confidential News

Delhi Confidential: Field Visit | Delhi Confidential News

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2 min readJun 24, 2026 04:34 AM IST Before it sets off to consult stakeholders in Goa and Uttar Pradesh in the second week of July, the Joint Committee of Parliament on ‘One Nation One Election’, headed by BJP MP P P Chaudhary, is likely to make a field visit to the Delhi Assembly on July 1. The committee is expected to interact with Speaker Vijender Gupta, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other stakeholders. A meeting with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Sandhu could also be on the cards, it is learnt. Under Watch While the buzz around defection of Samajwadi Party MPs to the NDA camp stands settled for now as speculated by SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, the Congress and SP circles in UP are still trying to find out which of their MPs can jump ship. While Congress leaders are speculating who from the SP can be targeted by the BJP, the same is being done by the SP leaders to identify vulnerable Congress MPs. Names of some MPs from both parties, mainly …

‘Exhibitors ko dara-dhamkakar show lete hain’: Manoj Bajpayee questions big films’ monopoly, wants ‘level playing field’

‘Exhibitors ko dara-dhamkakar show lete hain’: Manoj Bajpayee questions big films’ monopoly, wants ‘level playing field’

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Actor Manoj Bajpayee has emphasised the need for a ‘level playing field’ for films of all sizes and scales in India. He has said that the dominance and monopoly of big-budget films make it very difficult for small, independent films to find screens across the country. Manoj Bajpayee opens up about the cinema exhibition system in India. Manoj Bajpayee on government intervention in cinema exhibition In a recent conversation with HT, filmmaker Reema Kagti insisted that small films needed patronage, not ‘support’ from the audience. When we bring the same up with Manoj, the veteran actor responds, “With small films, patronage shuruaat hoti hai exhibition se. (patronage starts with exhibition). The day the government makes this policy that each and every film will get enough showcasing, then they will have some kind of a fair platform, a level playing field. Until we get that, it’s tough.” Manoj says he agrees with Reema’s assertion that independent cinema in India needs patronage, but wants that patronage to come from the administration, and for it to be infrastructural, …

Christian Eriksen says he’s home and ‘doing well’ after collapsing on field | Football News

Christian Eriksen says he’s home and ‘doing well’ after collapsing on field | Football News

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3 min readJun 9, 2026 06:50 PM IST Christian Eriksen has said he is “doing well”, a day after he collapsed on the field again while playing for Denmark. The 34-year-old Danish footballer was seen clutching his chest with his hands in the 65th minute of a friendly against Ukraine in Odense on Sunday. When Eriksen fell to the ground, he received medical attention while fellow players formed a circle around him. A report from The Associated Press said that Eriksen actually walked off the field by himself. He was later taken to the hospital, where he underwent more tests. Eriksen had previously collapsed on the pitch after suffering a cardiac arrest during a European Championship match in 2021. Since then, he has had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted to support his heart. “I want to let everyone know that I am doing well and that I am home with my family,” he wrote on Instagram. “As you can probably imagine, receiving a shock from my ICD has had a major effect on both …

India set to field a revamped 16-member squad- Preview

India set to field a revamped 16-member squad- Preview

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A revamped 16-member Indian archery squad will be in action at the third stage of the 2026 Archery World Cup season in Antalya, Turkiye, from June 9 to 14. Youngsters Kirti Sharma and T Ganesh Mani Ratnam will make their World Cup debuts in Antalya as they look to begin an important season on a high. They will be joined by star archers Deepika Kumari, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, forming a good mix of youth and experience. This World Cup stage, followed by the final leg in Madrid next month, will serve as a crucial testing ground for the squad ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Meanwhile, archers like Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das, who failed to make it to the Asian Games team, will be aiming to bag a few medals and qualify for the World Cup Final. India has had a decent season so far, winning three medals across the first two World Cup stages, including one women’s team title each in the recurve and compound events. Sahil Jadhav is the …

The lone Afghan fan in the stands has friends on the field

The lone Afghan fan in the stands has friends on the field

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3 min readJun 6, 2026 07:10 PM IST On his way to the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday morning, Khial Mohammad told his cab driver something worth remembering. Afghanistan, he said, stands very little chance against India. But the players will give their best. They always do. Mohammad had come alone. Of the 2,000-odd fans inside the ground, he was the only one waving an Afghanistan flag, standing in the harsh summer sun in the Harbhajan Singh pavilion. By afternoon, four other Afghan fans had trickled in to other parts of the ground. Until then, it was just him. He had reasons to be there beyond the match. Two of the players on the field are old friends. Nangeyalia Kharote, who made his Test debut on Saturday, is from Baghlan province. Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi is from Khost. Mohammad knows both from the junior cricket circuit back home. When Kharote’s name was called, Mohammad chanted it from the stands. A Kabul native, Mohammad has been studying at a private university near …

Cong’s J’khand RS nomination stirs row: JMM set to field for both seats

Cong’s J’khand RS nomination stirs row: JMM set to field for both seats

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RANCHI: The upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha elections seem to have created fissures in the Congress’s alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), after legislators of the ruling party in Jharkhand on Friday demanded that the party contest both seats going to polls, a day after the Congress announced senior party functionary Pranav Jha as its candidate for one of the two seats. Cong’s J’khand RS nomination stirs row: JMM set to field for both seats The development comes a day after the Congress declared seven candidates and the BJP named 11 for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha. Among the Congress’s prominent nominees were Kharge’s media manager for all practical purposes — Pranav Jha — who has been rewarded with a Rajya Sabha ticket from Jharkhand. However, a day after the Congress’s announcement, chief minister Hemant Soren chaired a meeting of JMM legislators in Ranchi on Friday. “Today, I participated in a meeting in Ranchi with the esteemed ministers and MLAs of JMM regarding the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections,” Soren said. After the meeting, …

Kamali Moorthy leads women’s field as Indian Open of Surfing 2026 gets underway

Kamali Moorthy leads women’s field as Indian Open of Surfing 2026 gets underway

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The seventh edition of the NMPA Indian Open of Surfing 2026 began on a strong note at Blue Bay Tannirbhavi Eco Beach in Mangaluru, with several of India’s leading surfers advancing through the opening rounds of competition. The three-day championship, which serves as a key event in the National Championship Series and an important part of India’s selection process for the upcoming Asian Games, attracted surfers from across the country under favourable surfing conditions. In the Women’s Open category, Kamali Moorthy, Sugar Shanthi Banarse, Ishita Malaviya, Devi Ramanathan, Saanvi Hegde and Shrishti Selvam secured places in the semi-finals. Kamali emerged as the standout performer of the day, posting the highest score across all divisions with 13.83 points. Sugar followed with 11.00 points as both surfers comfortably advanced to the last four. Top contenders progress in Men’s Open category The Men’s Open division featured 45 surfers competing across 12 heats, with the top two athletes from each heat advancing to the second round. Among the leading performers were Kishore Kumar (12.90), Ramesh Budihal (12.57), Tayin Arun …