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Five-time World Cup winner Brazil has struggled to impress in South America’s qualifiers for the 2026 tournament, but Marquinhos has called on fans to stick by the side ahead of Tuesday’s home game against Uruguay.

With a run of five wins, four losses and two draws, Brazil is fourth in the standings on 17 points, five behind leader Argentina.

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Aaron Hardie takes 3/21, Adam Zampa bowls an economical spell of 2/11 as Australia bundles out Pakistan for 117.

Can Pakistan avoid a complete washout in the T20I series?

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#AUSvsPAK

India’s premier men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will make a highly-anticipated return to action at the China Masters Super 750, starting Tuesday.

The duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwik’s shoulder injury.

#badminton

In his squad, Manolo Marquez has introduced younger legs of Thoiba Singh (21), Vibin Mohanan (21), Irfan Yadwad (23) and Hmingthanmawia Ralte (24), veering away from older warhorses like Subhasish Bose (29), Udanta Singh (28), Nikhil Poojary (29) and Pritam Kotal (31).

Moreover, players who have impressed in the domestic circuit have also been given a chance, namely Aakash Sangwan, Jithin MS and Farukh Choudhary.

Though all three are over 25, their inclusions are blaring examples of the fact that no player is guaranteed a spot in the squad and only good performances would ensure their spot in the team.

Neeladri Bhattacharjee writes ahead of India's international friendly against Malaysia.

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#IndianFootball

During the recent Ranji Trophy fixture against Haryana, Sachin Baby became the highest run-scorer for Kerala and also the state's top-scorer in all formats.

The 35-year-old sees this as a culmination of a journey he started as an under-13 cricketer, who didn’t know of the existence of a competition called Ranji Trophy.

Here's Sachin Baby talking about his journey so far with Pranay Rajiv.

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Junior Asia Cup 2024 | India has won this tournament for a record four times including 2023, 2015, 2008 and 2004. The India Colts beat nemesis Pakistan 2-1 in the final last year to lift the title.

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England sealed a 3-1 win in its T20I series against West Indies when the fifth and final match was abandoned after five overs because of rain.

England won the first three matches of the series by eight wickets, seven wickets and three wickets respectively. West Indies won the fourth match by five wickets in a record run chase.

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#Cricket#WIvsENG

The decision follows the successful run of the event in Turin, which was initially scheduled to host the season-ending tournament until 2025.

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Jannik Sinner opened up about his ongoing doping case after beating US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy in front of his home fans.

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Life is about second chances and Manolo Marquez will hope to get his first win on the same ground where India lost in the Intercontinental Cup, the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad, as the Blue Tigers face Malaysia

✍️ Neeladri Bhattacharjee

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Jasprit Bumrah will lead India in a Test match for the second time after captain Rohit Sharma pulled out of the series-opener of the #BorderGavaskarTrophy, starting in Perth on Saturday

✍️ Amol Karhadkar

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“I’m done”

“I’m hanging ‘em up. I’m retiring”

Former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic said he is retiring after losing to Jon Jones at #UFC309

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Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst has come in for sharp criticism in his own country for zealously celebrating a penalty he netted against Hungary in #NationsLeague on Saturday minutes after an opposition coach collapsed and was taken to hospital

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Slovakia knocked out Australia to move into the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals for the first time since 2002 after singles victories by Viktoria Hruncakova and Rebecca Sramkova gave it an unassailable 2-0 lead

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Tamil Nadu’s Shahrukh Khan has been entrusted with the captain’s armband for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament.

✍️ Sankar Narayanan EH

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#SMAT2024

Both overnight leaders - Magnus Carlsen and Kateryna Lagno - clinched the blitz titles with a round to spare on the final day of #TataSteelChessIndia in Kolkata

✍️ Mayank

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📷 - Debasish Bhaduri

India men’s senior team coach Manolo Marquez criticised the FIFA ranking system ahead of his side’s international friendly against Malaysia in Hyderabad

✍️ Neeladri Bhattacharjee

#IndianFootball⚽️| Details ⬇️
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Touted as one of the future stars, midfielder Rajinder Singh displayed maturity on the ball & great determination off it during Senior Nationals.
The 21-year-old aims to cement his place in the national team & become an Olympian like Sardar Singh, his hero.

✍️ Saikat Charkaborty

#IndianHockey🏑 | Read ⬇️
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India ends the round-robin stage at #WomensAsianChampionsTrophy with a perfect record after beating Japan 3-0 in Rajgir

✍️ Uthra Ganesan

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📷 - R.V. Moorthy / The Hindu

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