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Britain to boycott women's world boxing championships in New Delhi

Boxing is not on the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, pending reforms demanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). And the International Boxing Association (IBA) was stripped of involvement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The IOC in December last year has also raised the possibility of boxing being excluded from the 2024 Paris Games, accusing the IBA of having "no real interest" in the sport or its athletes. Qualifying for the Paris Games is being organised by the IOC.The IBA, which is backed by Russian energy firm Gazprom, has also reversed bans on boxers from Russia and Belarus competing with national flags and anthems despite the war in Ukraine.

Gujarat Giants to play Mumbai Indians in Women's Premier League 2023 opener

Mumbai Indians on March 4 at the DY Patil Stadium will open the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday.The BCCI announced the full schedule for the WPL 2023 after the successful conclusion of the WPL Auction in Mumbai on Monday."In its first season, the WPL will stage a total of 20 league matches and two play-off games that will be played in a duration of 23 days," the BCCI said in a statement.

Ranji Trophy: Green-top pitch awaits Saurashtra for the final against Bengal

Bengal are going to welcome Saurashtra with a green-top pitch at the Eden Gardens when the two sides meet for the Ranji Trophy summit clash, scheduled to start from Thursday.Bengal's main strength this season has been their pace bowling unit, with Akash Deep (37), Ishan Porel (24) and Mukesh Kumar (18) accounting for the most number of wickets.The Eden Gardens centre strip on Tuesday sported a green cover and Cricket Association of Bengal pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee said there would be no "further trimming"."Our pace bowling is much better than Saurashtra and we will have a similar grass cover on the pitch, there is no further scope for trimming," Mukherjee told reporters.

Shreyas Iyer cleared by BCCI medical team, to join India squad for second Australia Test

second Test against Australia starting in the capital on Friday.The second Test will be played from February 17-21 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi."Shreyas Iyer has successfully completed his rehab at the National Cricket Academy following his back injury and has been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team," BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a media statement."Shreyas will join the squad in New Delhi ahead of the second Test of the Mastercard Australia tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy," the statement further said.

Prithvi Shaw denies posting Valentine's Day story, calls his viral picture 'edited'

The alleged Instagram story by Shaw, which is going viral on social media platforms, had a caption: "Happy Valentine's my Wifey", along with a cosy picture of Shaw with a girl. The girl seen in the viral picture is allegedly of model and actress Nidhhi Tapadiaa.

Sumit Nagal gets wild card at Bengaluru Open

The 25-year-old former India No. 1 is the first wild card entrant at the fifth edition of the prestigious ATP Challenger event, which will be organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru."We are delighted to give Nagal the first wild card. He is an excellent player and has won his maiden ATP Challenger title here. We are committed to providing our Indian players a world-class platform to rub shoulders with the best names from the tennis world through this tournament."Nagal is one of those players who have performed well here and carried that momentum to do well in their careers," said Sunil Yajaman, tournament director of Bengaluru Open and joint secretary of KSLTA.

Akshdeep and Priyanka win men's and women's 20km race walk gold, qualify for Worlds and Olympics

The 22-year-old from Punjab clocked 1 hour 19 minutes and 55 seconds to obliterate the earlier national record of 1:20:16 which was in the name of veteran Sandeep Kumar who finished a lowly seventh with 1:23.28.

India vs Australia: We'll be able to bounce back in Delhi, says 'positive' Alex Carey

they will be able to bounce back in the series in Delhi.Australia lost the first Test by an innings and 123 runs inside three days to trail the series 0-1."It is the first Test of four and we're still very positive amongst ourselves that we'll be able to bounce back in Delhi and get this series back on level (terms) and continue to believe in what we've done over the past 12 to 18 months," said Carey."I think we're a really strong Test team. We've got all bases covered. Unfortunately it didn't go to plan this first Test, but we're definitely reinforcing the messages we've had leading into the tour."

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Britain to boycott women's world boxing championships in New Delhi

Gujarat Giants to play Mumbai Indians in Women's Premier League 2023 opener

Ranji Trophy: Green-top pitch awaits Saurashtra for the final against Bengal

Shreyas Iyer cleared by BCCI medical team, to join India squad for second Australia Test

Prithvi Shaw denies posting Valentine's Day story, calls his viral picture 'edited'

Sumit Nagal gets wild card at Bengaluru Open

Akshdeep and Priyanka win men's and women's 20km race walk gold, qualify for Worlds and Olympics

India vs Australia: We'll be able to bounce back in Delhi, says 'positive' Alex Carey