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Khelo India Winter Games 2024: Skaters Put Maharashtra On Top; Army Denies ITBP Ice-Hockey Double

Maharashtra finished on top of the medal standings as the first part of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024 came to a rapturous finish at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan Sports Complex in Leh on Tuesday. Maharashtra won 20 skating medals that included six golds. Karnataka also finished with six golds but their total count of eight as against Maharashtra's 20, relegated them to the Number 2 position in the standings. Hosts Ladakh, who won a pair of historic Khelo India golds in speed skating, finished third with a combined haul of 13 medals. The UT of Ladakh hosted the Khelo India Winter Games for the first time. Leh hosted two sports – ice hockey and speed skating. Part 2 of KIWG has been scheduled in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir from February 21-25. Gulmarg will stage four sports.

"Getting Too Caught Up...": Ex-India Star Fires Big Warning To Rohit Sharma, Namedrops MS Dhoni

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has urged star batter Rohit Sharma to focus on his game instead of captaincy. India captain Rohit Sharma is going through to rough patch in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. He has managed scores of 24, 39, 14 and 13 in the first two Tests. Speaking on Rohit's form, Manjrekar feels that the star batter has overburdened himself with the weight of captaincy, and it is causing a negative impact on his batting.

Harbhajan Singh: Spin legend on the ILT20, UAE cricket, India and following your dreams

Bearing in mind he could not speak English when he first started out in international cricket, it’s fair to say Harbhajan Singh has got the hang of it now.

FIH Pro League: Indian Women Lose 0-3 To Australia, Suffer Third Consecutive Loss

The Indian women's hockey team lost 0-3 to third ranked Australia, completing a hat-trick of defeats in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023-24 in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Australia captain Grace Stewart (19th minute), Tatum Stewart (23rd) and Kaitlin Nobbs (55th) were the goalscorers for the winners in the match played at Kalinga Stadium. India started the match on the offensive, forcing Australia to concede a penalty corner in the second minute of the game but an alert visiting side goalkeeper Zoe Newman averted the danger.

Paris Olympics Will Be Challenging, Need To Be Smarter: PV Sindhu

Set to return after an injury-induced break, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is aware the road to Paris will be "challenging" and she needs to be "smarter" in her pursuit of coveted gold medal in the French capital. Former world champion Sindhu has been enduring a lean patch. She has suffered injury setbacks and a dip in form in the last 18 months. She suffered stress fracture on her left ankle during the successful 2022 CWG campaign and later sustained another injury on left knee during the French Open in October last year, forcing her out for three months.

Interview Quotes Ravindra Jadeja's Father Saying Relationship 'Strained'. India Star's 'Scripted' Reply

Indian cricket team all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took to social media to react to his father's explosive interview where he alleged strained relationships with his son and daughter-in-law Rivaba. Jadeja posted a picture with a detailed answer to the ongoing situation that said - “All the things stated in the absurd interview of Divya Bhaskar are meaningless and untrue. There is something to be said on one side. Which I deny. The efforts being made to tarnish the image of my wife are indeed condemnable and indecent. I also have a lot to say which is better if I don't say it publicly,” Jadeja posted on X (formerly Twitter). He also included the caption - 'Let's ignore what's said in scripted interviews".

Big Blow To India! Report Claims Star Batter To Miss Last 3 Tests Against England

Indian cricket team batter Shreyas Iyer may end up missing the last three Tests against England in the five-match series due to injury. According to a report by Indian Express, Iyer has complained of stiffness on his back and pain in his groin area while batting and that can lead to the batter not playing the remaining matches. The report further claimed that although the kits of all the India cricketers were sent to Rajkot from Visakhapatnam, Iyer's equipment was sent to his home in Mumbai. The next possible step for Iyer is expected to be a rehabilitation process at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.

David Warner Becomes First Australian To Make 100 Appearances In All Formats

Experienced opener David Warner on Friday became the first player from Australia to make 100 appearances in all formats of cricket following his inclusion in Australia's playing XI for the first T20I clash against West Indies on Friday. Warner making his 100th appearance in the T20I, joined the likes of former skipper Aaron Finch (103) and star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (100) to become just the third Australian player to achieve the feat. Overall Warner joins the elite company of India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli and New Zealand's Ross Taylor to become the third man to represent his country a hundred times in all formats.

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Khelo India Winter Games 2024: Skaters Put Maharashtra On Top; Army Denies ITBP Ice-Hockey Double

"Getting Too Caught Up...": Ex-India Star Fires Big Warning To Rohit Sharma, Namedrops MS Dhoni

Harbhajan Singh: Spin legend on the ILT20, UAE cricket, India and following your dreams

FIH Pro League: Indian Women Lose 0-3 To Australia, Suffer Third Consecutive Loss

Paris Olympics Will Be Challenging, Need To Be Smarter: PV Sindhu

Interview Quotes Ravindra Jadeja's Father Saying Relationship 'Strained'. India Star's 'Scripted' Reply

Big Blow To India! Report Claims Star Batter To Miss Last 3 Tests Against England

David Warner Becomes First Australian To Make 100 Appearances In All Formats