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Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 13: Six gold medals on the same day swell India's medal tally to 76

India won three gold medals in boxing and one gold medal each in archery, wrestling and hockey on day 13 of the Asian Games 2026

ICC ODI WC 2027: Full schedule, format, IND vs PAK match date and time

The tournament will begin on October 7 with defending champions Australia taking on 2023 runners-up India in Cape Town

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 12: Nitesh shines with silver in wrestling; India's medal tally- 64

India added five more medals to thier tally on October 1, including 2 silver and 3 bronze medals from sailing, wrestling, squash and archery

India crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs, set up Asiad cricket final vs Pakistan

Ishan Kishan's unbeaten 80 powered India to 169/7 before Bumrah, Axar and Abhishek bowled Sri Lanka out for 45 in the semifinal

Latest cricket laws seek to give fielding side greater reward, says MCC

Maintaining a fair balance between bat and ball remains crucial to cricket, MCC Head of Cricket Fraser Stewart said on Wednesday, pointing to changes in the latest laws of the game aimed at rewarding the fielding side more. Speaking on the sidelines of the Laws of Cricket 2026 Umpire's Workshop organised by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), Stewart said Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) continues to monitor the balance of the game, which has increasingly tilted towards the batters. "Absolutely, the balance of the game is crucial to cricket and in 2017 we reduced the sizes of bats to try to limit the power of the bat, the dominance of the bat over ball," Stewart told PTI. "That's helped to have an effect but we still see, balls flying a long way. We can't stop batters getting stronger, working out in the gym and they're playing a very different brand of attacking cricket than perhaps was the day years ago," he added. Stewart said the latest edition of the Laws, which co

India vs West Indies: India's highest successful run chases in ODI cricket

India need 406 in the second ODI after centuries from John Campbell, Shai Hope and Amir Jangoo powered West Indies to 405/7, setting the hosts a challenge beyond their previous best chase

IND vs WI 2nd ODI live streaming: Where to watch today's ODI match?

Centuries from John Campbell, Shai Hope and Amir Jangoo powered the West Indies to their first 400-plus total in the 50-over format, a mammoth 405 for seven

Athletics to Shooting: India's gold medal crisis deepens in Asiad 2026

India's medal tally rose to 45 after eight podium finishes on Monday, but gold remained at four. Athletics and shooting have won 31 medals between them and just one title

Asian Games 2026 Highlights: Murali, Yashvir shine as India add six athletics medals on Day 9

India won a total of eight medals on Monday to take their overall medal tally to 45 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026 IND vs AFG cricket: Nisshin weather & hourly rain forecast today

Rain and a soaked outfield have already washed out the first men's quarter-final at Korogi Sports Park. India's match faces a drier start but a wetter afternoon.

Virat Kohli becomes second batter after Tendulkar to score 15,000 ODI runs

Kohli's 74-ball hundred was his 10th against the West Indies and took his international century tally to 86, while six batters scored ODI hundreds across three matches on Sunday

India vs West Indies 1st ODI live streaming: When and where to watch live

India bowl first against West Indies as Naman Dhir makes his ODI debut; watch the match live on Star Sports 1 HD/SD or stream it on JioHotstar

India vs West Indies 1st ODI: Playing 11, live toss time (IST), streaming

India vs West Indies 1st ODI begins at 2 pm IST on Friday, with the toss at 1:30 pm IST. Fans in India can stream the match on the JioHotstar app and website

Virat Kohli says ODI World Cup in 2027 will be his last for India

Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli has said that next year's ODI World Cup is going to be his last for the country and he is going to "leave everything out there" to win the trophy. The 37-year-old, who now plays only one format, spoke to 'JioStar' ahead of the ODI series against the West Indies starting here on Sunday. The World Cup will be hosted jointly by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. "For me, it's the last World Cup I'm going to play for India. And that is my motivation. Like, you know, to leave everything out there. And of course, the goal is absolutely to win the World Cup. And whatever it takes, I'm absolutely ready," he asserted. Kohli has been a part of an ODI World Cup-winning side, having played under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy in the 2011 edition of the tournament. Kohli, who will turn 38 in November, said the intensity of a 50-over World Cup is greater than anything. "Because now, it's about 10 games at a T20 level of intensity. But you are playing 2.5

T20 Mumbai League: Aspect Sports wins ninth franchise for Rs 106.88 crore

The Navi Mumbai franchise rights run for six years, with a first-season fee of Rs 12.21 crore; the MCA says the new team will widen the league's reach and create opportunities for local players

Asiad 2026: Shafali says more medals, trophies will boost women's cricket

Star opening batter Shafali Verma believes Indian women's cricket is on an upward trend and will only grow with more medals and trophies. Shafali played an instrumental role in the women's team defending its gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan. Shafali was the top scorer at the Asian Games with 188 runs (an average of 188 and a strike rate over 200), which included a 49-ball century against Bangladesh in the semifinals. She played a useful innings of 40 runs against Japan in the quarterfinals and a sterling 48-run knock in the final against Sri Lanka. India decimated Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final, after crushing Bangladesh by 114 runs in the semifinals, and trounced Japan by eight wickets. "I am very happy that India won the gold medal and that the tricolour was flying high. The full team is so happy. The more medals we win and the more trophies we clinch, the more our women's cricket will grow. And that is why I am so happy about," Shafali told PTI upon return

Australia tour of South Africa 2026: Full schedule, venues, live streaming

Australia and South Africa are currently the top two teams in the WTC 2025-27 points table, making the series between them a crucial juncture in the race for the final

England vs Sri Lanka: Jacks, Brook guide England to 89-run win in 1st ODI

England extended its white-ball dominance over Sri Lanka by winning the first one-day international by 89 runs on the back of a 67 by captain Harry Brook and a five-wicket haul by part-time spinner Will Jacks. It comes after England won the T20 series between the countries 3-0 last week. Jacks (5-22) had also contributed with the bat by providing crucial late-innings runs for England with 46 not out before the hosts were restricted to 265. Sri Lanka never threatened on a slow, low pitch and was all out for 176. Brook hit England's only half-century but contributions also came from opener Ben Duckett (32), Joe Root (44) and Jos Buttler (31). For the visitors, debutant legspinner Sachindu Colombage (3-44) claimed the wickets of Root and Buttler in an impressive first international cricket match. Colombage, a 28-year-old spinner with an unusual action and plenty of drift in his deliveries, bowled Root - who become the eighth batter to pass 23,000 runs in international cricket - for

New Zealand go pace-heavy, name 7 pacers for T20I series against India

New Zealand picked seven frontline pace bowlers, including a fit-again Adam Milne for their upcoming five-match T20 International series against reigning World Champions India starting October 22 in Christchurch. White-ball captain Mitchell Santner will lead an expanded 16-man T20I squad for the action-packed five-game series spread across 11 days in four cities. According to the media release issued by the NZC, 13 players from the squad that finished runner-up to India in this year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup have been named for the home series, including spin all-rounder Michael Bracewell and paceman Milne, who were sidelined from the tournament with respective injuries. The 34-year-old Milne, who has accumulated 243 T20 caps (56 of those international), last played for the Black Caps against Zimbabwe over a year ago, and bolsters a line-up of seasoned T20I pace bowlers, including Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, and Jacob Duffy, as well as young guns Zak Foulkes and Nath

DPL fixing: Former CSK player Bedi flags 'corrupt approach' to ACU

Young keeper-batter Vansh Bedi, who had played one T20 match for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, allegedly received a "corrupt approach" during the recent Delhi Premier League (DPL) and promptly reported the matter to league's Anti-Corruption Unit. The 23-year-old dashing batter-keeper, who also had a brief stint with the IPL side Chennai Super Kings in 2025 before being replaced by Urvil Patel due to injury, was a part of the Central Delhi team during the 2026 edition of DPL. Recently a sting operation by Tehelka exposed a little known Nagaland pacer Rachit Bhatia making tall claims about fixing matches in IPL and state leagues, including spot-fixing and taking bribes from parents to get their kids into age-group teams. On Tuesday, it was noted that a "corrupt approach" was made to Bedi but he was smart enough to follow the anti-corruption protocols. However, Bedi in his Instagram handle clarified that he didn't receive any approach from Bhatia. "I categorically state that