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"Mentally They Are Very Fragile": Harbhajan Singh Takes Swipe At Australia

With Australia trailing India 0-2 in the four-match Test series, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has labelled the visitors as a 'mentally fragile' side. With the the third Test starting in Indore on Wednesday, India have a chance to go 3-0 up and clinch the series. The hosts have already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, thanks to the Australian batters inability to tackle India's spin trio -- Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel. Harbhajan feels that the Australian team, which is currently in India, has looked "clueless" at times.

Thomas And Uber Cup: Indian Men's Team Qualifies For Knock-Out Round

The Indian men's badminton team notched its second successive win with a 5-0 thrashing of Canada in a group tie to qualify for the knock-out round of the Thomas Cup in Bangkok on Monday. With its second impressive result, the Indian team, which defeated Germany 5-0 on Sunday, is certain to finish in the top-2 in Group C and thus qualify for the knock-out round.

Thomas And Uber Cup: Indian Men's Team Starts Campaign With 5-0 Win Over Germany

The Indian men's badminton team began its Thomas Cup campaign in an emphatic manner, thrashing Germany 5-0 on Sunday. World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen started the proceeding with an easy 21-16 21-13 win over world no 64 Max Weisskirchen. The doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirsg Shetty had to dig deep as they were stretched to a three gamer by Jones Ralfy Jansen and Marvin Seidel.

Asian Games Postponement: Federations Tweak Plans, Set To Field Best Teams For CWG, World Events

The Asian Games postponement has come as a huge disappointment for few athletes but it has also taken away the dilemma of National Sports Federations (NSFs), which were forced to finalise separate teams for Asiad, Brimingham Commonwealth Games and the world events. The continental multi-sport showpiece, scheduled in Hangzhou for September 10-25, was on Friday postponed due to worsening pandemic situation in China, which is witnessing a surge in omicron variant cases. NSFs such as Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Hockey India and Archery Association of India (AAI) are now gearing up to field their best teams at the CWG and the World Championships in their respective sports.

Rupinder Pal Singh Named Captain For Asia Cup As India Announce 20-Member Squad

Veteran drag flicker Rupinder Pal Singh, who recently came out of retirement, will lead India at the Asia Cup as Hockey India on Monday announced a 20-member team for the upcoming tournament in Jakarta. The prestigious event, which will be held from May 23 to June 1, is a World Cup qualifier. Senior players like Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and PR Sreejesh will give the tournament a miss.

Santiago Nieva Steps Down As Indian Boxing High Performance Director

Indian men's boxing team High Performance Director Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role after serving for five years, the national federation said on Saturday. Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, will take up the job of the Australian national boxing team head coach. Nieva's five-year stint had seen some impressive achievements such as the highest-ever participation at the Tokyo Olympics and historic two medals in the 2019 Men's World Championships.

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Lead India's Quest For Medal At Thomas, Uber Cup Final

Focus will be on double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and World Championships bronze winner Lakshya Sen as the Indian badminton contingent resumes its quest for a medal at the Thomas and Uber Cup Final beginning on Sunday. No Indian men's team has ever won a medal in the Thomas Cup, having failed to reach the semifinal even once. But the women had two semifinal finishes in successive editions of the Uber Cup to clinch two bronze medals in 2014 and 2016. Last year, both the men's and women's teams signed off their campaigns at the quarterfinal stage.

Djokovic breaks Steffi Graf tennis record for most weeks ranked No. 1

Novak Djokovic broke the record for the most time spent at No. 1 in the professional tennis rankings by a man or woman, beginning his 378th week in the ATP's top spot on Monday to surpass Steffi Graf's 377 leading the WTA.

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"Mentally They Are Very Fragile": Harbhajan Singh Takes Swipe At Australia

Thomas And Uber Cup: Indian Men's Team Qualifies For Knock-Out Round

Thomas And Uber Cup: Indian Men's Team Starts Campaign With 5-0 Win Over Germany

Asian Games Postponement: Federations Tweak Plans, Set To Field Best Teams For CWG, World Events

Rupinder Pal Singh Named Captain For Asia Cup As India Announce 20-Member Squad

Santiago Nieva Steps Down As Indian Boxing High Performance Director

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Lead India's Quest For Medal At Thomas, Uber Cup Final

Djokovic breaks Steffi Graf tennis record for most weeks ranked No. 1