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Veer Chotrani falls short of world no.1 Asal

Veer Chotrani falls short of world no.1 Asal

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Veer Chotrani bowed out in the second round of the 2026 PSA Squash World Championships, losing to World No. 1 Mostafa Asal in Giza, Egypt, on Sunday. Veer was India’s last man standing at the tournament, but he couldn’t offer much resistance to the defending champion, conceding a straight-game defeat, 5-11, 2-11, 4-11. The home favourite showed his class and outpowered Veer, who could only score 11 points from the three games and exited in the Round of 32. This will be Veer’s back-to-back second-round exit at the World Championships, following his defeat last year to then world no.1 Ali Farag. Earlier in the competition, Veer had upset his fellow compatriot and the India no.1 Abhay Singh in a marathon hour-long match on Friday. The other two Indians in the fray, Ramit Tandon and Velavan Senthilkumar, have also faced an early exit in the first round on Saturday. This also marked India’s third consecutive second-round exit at this event, with Sourav Ghosal being the last Indian to reach the round of 16 in 2023. The …

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Takes No.1 Spot On Jio Hotstar Top 10 After HBO Max India Launch

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Takes No.1 Spot On Jio Hotstar Top 10 After HBO Max India Launch

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League (Photo Credit: Prime Video) Popular Hollywood filmmaker Zack Snyder is best known for blockbuster films like 300 and Man of Steel from the DC Extended Universe. His most recent releases were Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. However, his most popular film among many diehard fans is arguably Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the director’s cut of the original 2017 superhero film Justice League. It was initially made available in the U.S. on HBO Max in 2021 and holds a 71% critics’ score and 92% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Zack Snyder’s Justice League Ranks No.1 On Jio Hotstar Some of you might already be aware that HBO Max was officially launched in India a few days back on Jio Hotstar. In an exciting development, Zack Snyder himself recently shared on his Instagram handle that following its Indian launch, Zack Snyder’s Justice League has secured the No.1 rank among the top ten films on Jio Hotstar. He further mentioned that …

‘I believed I can beat anyone’, says Ayush Shetty after beating 3 Top 10 players, including World No.1 | Badminton News

‘I believed I can beat anyone’, says Ayush Shetty after beating 3 Top 10 players, including World No.1 | Badminton News

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Ayush Shetty has revived the buzz around Indian badminton with four upset wins, including three over Top 10s, at the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC). Heading to Ningbo, the 20-year-old, ranked No. 18, believed he could do well, but never expected to reach the final. He also chuckles about how a net block he played for the first time in his life went viral, and the messages of encouragement from film stars Anil Kapoor and Sunil Shetty that left him grinning. Q. You had a terrible start to the season. How did you deal with it? Ayush Shetty: Australia was my last tournament in 2025. But I got injured and played the Malaysia Super 1000 with barely a week of practice. Physically, I wasn’t at my best, and skill-wise also. I had a good match in Malaysia (against Shi Yuqi). But there were four Round 1 exits and one in the second round. I had gone to Europe feeling 100 percent and with lot of expectations but was not able to perform. Q. But you had …

Highest Grossing Indian Films in Australia – Dhurandhar The Revenge becomes No.1 in just 10 Days

Highest Grossing Indian Films in Australia – Dhurandhar The Revenge becomes No.1 in just 10 Days

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Dhurandhar: The Revenge has emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time in Australia, doing so in just ten days of its release. The Ranveer Singh starrer collected AUD 568K on its second Saturday, pushing its total to AUD 5.99 million, overtaking the lifetime gross of its predecessor Dhurandhar (AUD 5.60 million). Today, the film has hit a new benchmark for Indian cinema by surpassing AUD 6 million, and will be over AUD 6.40 million by EOD. With the second weekend bringing in around AUD 1.40 million, there is still significant momentum left in the run. The coming week will see the film benefit from the Easter holiday period, although there will be competition from Hollywood releases. Even so, the film is on course to comfortably storm past AUD 7 million and has a strong shot at reaching AUD 8 million by the end of its run. For perspective, that would be around 40 per cent higher than the previous all-time record and nearly 60 per cent ahead of the best-performing non-Dhurandhar title, Animal. …

Aditya Dhar Overtakes Siddharth Anand In Directors’ Ranking, Soon To Claim No.1 Spot

Aditya Dhar Overtakes Siddharth Anand In Directors’ Ranking, Soon To Claim No.1 Spot

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Box Office: Aditya Dhar Beats Siddharth Anand In Directors’ Ranking(Photo Credit –Instagram) Dhurandhar 2 is wreaking havoc at the Indian box office, and in the coming days, it is expected to set new benchmarks. On opening day, the film smashed a century and, keeping the momentum intact, entered the 200 crore club on the second day. With such a historic run, Aditya Dhar has witnessed an increment in the Koimoi Directors’ Ranking, overtaking Siddharth Anand. Keep reading for a detailed report! What is Koimoi Directors’ Ranking? Indian directors are judged based on their Hindi/ Bollywood films in the coveted clubs – 100 crores, 200 crores, and so on. So, in the Koimoi Directors’ Ranking, 100 points will be awarded to directors if they have a film in the 100-crore club. Similarly, 200 points for a film in a 200-crore club, etc. For each movie in the top 10 overseas grossers, a filmmaker earns 50 points. Aditya Dhar overtakes Siddharth Anand in Directors’ Ranking Before the release of Dhurandhar 2, Aditya Dhar was ranked third in …

Smriti Mandhana retains No.1 spot in ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings

Smriti Mandhana retains No.1 spot in ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings

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India opener Smriti Mandhana has retained the No.1 position in the latest International Cricket Council Women’s ODI batting rankings, continuing her strong run as the world’s top batter in the format. Mandhana remains the highest-ranked Indian in the list and has maintained her consistency at the top through strong performances. Her position reflects India’s continued presence among the elite batting ranks in women’s ODI cricket. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur also maintained her position in the rankings, remaining eighth on the list. However, Jemimah Rodrigues slipped one place to 12th following India’s recent 0-3 ODI series defeat against Australia. Elsewhere in the rankings, New Zealand players made notable gains after strong performances in their ongoing home ODI series against Zimbabwe. White Ferns captain Amelia Kerr climbed five places to 11th in the ODI bowling rankings after an outstanding run with the ball, including a seven-wicket haul in Dunedin. Kerr also moved up to fifth in the ODI all-rounders’ rankings. Among batters, Brooke Halliday surged eight places to 11th after scoring an unbeaten 157 in the opening …

Lakshya Sen on stunning the World No.1 at All England Open

Lakshya Sen on stunning the World No.1 at All England Open

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In one of the biggest upsets of the opening round at the All England Open 2026, Lakshya Sen outlasted World No.1 and reigning world champion Shi Yuqi 23-21, 19-21, 21-17 in a gripping 78-minute battle “Feeling really good and happy with the way I played today,” Lakshya told BWF after the match. “Been there in the same situations a couple of times and really close matches and have lost. I’m happy with the way I pulled out in the end and kept my patience.” That patience was not accidental. It was the plan. “I knew not a lot of easy points were coming, so I had to wait for my chances to hit,” he explained. “The net was crucial and being patient throughout the match was the key.” Winning the mind Against a player who had won the last four meetings in their head-to-head, Lakshya knew that brute force wouldn’t be enough. Shi’s ability to close out tight games had haunted him before. This time, the Indian was prepared specifically for the finishing stretch. “The …

Reclaims No.1 Spot In North America & Eyes Two Major Milestones

Reclaims No.1 Spot In North America & Eyes Two Major Milestones

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Wuthering Heights Box Office Update (Photo Credit –YouTube) Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s dark romantic drama based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel of the same name, is on the verge of completing its first week in theaters. After facing stiff competition from Sony’s latest animated feature, GOAT, it has reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office. The film collected an impressive $37.5 million over the four-day Friday-Monday period and added another $3.5 million on Tuesday, a relatively modest 25.5% drop from Monday. In the process, the Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi starrer comfortably outpaced GOAT ($2.9 million), Crime 101 ($1.4 million), and Send Help ($0.9 million) on the same day, according to Box Office Mojo data. With Tuesday’s earnings, Wuthering Heights has pushed its domestic total to $41 million after five days in theaters. Coupled with a strong $51 million international haul, the film’s worldwide gross now stands at $92 million. As of now, it ranks as the highest-grossing release of 2026. Wuthering Heights – Box Office Summary North America: $41 million …

Top 10 highest grossing movies of 2025 in Tamil Nadu: Good Bad Ugly beats Coolie for No.1 spot

Top 10 highest grossing movies of 2025 in Tamil Nadu: Good Bad Ugly beats Coolie for No.1 spot

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2025 has not been a favourable year for Tamil cinema. The regional film industry witnessed several big disappointments last year in the name of Vidaamuyarchi, Coolie, Thug Life, Retro, Madharaasi and others. Moreover, the industry also missed a Thalapathy Vijay film, which would have contributed significantly to the yearly box office report. Here’s a look at the top 10 highest-grossing movies of 2025 at the Tamil Nadu box office.  Ajith Kumar’s Good Bad Ugly topped the charts, beating Rajinikanth’s Coolie and emerged as the biggest grosser in the state. The Adhik Ravichandran directorial grossed Rs. 145.50 crore in Tamil Nadu, becoming a big success. Coolie slipped to the second spot, which raked in over Rs. 144.25 crore. Mounted on a huge budget and backed by a solid star cast, the Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial ended its run on a disappointing note.  Besides Good Bad Ugly, Ajith Kumar also had another release in 2025, Vidaamuyarchi, which secured the third spot with Rs. 82.25 crore. It was a misfire at the box office, as the movie couldn’t impress …

Former World No.1 Kafelnikov offers advice to Carlos Alcaraz about choosing his next coach

Former World No.1 Kafelnikov offers advice to Carlos Alcaraz about choosing his next coach

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2000 Olympics gold medallist and former World No.1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov has said that Carlos Alcaraz’s parents should not interfere in the decision to choose the six-time Grand Slam champion’s next coach, a fortnight after he split with Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Russian felt that the Spaniard’s parents could travel with him, but should stay away from the coaching process. Alcaraz and Ferrero split as a player-coach partnership in December, a few weeks before the start of the new season. “The biggest mistake is when parents interfere in the process. I don’t know what Carlos’ father is like, but I never liked it when someone did that… For example, in my family, I made all the decisions, my father never interfered in how much money I pay the coach or whether I buy this or that. From what I heard, there was a big fight between Juan Carlos and Carlos’ father. I’ve always said that things like that end up having a negative effect on the player – when parents get involved. Carlos is a grown …