Former cricketer Atul Wassan defended Indian players as they refused to shake hands with the Pakistan team after their Asia Cup 2025 clash, saying that if the Suryakumar Yadav-led side is not willing, then why are the Men in Green insisting on it.
Union Minister Manohar Lal defended the move to play a cricket match against Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2025, and said that the game and Operation Sindoor are two different issues.
Defending champions Australia will begin their 2025 World Cup campaign against neighbours New Zealand on October 1 in Indore, while the hosts will take on Sri Lanka in the opening match on September 30 in Guwahati.
"Mentally, the fact that we are defending champions is a really good thing," Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka said ahead of his team's first Asia Cup game, against Bangladesh, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday defended the AI-generated video posted by Bihar Congress, which shows a character resembling PM Modi and his late mother.
Australia will have a tremendous opportunity to get accustomed to Indian conditions when they face the hosts of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 in a three-match ODI series starting Sunday, 14 September.
Taiwan has strongly condemned China's move to designate Scarborough Shoal as a national nature reserve, reaffirming its sovereignty over the South China Sea islands.
Jemal Mekonen, a key member of Ethiopia's victorious team at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, will headline the men's elite line-up at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. Making his debut on Indian soil, the soon-to-be 29-year-old brings extensive international experience,
Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia has stressed that newly-appointed national team head coach Khalid Jamil will need to focus on consistency and attacking football if India is to make strides at the continental and global stage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's recent strike in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders, invoking the memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. He framed Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel as a parallel moment of mass terror.