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Archer Deepika Kumari Set For India Comeback At World Cup Stage 3 In Paris

Sidelined after the Tokyo Olympics debacle, star Indian archer Deepika Kumari is all set to make a India comeback in the upcoming Stage 3 of the World Cup beginning in Paris on Tuesday. Exactly a year after she won an individual gold in the same tournament last year, the 28-year-old world number three will look to redeem herself after failing to win a medal at the Tokyo Games. That the Olympics is slated in two years at the same venue will be an added motivation for Deepika, who also has won a World Cup Final silver medal in 2013.

England Women call up five uncapped players for South Africa Test

England Women have announced a 13-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test against South Africa which includes five uncapped players.

Indian cricketers have nets at Leicestershire County Ground

Rohit Sharma and opener Shubman Gill, on Monday hit the nets here ahead of the rescheduled fifth and final Test against England, starting in Birmingham on July 1. Rohit and Gill are likely to open the innings for India in the Test and the duo got into the groove as they looked to sharpen their skills during the practice session at the Leicestershire County Ground. Rohit, who was rested for the T20I series against South Africa at home, defended a few deliveries on the front foot, while also playing the pull shots against the short balls. Gill, too, looked to work on his game during the batting session.

India's Daruvala to have first taste of F1 with McLaren

Jehan Daruvala will drive a Formula One car for the first time when he tests last year's McLaren at Silverstone this week as part of his bid to become the third Indian to race at the pinnacle of motorsport.

Delhi High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Of Table Tennis Players Manush, Swastika

Indian table tennis players Manush Shah and Swastika Ghosh's writ petitions challenging their exclusion from the country's Commonwealth Games squad were on Monday dismissed by Delhi High Court. Shah and Ghosh had approached the court after the Committee of Administrators (CoA), running the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), had excluded them from the final CWG squad announced earlier this month. "I was told by our lawyer that our case has been dismissed," Manush's father Utpal told PTI.

Five Jharkhand women hockey players selected for US sports & cultural exchange programme

The players - Pundi Saru and Juhi Kumari from Khunti district, Priyanka Kumari from Gumla and Henrita Toppo and Purnima Neti from Simdega district were scheduled to go for the exchange programme in 2020 but the event was postponed in view of Covid-19 pandemic. "Five top performers of the second edition of the East India Women's Hockey and Leadership camp which wrapped up on February 1, 2020, will participate in a three-week sports and cultural exchange immersion programme in the US designed by Middlebury from June 24-July 13, 2022," a statement from US Consulate, Kolkata said.

Ranji Trophy Final: Rival Coaches Chandrakant Pandit And Amol Muzumdar Get Ready For Battle Of Wits

Groomed in an unforgiving 'gharana' where there is virtually no place for the second best, Chandrakant Pandit and Amol Muzumdar are both as tough as nails mentally. In spirit, they are 'guru bhais', having learnt their lessons under the iconic Ramakant Achrekar. Both know how it feels to lay hands on the silverware. When the final of the Ranji Trophy starts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday morning, one can be forgiven for thinking if it is being played between two Mumbai sides.

"Don't Think I Would Be Selected...": Why Wriddhiman Saha Feels He Won't Be Picked In Indian Team Any More

With someone like an ageing Dinesh Karthik making a comeback into the national squad after a long gap, the other out-of-favour Indian players, who are running out of age and expectations, must have changed their perception about their chances of another national call-up. But the case of Wriddhiman Saha is slightly different. The player from Bengal feels that the Indian team selectors have already made up their mind about him and that he would not be picked by them anytime in the future.

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Archer Deepika Kumari Set For India Comeback At World Cup Stage 3 In Paris

England Women call up five uncapped players for South Africa Test

Indian cricketers have nets at Leicestershire County Ground

India's Daruvala to have first taste of F1 with McLaren

Delhi High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Of Table Tennis Players Manush, Swastika

Five Jharkhand women hockey players selected for US sports & cultural exchange programme

Ranji Trophy Final: Rival Coaches Chandrakant Pandit And Amol Muzumdar Get Ready For Battle Of Wits

"Don't Think I Would Be Selected...": Why Wriddhiman Saha Feels He Won't Be Picked In Indian Team Any More