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New Zealand hands India a crushing 5⃣-0⃣ defeat ⚽
Jesse Randall struck twice, while captain Chris Wood added another as the All Whites outclassed the Blue Tigers in their first international friendly.
Another difficult outing for Khalid Jamil’s side, which has now conceded 11 goals while scoring just once across its last two matches.
📸: AP
#NZvIND #Football
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𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 🚨
𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗯 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗣𝗟 🙌
In a chat with @ShayanAcharya, PBKS co-owner Ness Wadia explains the thinking behind the blockbuster trade that sent Arshdeep Singh to Mumbai Indians.
🔗: shorturl.at/uACEW
📸: AP, Emmanual Yogini, PTI, and R.V. Moorthy
#IPL2027 #HardikPandya #ArshdeepSingh
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩! 🔥
Hardik Pandya heads to Punjab Kings, while Arshdeep Singh moves to Mumbai Indians in a blockbuster swap 🔄
With 🔟 players changing teams ahead of the November 17 retention deadline, which trade has been the smartest move so far? 👀
Tell us your pick in the comments!
#IPL2027 #Auction #Cricket
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Bengaluru City Police has recovered the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal belonging to former Indian hockey international M. M. Somaya, alongside other valuables that were stolen from his residence in New Thippasandra on October 28.
The recovered haul also includes three international medals from the Asian Games and Champions Trophy, stolen when the former India hockey player’s family was away in Kodagu.
More details here ➡️ shorturl.at/6DGGz
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𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥! 🚨
The development was first reported by @karhacter here at Sportstar. Now, the Hardik Pandya-Arshdeep Singh trade is confirmed ✅
𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 🚨
Punjab Kings (PBKS) is understood to be closing in on a deal to acquire Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya in a surprise trade ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 season 👀
The Ricky Ponting-coached franchise has advanced considerably in its negotiations with Mumbai Indians, with India pacer Arshdeep Singh and wicketkeeper-batter Vishnu Vinod likely to move in the opposite direction.
✍️: @karhacter
🔗: shorturl.at/lFme7
#IPL2027 #HardikPandya
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𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥! 🚨🔄
Hardik Pandya moves to Punjab Kings for Rs. 18 crore, while Arshdeep Singh joins Mumbai Indians at his existing fee of Rs. 18 crore.
A massive swap ahead of IPL 2027.
Read more here: shorturl.at/e6cBA
#IPL2027 #HardikPandya #ArshdeepSingh
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𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬' 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫! 😮💨💙
Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh will now spearhead MI's pace attack together.
How good is this trade on a scale of 1-10? 👇
#ArshdeepSingh #MumbaiIndians #IPL2027
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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿-𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗧𝗔 𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 👏
🔹Vaishnavi gained 36 places in the latest WTA Rankings to become World No. 308!
🔹Maaya made a massive jump of 180 spots to become World No. 489!
🔹Rutuja Bhosale has moved up from No. 128 to No. 106 in the women's doubles ranking
📸: R. Ragu
#WTA250 #ChennaiOpen
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𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 🫡
"When I lost that break, I told myself ‘not again’ because that’s what happened to me last time. I was 4-1 up with a break point opportunity to go 5-1 up and I lost that match. I was like, if that happened to me again, I’ll be so upset," said Magda Linette, after defeating Janice Tjen in three sets to secure the Chennai Open 2026 title.
🎥: Nihit Sachdeva
#ChennaiOpen2026 #WTA250
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𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗱𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗧𝗔 𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗳-𝟭𝟲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘇𝗵𝗼𝘂. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺.
Linette, the third-seeded Pole, didn’t have much to complain about in the end as she beat reigning champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in a thrilling final to claim her fourth Tour-level title and first since Prague (2024) 🏆🎾
✍️: @nihitsachdeva28
🔗: shorturl.at/AaHBx | 📸: R. Ragu
#ChennaiOpen2026 #WTA250
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Magda Linette wasn’t too keen on playing the WTA 250 Chennai Open after a round-of-16 loss in Guangzhou. But the decision had already been made by her team.
Linette, the third-seeded Pole, didn’t have much to complain about in the end as she beat reigning champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in a thrilling final on Monday to claim her fourth Tour-level title.
✍️ @nihitsachdeva28
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The postponement of the WTA 250 Chennai Open singles final due to rain and firework-induced air pollution on Sunday evening has raised questions regarding the tournament’s scheduling and the organisers’ preparedness for such a situation.
The contest, which happened to fall on Diwali, was likely to be affected by the air pollution caused by the fireworks and yet, the lack of a clear contingency plan came to the fore 🎇
✍️: @nihitsachdeva28
🔗: shorturl.at/0t4w8 | 📸: R. Ragu
#ChennaiOpen2026 #WTA250
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Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped from Australia's Test squad!
His numbers since Jan. 1 2024 make for grim reading...
Mat: 23
Runs: 987
Ave: 24.3
100s: 0
shorturl.at/QZOLM
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The singles final at the WTA 250 Chennai Open between Indonesia’s Janice Tjen and Poland’s Magda Linette was postponed due to rain and poor air quality 🚨
The contest will now be held at 11 a.m. on October 9, the reserve day for the tournament.
✍️: @nihitsachdeva28
🔗: shorturl.at/T8l8t | 📸: R. Ragu
#ChennaiOpen #WTA250
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 🎾
@nihitsachdeva28 explains why the WTA 250 will move from India to Manila from next year onwards 🇮🇳➡️🇵🇭
#WTA250 #ChennaiOpen2026
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘂, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮, 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴’ 🗣️
The home crowd had come expecting a victory, and its favourite had every reason to believe she could deliver one. The World No. 1 had swept through the 2026 Korea Open without dropping a game, arriving at Sunday’s final against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi with an extraordinary winning streak intact.
Yamaguchi had beaten An Se-young in the Korea Open 2025 final, but in their summit clash in the 2026 edition, it was the South Korean who had the last laugh 🇰🇷🏸
✍️: @pavithra_anil43
🔗: shorturl.at/ftacu | 📸: AP
#AnSeyoung #KoreaOpen2026
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"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲."
Defending champion and top seed Janice Tjen of Indonesia spoke about playing the Chennai Open with firecrackers bursting in the background.
📹 @nihitsachdeva28
#WTA #ChennaiOpen #Diwali2026
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𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢!
Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale have become the first-ever all-Indian pair to reach a doubles final at a WTA Tour event 🎾
They achieved this feat after winning 6-2, 2-6, [10-8] against Poland's Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith of the US in the WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026 semifinals.
The Indians will face the Swiss duo of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert in the final.
#WTA #chennaiopen #Tennis
📷 SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
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"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫."
Rutuja Bhosale and Vaishnavi Adkar speak after reaching the Chennai Open final, becoming the first all-Indian duo to reach the doubles summit clash of a WTA Tour event.
They also spoke about the WTA 250 event being moved from Chennai to Manila from next year, and what it meant to them.
📹 @nihitsachdeva28
📷 R. Ragu
#WTA #chennaiopen