The Indian Awaaz

Indias Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the mens singles final of the US Open Badminton Championships at the Titan Gym in California today. Srikanth defeated Japans Yudai Okimoto 22-20, 15-21 and 21-19 in a hard-fought semifinal. He will face Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei in the final. Earlier, the former world number one had booked []

Lionel Messi became the first to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup matches as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 in its Group J finale today. It means Messi has been scoring at least 1 goal in each of his last 7 World Cup matches he played. The Jordan goal was the 7th straight match in []

India has reached the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships with a convincing 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan in their opening Group C match in Yatsushiro, Japan. The girls doubles pair of Durga Esha Kandrapu and Keerthy Manchala gave India a strong start by defeating Alissa Kuleshova and Diana Namenova 11-5. Puneeth Suresh []

In the FIFA World Cup, Panama will take on England in a Group L match at East Rutherford in the United States tonight. In another Group L fixture, Croatia will face Ghana in Philadelphia. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 2:30 AM IST. Earlier, Spain booked their place in the knockout stage with a []

In FIH Mens Pro League Hockey, India thrashed Pakistan 7-1 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Centre in London last night. Abu Bakar gave Pakistan the lead in the first quarter, converting a penalty corner. India had seven different goal scorers in the match. Sukhjeet Singh and Harmanpreet Singh turned the tide against Pakistan with []

In FIFA World Cup 2026, France defeated Norway 4-1 in Massachusetts, US while Senegal beat Iraq 5-0 in Toronto in the final round of Group I games. France thumped Norway to finish top of Group I in the World Cup. Ousmane Dembele scored a first-half hat trick to give France a 3-1 lead over Norway. []

In Mens Cricket, Ireland defeated India by 34 runs in the first T20 International of the two-match series in Belfast last night. This is Irelands first victory over India in any format. Chasing 183 for victory, India were bundled out for 148 with 6 balls to spare. Earlier, put into bat, Ireland scored 182 for []

In Football, Egypt have reached the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup for the first time after a 1-1 draw with Iran in their final Group G match. Irans Ramin Rezaeian was named Player of the Match. Egypt finished the group stage unbeaten and qualified as runners-up. They will now face Australia in the []