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Star batter Harmanpreet Kaur is all set to lead India at the upcoming ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, which will be played from September 30. This is the first time that Harmanpreet will captain India at an ICC Women’s ODI World Cup.   As expected, all eyes are on Harmanpreet as she shoulders the pressure of guiding the team to their maiden ICC trophy in women’s cricket. “I have often been asked what this World Cup means to me and the Indian cricket team. My answer to that question is straightforward – It’s a chance to create history,” said Harmanpreet…

Nepal made international T20 history on Saturday by defeating the West Indies by 19 runs in the first match of the three-match T20I series in Sharjah, registering their first win against a full-member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). With their bowlers striking blows at regular intervals against a West Indies side which was without some of its big guns, Nepal surged to a historic 19-run victory. As a result, Nepal took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, with the second T20I scheduled for September 29. In a match played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, the West Indies won…

The Jaipur leg of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 12 wrapped up with an impressive win for the Tamil Thalaivas, who beat the home team Jaipur Pink Panthers 37-28 at the SMS Indoor Stadium on Saturday night. In what ended their three-match losing streak, skipper Arjun Deshwal led the charge with 13 points, while Suresh Jadhav and Nitesh Kumar completed impressive High Fives. The first ten minutes between the Pink Panthers and the Thalaivas produced a tight, hard-fought battle. The Thalaivas edged ahead 8-6, with Nitin Kumar picking up crucial raid points to steady their start. The Pink Panthers kept…

Star couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma once again lit up social media with their charming presence. The cricketer and his actress wife appeared together in a candid post that instantly brought smiles to their fans’ faces. In the photograph, the duo is seen soaking in the bright day, exuding effortless style and warmth. Virat captioned the post with a simple yet heartfelt note, writing, “Been a minute.” The rare update quickly went viral, with fans flooding the comments section with love and admiration for the power couple. Known for balancing their professional commitments with family life, Virat and Anushka…

The crowd at Vijay’s event in Karur on Saturday night was less a political assembly and more a sea of fans desperate to see their superstar from close quarters so they could have a glimpse, a selfie, a story to tell. In that frenzy, when some supporters who had climbed atop a tree branch fell on the people behind Vijay’s campaign van, panic rippled outward and turned a rally into a catastrophe.Thirty-eight people died, among them 16 women and six children, and more than 100 are admitted to hospitals across Karur and Trichy. Many are fighting for their lives. Dr…

The stage is set for one of cricket’s most high-voltage clashes at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 28, Sunday. For the first time in the 41-year history of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will clash in the final – a T20I blockbuster that promises a high-stakes drama.  Defending champions India, who have been unbeaten through six matches of Asia Cup 2025, face a resurgent Pakistan side that has clawed its way back from early setbacks.  Ahead of the much-anticipated Asia Cup 2025 final, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha broke the silence on ‘no handshake’ controversy…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, prompting mounting safety concerns. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced a $90 billion arms agreement with the United States and criticized Hungary for carrying out “dangerous” intelligence-gathering drone activities over Ukraine.External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday. Emergency diesel generators are being used to power cooling and safety systems after the final…

The Jaipur leg’s penultimate clash of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2025 saw the Patna Pirates and Bengal Warriorz battle it out 42-48 at the SMS Indoor Stadium on Saturday. The match kept the crowd on the edge right till the final moments, with both teams refusing to give an inch.  For the Bengal Warriorz, Devank Dalal was the standout performer, scoring an impressive 22 points through a mix of sharp raids and timely bonuses – his eighth straight Super 10 of the season. He finished the first half with 15 points — his career-best in a first half and the…

Amy Sussman/Getty Images Alan Cumming is known for plenty of roles, from Nightcrawler in the “X-Men” movies of the early 2000s to the host of the popular Peacock reality competition series “The Traitors,” but only one project on his resume boasts a 100% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. “Second Best,” a 1994 film starring William Hurt as a man looking to adopt a child, takes that top spot. Cumming’s career began on television with an episode of the 1985 British series “Travelling Man.” He continued to appear on the small…

After a gap of five years, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary reclaimed his dominance in Assam’s Bodo politics with his party’s resounding victory in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections Saturday, trouncing the ruling United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and BJP.The BPF won 28 of the 40 seats in the BTC polls, while the UPPL came second with seven seats (down from 12 seats in 2020) and the BJP won five seats (down from nine). Like last time, the Congress failed to win a single seat. In 2020, though the UPPL and BJP had come together to form…