Women’s Boxing Worlds: Mary Kom starts with dominating win; Sarita first Indian to suffer loss

Manisha Maun entered the quarter-finals while Lovlina Borgohain and Bhagyabati Kachari began their campaign with contrasting wins.

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Indian tennis: Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi win first WTA doubles title in Taipei

The all-Indian pair were 6-3, 5-7, 12-12 when their opponents Olga Doroshina and Natela Dzalamidze were forced to retire at the WTA $125K event.

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‘India Connected’: A new book looks at how the smartphone is changing the lives of Indians

Journalist Ravi Agrawal’s book is timely and important but leaves readers wanting more answers.

Suchismita Chattopadhyay

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IPL 2019 retentions: Royal Challengers Bangalore have big names but can they find the support cast?

The lack of bench strength in the batting department is something that they should be looking to address this year.

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Pushed into boxing by her mother, Simranjit Kaur packs a punch on world championship debut

The 23-year-old boxer from Punjab showed aggression to beat Amelia Moore of USA, with her mother watching from the stands.

Vinay Siwach

· 8 hours ago

The ‘podfather’: Let Paul F Tompkins guide you through the hilarious world of improv comedy podcasts

Unlike sketch comedy, improv podcasts allow comics the time to mine fresher humour and The Dead Authors Podcast demonstrates this perfectly.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

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India will take no prisoners: Ravi Shastri doesn’t believe Australian cricket team has lost its aura

The Indian head coach doesn’t want to be drawn on Australia’s new “friendlier” approach to playing cricket.

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A photo project in Goa highlights the mental health cost of being a ‘shippy’

Through his photographs of sailors, Christopher Pereira wants to facilitate a conversation about mental health.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

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India v Jordan Football: Chaotic build-up, Gurpreet howler lends to defeat in Amman

Gurpreet Sandhu saved a penalty but a howler in the first half hurt India’s game plan.

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IPL 2019 retentions: Fast bowlers and specialist batsmen likely to be on KKR’s shopping list

KKR have made their intentions clear by letting go eight players out of the 21 they had on their roster.

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· 10 hours ago

Goa BJP faces another challenge as former state RSS chief takes plunge into electoral politics

Subhash Velingkar’s Goa Suraksha Manch says it is counting on the support of ‘dissatisfied’ BJP cadre.

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Aggressive India tick all boxes to end Australia’s winning streak and remain unbeaten in World T20

Smriti Mandhana scored a fluent half-century and the spinners showed their teeth as India beat the three-time champions by a massive 48-run margin.

Zenia D'Cunha

· 10 hours ago