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Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Barcelona and Aston Villa in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort) Barcelona have seen some extraordinary talents emerge from La Masia, but the latest prodigy is already attracting comparisons with the greatest player in…

Gurnoor Brar (Photo by Sahil Malhotra from TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: India pacer Gurnoor Brar credited the guidance and support of senior players Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill after delivering a match-winning performance in India’s narrow four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the rain-affected second ODI. Brar, who picked up a career-best four wickets…

India survive New Zealand scare (ANI Image) India held their nerve in a rain-interrupted, low-scoring thriller to edge past New Zealand by four runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the second ODI on Saturday, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the five-match series. In a contest dominated by the fast bowlers, India’s pace attack…

Mohammed Shami (ICC Photo) Bengal head coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla is disappointed that Mohammed Shami could not make a comeback to India’s Test team before announcing his retirement from the format.Shukla said he and many others wanted the senior fast bowler to return to the Indian team and end his Test career while wearing the…

India’s young bowling attack produced a superb performance to bowl New Zealand out for just 134 in the second ODI in Wellington on Saturday. It was New Zealand’s lowest all-out total at home against India in ODI cricket.Gurnoor Brar led the attack with four wickets, while Auqib Nabi, Anshul Kamboj and Axar Patel also made…

Virat Kohli added another significant milestone to his remarkable ODI career on Saturday, becoming the highest run-scorer against New Zealand in the history of the format. The former India captain moved past Australian great Ricky Ponting during the second ODI between India and New Zealand in Wellington.Kohli had been tied with Ponting on 1,971 runs…

Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his impressive run in red-ball cricket, producing his second successive first-class century to put India A in a strong position against New Zealand A in the third unofficial Test on Saturday. The visitors reached 227 for two at stumps on the opening day after rain brought an early end to proceedings at…

Mohammed Shami and Ravi Shastri (Image credit: Agencies) Former India head coach Ravi Shastri is disappointed that Mohammed Shami did not get another chance in India’s Test team before announcing his retirement from the format. Shastri believes the senior fast bowler had done enough to prove his fitness through his performances in domestic cricket. He…

Michael Vaughan mocks Australia after Usman after Khawaja’s revelation Former England captain Michael Vaughan has reacted sarcastically to the fresh revelations surrounding Australia’s infamous 2018 ball-tampering scandal, suggesting that Usman Khawaja‘s claims about widespread knowledge within the team were hardly surprising.Khawaja has reignited the ‘Sandpapergate’ controversy through excerpts from his upcoming autobiography, claiming that discussions…

Tanvi Patri (Image credit: X) India’s 15-year-old badminton player Tanvi Patri may have missed out on the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, but her fighting spirit has won her praise from some of India’s biggest sporting stars.India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, was impressed by the way Tanvi fought…