Sri Lanka beat India for the first time in a Women's Asia Cup match and what better game to do that than the final as the hosts finally got a result in their favour after losing five finals against the Women in Blue. Skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Madhavi slammed fifties for Sri Lanka.
Antim Panghal, the prodigious Indian wrestler, has had pretty eventful last two years where she not only rose up the ranks in the sport in the country but also made a name for herself across various junior and senior championships but a maiden Olympics will be the biggest stage she will be playing.
SA20 is on a star-signing spree ahead of its third edition with the former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson being the latest to take the African safari. Williamson, who had expressed his wish to get involved in SA20 having declined the annual central contract and will be hoping for a good outing.
Sift Kaur Samra, one of the several Olympics debutants for India at Paris, made her mark at the Asian Games last year with a Gold medal in 50m women's rifle 3 positions. Samra is also the world record holder in her discipline and will be aiming for some Gold rush in Paris.
With the Major League Cricket (MLC) Season 2 in its final stages and the Hundred just into its first week, another T20 League is set to begin, the Global T20 Canada in the crowded July-August window. This will be the fourth edition of GT20 Canada with some of the biggest T20 stars set to take part.
India will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20 series, followed by as many ODIs. The series is also the start of a new chapter in India's T20I journey with a new captain given three veterans have bid the format adieu. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will look for an improved show in the format.
Welsh Fire with changes in their personnel last year came up with an improved show in the men's Hundred and will hope to go much better with the number of options they have available this time. Manchester Originals, on the other hand, are set to miss Jos Buttler this year in a huge blow.
West Indies had to make a last-minute tweak to their Test squad with Jeremiah Louis getting injured in training during the second game against England. Louis had come into the squad as a replacement for Kemar Roach. West Indies will look to avoid a whitewash as England eye a 3-0 clean sweep.
The Women's Asia Cup 2024 has reached its knockout stage with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh being the four teams remaining. Both the semi-finals will take place on Friday, July 26 and the final is scheduled for Sunday, July 28, however, the timing has been advanced for the summit clash.
The Paris Olympics 2024 Group B men's football match, Argentina vs Morocco, ended with chaos as fans stormed the stadium and threw water bottles on the pitch while India's campaign kicks off with archers taking part in the rankings round. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on July 25.
Paris Olympics football got off to a violent start in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday, July 24 with the Moroccan fans storming the stadium and throwing things including water bottles in an angry reaction after Argentina scored an equaliser. However, the match continued behind the closed doors post chaos.
Ireland will be looking to put the T20 World Cup disappointment behind and aim for their second Test win in their ninth appearance in the format. Having beaten Afghanistan earlier this year, Ireland will fancy their chances against Zimbabwe, who are playing a Test after almost 18 months.
Texas Super Kings, ended the group stage with a strong win against the Seattle Orcas, as they face MI New York in the eliminator of the Major League Cricket Season 2 on Wednesday, July 24 (local time). MINY sneaked into the playoffs with a close win against the LA Knight Riders.
The inaugural champions Southern Brave will take on the London Spirit in their opening game of the 2024 edition of the Hundred. The Brave will finally have their marquee player Jofra Archer available having returned to playing in last month's T20 World Cup while the Spirit aim for an improved show.
India qualified for the Women's Asia Cup semi-finals after beating Nepal by 82 runs while Pakistan beat UAE to confirm their spot. PCB has left it up to the ICC to handle the India not travelling to Pakistan situation for the Champions Trophy. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on July 24.
The so-called anti-sex beds, which went viral at the Tokyo Olympic Games are back in Paris as the athletes put them to rigorous testing. The beds made of soft cardboard may have been done from the environment perspective but many claimed that it was done to avoid intimacy at the Games Village.
England white-ball coach Matthew Mott is reportedly likely to leave following his side's semi-final exit in the T20 World Cup. England have had two unsuccessful World Cup defences in a row now and former captain Eoin Morgan has categorically denied taking up the job, just yet.
A 117-strong contingent will compete across 16 different sporting disciplines for India at the Paris Olympics 2024. 47 of them are women athletes, which comprise 40 per cent of the whole contingent and only two of them are set to take part in multiple individual events, both of whom are women.
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