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The Indian football team produced a remarkable comeback to beat Uzbekistan 2-1 and secure a maiden qualification to the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup on Friday. India came from behind after an inspired first-half substitution by head coach Joakim Alexandersson, bringing on Thandamoni Baskey in place of Bonifilia Shullai in the 40th minute. The substitute equalised in the 55th minute, before setting up Anushka Kumari in the 66th to help India overturn Uzbekistan’s lead. Shakhzoda Alikhonova had put Uzbekistan in the lead in the 38th minute. With this win, India finished top of Group G with six points,…

File image of Oscar Piastri© AFP Oscar Piastri will have a grandstand named after him at the Australian Grand Prix from next year, an honour the McLaren driver said was “surreal”. The Piastri Grandstand will sit opposite the pit lane at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, the home race of 24-year-old Piastri. “It is pretty surreal, it still feels weird racing at home — it is very cool racing at home,” the world championship leader said on social media. Other notable drivers with stands at Albert Park include Jack Brabham, Arthur Waite, Alan Jones, Daniel Ricciardo and Mark…

Jannik Sinner reached his third China Open final in a row on Tuesday as defending women’s champion Coco Gauff fought back to beat Belinda Bencic in a spicy contest. The world number two Italian Sinner beat Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and is one victory away from a second title in Beijing. Top seed Sinner will face either American teenager Learner Tien or eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final. His only loss on Beijing’s centre Diamond Court has been to great rival Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s championship match in three gripping sets. “It’s a very special…

Team India at Women’s World Cup 2025 (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is moving into its crucial phase, with India and England set to face off on October 19 in a match that could determine the semifinal lineup.Former England captain Nasser Hussain, who played 96 Tests and 88 ODIs for his country, shared his insights about both teams’ performances in the tournament.Women’s World Cup prediction: Greenstone Lobo explains which team has best chance to win”It’s been an excellent tournament. England started brilliantly against South Africa but had some luck on their side…

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are heading in the right direction after a significant rebuild, vowing he still has “unfinished business” at the Etihad, nine years into his reign. For the first time since Guardiola’s debut campaign, City failed to win a trophy last season as they finished third in the Premier League. City lost two of their opening three league games of the current campaign but have now gone seven matches unbeaten in all competitions, closing to within three points of leaders Arsenal. “In 2035, I will start to think about it,” Guardiola, whose contract runs until…

Malaysia’s Sepang still annually stages MotoGP motorbike racing.© AFP Malaysia on Thursday ruled out Formula One returning to the country in the near future, citing costs and an already packed racing calendar. The Southeast Asian nation first hosted an F1 race in 1999 at its Sepang International Circuit, with the last grand prix held there in 2017. Malaysia dropped out of the F1 calendar from 2018 amid the rising costs of hosting the event. Sepang still annually stages MotoGP motorbike racing. Sports minister Hannah Yeoh said hosting F1 again would require the Malaysian government to pay about 300…

Carlos Alcaraz won his eighth title of a sensational season on Tuesday in Tokyo and then pulled out of the Shanghai Masters because of “physical issues” and took aim at tennis’ packed schedule. The Spanish world number one hurt his ankle in his opening match at the Japan Open but shrugged off the issue to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the final. But immediately after downing the world number five, the six-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz took aim at the tennis calendar. “The schedule is really tight. They have to do something with the schedule,” the…

India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) Chief selector Ajit Agarkar has clarified that senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are not being evaluated on a trial basis for the upcoming ODI series against Australia.The three-match series will not determine their chances for the 2027 World Cup. Agarkar emphasised that their exceptional records make it unreasonable to judge their future prospects based on a single series. The first ODI between India and Australia is scheduled to take place in Perth on Sunday.Currently, both Kohli and Rohit exclusively play ODI cricket, resulting in their absence from international cricket…

Indian football team.© X/@IndianFootball The Indian men’s football team on Friday slumped to 136th in the FIFA rankings, the lowest in nine years, after a draw and defeat to Singapore which snuffed its hopes of qualifying for the 2027 Asian Cup. The Indian team dropped two places from the previous 134th to lie one place below Kuwait and a spot above Botswana. The last time the Indian team had a worse ranking was in November 2016 (as well as in October 2016) when it was placed at 137. India’s best ever ranking was 94 in February 1996.India had…

File photo of Lewis Hamilton© AFP Lewis Hamilton was wistful and cryptic in a social media post Monday as he prepares to resume his tough debut season with Ferrari. The seven-time Formula 1 champion seems ready to race Sunday when the series returns in the Netherlands after a four-week midseason break. “We have to keep going, even when it’s difficult,” the 40-year-old Hamilton wrote in a brief post on Instagram, with a photo of himself silhouetted in front of a warm sunset. It offered more insight — if not complete clarity — after previous social media posts in…