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India's Hitaashee Bakshi registered a third straight under-par round at the Hero Women's Indian Open to open a three-shot lead over the rest of the field after the third round in the USD 500,000 event.

China entered the final with a formidable lineup featuring three reigning Asian Junior Championships individual gold medallists and two silver medallists. Indonesia, aiming to retain the title they won last year, needed special performances from a few players but fell short against the Chinese juggernaut, according to a release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the two-time Olympic Bronze medal-winning Indian Men's Hockey Team participated in a unique chess master class conducted by former International Chess player and co-owner of American Gambits Prachura P Padakannaya at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) campus in Bengaluru on Friday.

After being dropped from the Indian ODI squad for the upcoming Australia tour, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has expressed his ambition to feature in the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup, acknowledging that while selection is not in his hands, he understands the reasoning behind the selectors' recent decisions.

Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar had wholehearted praise in store for India's top-order sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal for his panache-filled 175(258) during the second Test against the West Indies at Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital. With a playful manner, the "Little Master" urged the 23-year-old to hammer "granddaddy" tons in future.

India's flamboyant opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose promising innings ended on a bitter note following a disastrous mix-up with captain Shubman Gill, which led to a run out, downplayed the entire situation by classifying the moment as a "part of the game" after the conclusion of Day 2 of the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.