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Lionel Messi becomes the first footballer to individually win Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award, recognising sporting excellence and philanthropy/ Image: Instagram Lionel Messi has added an honour unlike any of the trophies that defined his football career, receiving Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Sports in Oviedo on Friday. The Argentine was recognised…

PSG’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, center, is helped off the field by team staff after sustaining an injury during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Could a sudden security postponement force Paris Saint-Germain’s brightest stars to watch their own Ballon d’Or…

Pratika Rawal. (Photo/BCCI) Pratika Rawal scored her third ODI century while Shree Charani claimed career-best figures of 4/23 as India defeated Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the opening match of the three-ODI series in Vadodara on Friday.Zimbabwe were bowled out for 197 despite a half-century from Beloved Biza, with Charani and Kranti Gaud (3/42) leading…

Indian para-athletes Praveen Kumar and Banti (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s para-athletes have scripted history at the Asian Para Games, recording their best-ever medal haul of 114 medals, including a record 30 gold, after a spectacular nine-gold flourish on Friday. But with a few events remaining on the final day, one question remains: where will…

Soccer Football – DFB Cup – Final – Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart – Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany – May 23, 2026 Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane celebrates with the trophy after winning the DFB Cup REUTERS/Annegret Hilse DFB REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO. This upcoming Monday, October 26, 2026, the…

Shooter Mona Agarwal; and shuttlers Thulasimathi Murugesan & Manasi Joshi (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s para-athletes produced a spectacular finish to their campaign at the Asian Para Games, registering their best-ever medal haul of 114 medals, including 30 gold, after a record-breaking final-day flourish in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday.India collected nine gold medals on the…

Sumit Antil and Pranav Soorma (ANI/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India enjoyed a golden double in para-athletics at the Asian Para Games on Friday, with star javelin thrower Sumit Antil leading a podium sweep and Pranav Soorma defending his title in the men’s club throw F51 event.Antil successfully defended his gold in the men’s javelin throw…

RCB’s Sabbhineni Meghana plays a shot during a WPL 2024 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and RCB, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) India top-order batter S Meghana announced her retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday at the age of 30. The Andhra Pradesh cricketer last represented India in October…

Nishad Kumar and Mona Agarwal (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: Double gold medallists Mona Agarwal and Nishad Kumar will be India’s flag-bearers at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday, following outstanding campaigns in shooting and para-athletics.Both athletes won two gold medals each at the continental event, with Mona…

Former India leg-spinner Amit Mishra believes an injury during the 2017 T20I against England in Bengaluru may have brought his international career to an early end. Mishra, who never played for India again after that match, claimed that then head coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli had assured him of a comeback once he…