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What advice did Sachin Tendulkar give Harmanpreet Kaur ahead of ICC World Cup final: 'When the game is going fast, just slow it down a little...'

November 08, 2025 9:58 am

“Whenever we see each other, we are just saying, ‘world champion’. It is a very different feeling. We were waiting when we would feel this way," Harmanpreet said

Australia Vs India Women ODI World Cup Semi Final Match at D.Y.Patil Stadium on Thursday Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty 30-10-25, Navi Mumbai

Jemimah Rodrigues opens up on struggles with anxiety at start of Women's World Cup: 'I used to call my mom and cry the entire time...'

October 31, 2025 6:13 pm

The 25-year-old produced arguably the best innings of her career against Australia in the semifinal on Thursday, but her performance came on the back of some personal setbacks, which included an inexplicable omission from the playing XI for the match against England.

Gautam Gambhir on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's future: 'The 50-over World Cup is still two and a half years away. It is very important to stay in the present'

October 14, 2025 3:09 pm

'So many qualities that I have inherited from Rohit bhai,' said Gill ahead of Test

India-W vs Sri Lanka-W highlights, ICC Women's World Cup 2025: IND beat SL by 59 runs in Guwahati

October 01, 2025 12:51 am

IND-W vs SL-W highlights: Harmanpreet Kaur's India has been asked to bat first by Chamari Athapaththu, after the Sri Lanka captain won the toss in Guwahati

CWC 25: In a city still mourning their icon Zubeen Garg, Women's World Cup gets underway in Guwahati with India vs Sri Lanka

September 30, 2025 9:49 am

Cricket is still presumably not the most prominent thought in the minds of those in Guwahati, but when Harmanpreet Kaur and Chamari Athapaththu's sides walk out to the middle, the curtains will go up on potentially the most tightly contested Women's World Cup

Over 80% ads streamed during ICC World Cup 2023 on OTT platforms promote unhealthy products: Study

July 01, 2025 6:53 am

The study identified children as especially vulnerable targets, with edible products commonly consumed by them comprising the highest frequency of unhealthy advertisements during cricket breaks.

A forgotten cricketing bond between India and Pakistan

June 29, 2025 7:18 am

It’s hard to believe that not too long back, 1996 to be precise, a combined India-Pakistan cricket XI faced Sri Lanka in Colombo in a show of Asian sporting and diplomatic solidarity

MS Dhoni of India bats during the first One Day International ( ODI ) between India and Sri Lanka held at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on the 10th December 2017. (Sportzpics)

From the vault: How did MS Dhoni ensure no Team India player was late for team meetings?

April 02, 2025 2:50 pm

With Dhoni at the helm, India had won the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in 2011

Rohit Sharma future Champions Trophy 2027 World Cup

'Don’t want to draw any lines and say whether I will or won’t play in the 2027 World Cup': Rohit Sharma

March 10, 2025 6:01 pm

Chasing a tricky 252-run target after being forced to field first by Mitchell Santner on Sunday, India got off to a flying start on the back of captain Rohit Sharma’s turbo-charged half-century.

UPSC Prelims 2024 Special: Revision Checklist for important Sports topics

UPSC Prelims 2024 Special: Revision Checklist for important Sports tidbits

June 16, 2024 9:31 am

What you may think is a trivial section for UPSC can appear as a shocker in your Civil Services prelims exam. One such example is Sports Current Affairs which has been a part of the question paper in the past three years. Here's a quick checklist of important sports events held during 2023-24. Are they included in your revision notes? Let's take a look and solve MCQs at the end.