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Gambhir says India ready for SL Tests

AgencyAugust 8, 20260

Their home Test run in recent past may not have been particularly impressive but India head coach Gautam Gambhir has asserted that his team will be ready with all the answers when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka

Buttler becomes highest run-scorer in T20 cricket

AgencyAugust 8, 20260

England’s white-ball stalwart Jos Buttler etched his name into the record books by becoming the highest run-scorer in T20 cricket history during Manchester Super Giants’ The Hundred fixture against Welsh Fire at Old

BCCI eyes tougher fitness regime to curb injuries* Handling of rehabilitation under scrutiny

AgencyAugust 8, 20260

Concerned by the rising number of injuries and a perceived decline in the overall fitness standards of the national team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to introduce a comprehensive overhaul of its player

Tokyo calls China greatest strategic challenge

AgencyAugust 8, 20260

China has lodged a “serious diplomatic” protest with Japan over its latest defence white paper, which portrayed Beijing as Tokyo’s “greatest strategic challenge” and made “brazen comments” on Taiwan, further escalating

Extreme heat, drought fuel Serbia wildfires

AgencyAugust 8, 20260

Serbian emergency services are battling multiple wildfires across the country as strong winds, extreme heat and prolonged drought intensify fire conditions, with a reignited blaze in the Deliblato Sands protected nature reserve in