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‘Like Game of Thrones, but live’: How India became the WWE’s biggest fanbase outside USA
India is currently the biggest fanbase for the popular pro-wrestling show outside the USA, with 335 million unique television viewers annually.
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Game of skill in a regulatory grey area: How Dream 11 and premium fantasy sport is booming in India
Daily fantasy sports is the way to go in India and giving users the option to put money on their teams has worked wonders for the companies.
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New Year smiles: When Maradona stole the limelight at the World Cup two decades after retirement
Scroll staff pick videos that have tickled their funny bones.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Badminton: Junior national champion again, Aakarshi Kashyap made the most of missing out on Worlds
The 17-year-old shuttler from Bhilai successfully defended her junior national title in Lucknow.
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Badminton Junior Nationals: Aakarshi Kashyap, Kiran George win titles on a day of delays
Aakarshi Kashyap and the boys doubles pair of Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala and Sri Krishna Sai Kumar Podile defended their titles.
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Badminton Junior Nationals: Alap Mishra overcomes crowd favourite Rahul Bharadwaj to enter final
The second seed won the semi-final match 21-19, 9-21, 21-19 in an hour and three minutes.
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Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Badminton Junior Nationals: Tanisha Crasto, the ‘Dubai girl’, is slowly making waves in India
The 15-year-old is in the semi-finals of both the girls and mixed doubles events in Lucknow.
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Badminton: Top seeds through to pre-quarters in Jr Nationals; Senior Nationals will be in Guwahati
The senior Nationals will be held from February 10-16 at the Kanaklata Indoor Stadium in Guwahati.
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Not sure going vegan is the healthiest option: Former India physio John Gloster’s advice to Kohli
Gloster also spoke about India batsman Prithvi Shaw’s freak injury in Australia and the importance of nutrition.
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The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Badminton: 2018-19 Senior Nationals likely to be moved to Guwahati from Hyderabad
It will again be mandatory for the country’s top shuttlers to take part in the event.
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Badminton: With Tata Open win, fitter and smarter Lakshya Sen bids goodbye to the junior circuit
The 17-year-old will only take part in senior tournaments from next season.
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Tata Open badminton: Lakshya Sen, Ashmita Chaliha, Sumeeth Reddy-Arjun MR win titles
The women’s doubles pair of Poorvisha S Ram and Meghana Jakkampudi, who were the top seeds, were the only Indian finalists who did not return with golds.
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The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement