Day: July 24, 2025

The return games of the Women’s World Cup semifinals in Batumi delivered high drama on Wednesday, with one match decided and the other heading to tiebreaks.

Double Olympic medallist and former world champion P V Sindhu overcame sixth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 to reach the round of 16 at the China Open Super 1000 event on Wednesday.

Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer and legendary West Indies captain Clive Lloyd were on Wednesday honoured by the Lancashire County Cricket Club with stands named after them at the Old Trafford Stadium here, on the opening day of the fourth Test between India and England.

India concluded a challenging Day 1 of the fourth Test against England at 264/4, with the day’s play overshadowed by an unfortunate injury to star batsman Rishabh Pant.