Sumeet Kavthale

Vinesh Phogat retired from professional wrestling after being disqualified hours before her final bout in the recent Paris Olympics 2024 but vowed to continue to fight for the right thing in her emotional letter to fans on her social media account.

Saudi Pro League 2024-25 live: The defending champions Al-Hilal will begin their campaign against Al-Okhdood Club on Saturday while Cristiano Ronaldo-led Al-Nassr will take on Al-Raed in their opening match of the season on Thursday, August 22.

Pakistan's star cricketer Mohammad Rizwan smashed an unbeaten 171 against Bangladesh in the first innings of the first Test match in Rawalpindi to register his highest individual score in red-ball cricket. Rizwan went on to break Indian batter Rishabh Pant's major record in World Test Championship.

PAK vs BAN 1st Test Day 2: Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan registered brilliant centuries each and added 240 runs for the fifth wicket to help Pakistan post a big total of 448/6 in their first innings at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The javelin ace Sumit Antil won gold in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 and has been named India's flag-bearer for the upcoming 2024 Paris Games. Antil is among 22 athletes from Haryana who have qualified for the Paralympics 2024.

After a successful ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, Afghanistan are set to host New Zealand in a one-off Test in Noida and South Africa in the three-match ODI series in September. R Sridhar will join the backroom staff as the assistant coach after his role with the Indian team ended in 2021.

"I feel very good physically and of course the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico would have been very appealing to me. At the same time, I am convinced that now is exactly the right time to take this step and to concentrate fully on FC Bayern Munich in the future," Manuel Neuer said.

After failing to reach the Super 8 stages at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand are set to return to action in a one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Noida followed by Test series against Sri Lanka and India.

Indian women's cricket team remain without an ICC World Cup trophy in both ODIs and T20Is but are looking all set to mount a title challenge in the upcoming ninth edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE. India are drawn with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A.

Opener Saim Ayub and in-form batter Saud Shakeel added a crucial 98 runs for the fourth wicket to help Pakistan survive an early collapse in the first innings of the opening Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi.

"Feel like my best years are ahead of me. I have no doubt about that. The best years are still to come. And this year is going to be a good year, because now I am permanently at home, and I can enjoy home," Joao Felix said.

"We are very excited about our first preparatory camp and I know it will be the same for the players and We face two different teams and the rankings are not very important," India's new head coach Manolo Marquez said on team selection.

PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Pakistan struggled for a start after being forced to bat first against Bangladesh in their first innings of the opening Test match in Rawalpindi. The star pacer Shoriful Islam gave Bangladesh a brilliant start with two early wickets of Babar Azam and Shan Masood.

Lausanne Diamond League 2024 live: India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra will be looking to continue his red-hot form in 2024 after claiming a silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Neeraj is currently fourth in the Diamond League 2024 standings with seven points.

After losing the Test series, the West Indies look to salvage something from the three-match T20I series against South Africa at home. Batters Rovaman Powell and Nicholas Pooran remain part of the team but two star all-rounders miss out.

After an impressive bowling spell, the star Indian spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma smashed a match-winning six when London Spirit needed four runs off the last three balls to beat Welsh Fire and win The Hundred Women 2024 title.