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Two-time champion France named its 26-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026, starting on June 11 in the USA, Mexico and Canada. Didier Deschamps, who will step down from his role as the French head coach after this World Cup, has made no surprises with his picks. Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe will likely…

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has earned his maiden India A call-up for the upcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, which will also feature Afghanistan. This continues the 15-year-old’s rapid rise in top-flight cricket, after the Rajasthan Royals batter became an IPL sensation last year, and was India Under-19s’ highest run-getter in the World Cup earlier this year.…

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Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl vs Punjab Kings With Hardik Pandya still recovering from back spasms and Suryakumar Yadav out due to personal reasons, Jasprit Bumrah led Mumbai Indians (MI) and opted to bowl first after winning the toss. This is the first time Bumrah is leading MI. He expected the pitch to settle…

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Hampshire have signed the South African all-rounder Delano Potgieter on a short-term deal that will cover their next three County Championship matches and the Vitality Blast Potgieter, 29, will arrive at the Ageas Bowl with Hampshire in a state of flux, following Wednesday’s red-ball retirement of stalwart Liam Dawson, and with Hampshire sitting rock-bottom of…

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Midfielder Anirudh Thapa returned to the Indian team squad after nearly two years as Khalid Jamil named his 28-man squad for the Unity Cup, later this month in London, England. India will take on Jamaica on May 27 and Nigeria or Zimbabwe on May 30 as Jamil prepares his core group for the next World…

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered another injury blow in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) as all-rounder Jamie Overton has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due to a right thigh injury. South Africa’s Dian Forrester will join CSK for INR 75 lakh as a replacement for Overton. Forrester, who is…

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Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to launch in October. The league has been sanctioned by the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation (SACF) and is expected to feature players who have recently retired from international cricket but remain active on the franchise circuit.…

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Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the USD 500,000 Thailand Open Super 500 tournament with victories in straight sets in their respective contests in Bangkok on Thursday. The two-time Olympic medallist and seeded sixth, Sindhu, took a mere 28 minutes to get the better of Amalie Schulz of Denmark…

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Fltntoff’s only franchise experience as a coach is two seasons at Northern Superchargers in the Hundred in 2024 and 2025. He will not coach them in 2026 after failing to agree to terms with the franchise’s new Indian owners Sun Group who have renamed the team Sunrisers Leeds. Superchargers finished fourth and third in Flintoff’s…

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