mid-day.com takes a look at players who will be desperate to make a mark in the T20I series against Sri Lanka

Meanwhile, Bombay Scottish (Mahim) returned to winning ways as they handed Cathedral & John Connon (Fort) a 1-0 defeat

But former captain Holder and wicketkeeper Da Silva kept England at bay with a 109-run stand

Pacer Renuka Singh ecstatic after claiming 3-10 as India restrict Bangladesh to 80-8 before openers help team win by 10 wickets to enter Asia Cup final

The same train will go ahead; only the engine has changed and the bogies remain unchanged. Nothing changes; the brand of cricket remains the same, Suryakumar said

India are coming off a 4-1 defeat of Zimbabwe away in Shubman Gills first outing as skipper, and several in that squad have been rewarded with national recalls into a full side

Among the male participants, only Tomar has been part of the Olympics before. Tomar, will be seen in the mens 50m rifle three positions alongside Swapnil Kusale

Olympic medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh hopes India women do well at Paris Games and get a medal or two, out of which one of them could be

Serbias Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both

Indias first and only tennis medal in Olympics came back in 1996, when Leander Paes created history with a singles bronze at the Atlanta Games

Sajjad Sehen, a 28-year-old first-time Olympian, tested positive for metandienone and boldenone in a sample taken in Paris on Tuesday. He was due to compete next Tuesday

Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi were sent home from the Games in Paris on Wednesday

We had some really good practice matches before we arrived in Paris and the experience as a unit in Switzerland was something unique. We are in a good place mentally and physically to begin our campaign, added the captain

The Internet can tickle you no end when it comes to sporting trivia. But can AI-based ChatGPT provide you all the right answers? Well, not quite. From a total of 10 questions we posed to ChatGPT, only four turned out to be right

The Women`s Asia Cup 2024 match, IND W vs BAN W is underway at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

The Women`s Asia Cup 2024 match, IND W vs BAN W is underway at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian contingent will be led by two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu and table tennis great Sharath Kamal. The 2024 edition will make the fifth Olympic appearance for Kamal

Artificial Intelligence has made only a small entry into the analysis sphere of the willow game, but those steps will turn bigger soon, writes Devraj Raut, who has worked with India U-19 teams since 2015

AI reports, while serving the purpose in the main, can be inaccurate like he found out

Suryakumar Yadav led India in seven T20Is last year during the home T20I series against Australia and an away series against South Africa, winning five matches and losing two. Gambhir was one of Suryakumar`s biggest early support systems and it was evident in the fact that the batter was once even the vice-captain of KKR

Shafali is the second highest run-getter in the tournament with 158. India emerged winners by seven wickets against Pakistan, 78 runs against UAE and by an 82-run margin v Nepal

Undeterred by the heavy ground conditions caused by the incessant rains over the last few days, the defending champions did well to come from behind and score thrice

The football match between Argentina and Morocco at the Saint-Etienne Stadium was suspended due to a pitch invasion by a small number of spectators, said Paris 2024 organisers in a statement

Swiatek, 23, has had plenty of time to prepare for the Paris Olympics after her early exit from Wimbledon, where she lost in the third round to Yulia Putintseva

In the mens doubles, Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji have been drawn to meet the French team of Fabien Reboul and Edouard Roger-Vasselin

Radcliffes initial remarks, which appeared to extend support to van de Velde, have drawn widespread condemnation, prompting her to issue an apology and clarify her stance

Bindra, who made history by simultaneously being the world and Olympic champion for the mens 10-metre air rifle event, joined the Paris 2024 Torch Relay event on Wednesday and was thrilled to hold the spirit of the Games

British great Jessica Ennis-Hill says European sprint queen Asher-Smith could set Paris Games alight by winning individual gold in 100m or 200m dash

The womens team, meanwhile, will face Romania in the round of 16. They could face , the Rio 2016 silver medallists Germany, in the second round

Sindhus form has been patchy of late, but she says the hat-trick of medals is very much possible because the last eight months spent with mentor Prakash Padukone has instilled confidence in her

Ben Stokess men won the second Testat at Trent Bridge by a crushing 241 runs after the West Indies collapsed against the spin of Shoaib Bashir

India have sent a seven-member badminton squad including the high-flying mens doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and double Olympic medallist Sindhu

Artificial Intelligence has made only a small entry into the analysis sphere of the willow game, but those steps will turn bigger soon, writes Devraj Raut, who has worked with India U-19 teams since 2015

Bommadevara impresses with fourth place in ranking round, while Bhakat emerges as best-placed Indian woman at 11th in her first-ever Olympics; mens and womens archery teams secure quarter-final berths

Thushara is the second SL fast bowler to be ruled out in as many days, after Dushmantha Chameera was sidelined from the series due to him still recovering from a bronchitis and respiratory infection, with Asitha Fernando named as his replacement

Vice-captain Shubman keen to carry Indias T20 legacy forward as new head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Suryakumar Yadav take charge in SL

The 24-time Grand Slam champion has not won a single title this season, losing in straight sets to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final

The athletes said they hoped their presence would serve as a symbol amid the Israel-Hamas war that has claimed more than 39,000 Palestinian lives

Djokovic, a 24-time major winner and top seed in Paris following the withdrawal of world number one Jannik Sinner, begins his campaign against Australia`s Matthew Ebden

During the ranking round, each shooter was supposed to hit 72 arrows in two halves of 36 each

Table tennis playerSharveya, 16, considers winning individual gold in boys U-19 at the Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament `special`

With several top stars resting from the European Championships, City manager Pep Guardiola used the opportunity to analyse younger talent

The chess showdown is slated to take place from October 3 to 12 at Friends House in London.

India offie Deepti Sharma, who claimed 3-13 against Nepal to top the bowling charts, credits success to meticulous planning; cant wait for semi-final

Rohit, Kohli and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja retired from the T20Is after Indias World Cup triumph last month.

The vast majority of the 35,000-strong crowd, most of them supporting Morocco, continued to whistle at Argentinas players during the game.

It is confined to the water polo team. There have been five athletes in total who have tested positive, she said.

About 45,000 police and paramilitary officers will be on duty, along with 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 private security guards.

Both Nadal and Alcaraz will also compete in the singles at Roland Garros.

Tennis ace Naomi Osaka, gymnast Simone Biles and track and field star ShaCarri Richardson open up on their vulnerabilities faced as Black women as they take centrestage in Paris