The Chinese women’s #cricket team secured the qualification for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya #AsianGames after battling through four hard-fought matches at the 2026 Asian Games Women’s Cricket qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It marks the team’s return to the Asian Games stage for the first time since 2014.
9 years ago on this day, Aizawl FC beat Mohun Bagan 1-0, setting up their historic top-division league win five days later.
Crazy match, huge crowd despite rain, seemed like half of Mizoram had descended on the stadium to witness history.
Couldn't see much of the match because clouds were blocking the view. The press box was standing room only. Somehow managed to balance the laptop on a plastic chair and file my story.
One of those moments you never forget in your life.
The magic of the I-League in its heyday remains unparalleled, and Aizawl FC pulled off perhaps the greatest underdog triumph in the history of Asian football.
#indianfootball
The Compitition Schedule for National Junior(U-20) Federation Cup,(24-26 April) is available Now! It may be the first time Mahatma Gandhi Stadium, Tumkur is hosting a national level domestic event.
Two models for Delimitation
>Pro-rata expansion
>Population based model
A population-based model could reduce seats in southern states and can diminish their political influence. In this model:
Kerala: 20——>14 seats
Karnataka: 28——>26 seats
Telangana: 17———>15 seats
Tamil Nadu: 39———>30 seats
Andhra Pradesh: 25——>20seats
The pro-rata expansion plan proposes increasing Lok Sabha seats from 543 to around 816, while keeping relative shares largely unchanged.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy proposed 50:50 hybrid formula suggests allocating seats based on both population economic contribution.
@WorldPentathlon Watching the world cup for the first time. I must say kudos to the tram. The new format is pretty good. I remember how the old Olympic format was always pretty long. This is exciting and crisp. Already looking forward to the next WC. Love from India! 🤩
BJP looted 44 lakh crore rupees from taxes on petroleum.
They give three reasons for utilisation of this loot:
1. Repayment of Oil bonds
2. New roads were built
3. People are getting cash subsidies through DBT
All three reasons are misleading.
1. Oil Bonds repayments:
• Out of 44 lakh crore, only 3.3 lakh crore was the repayment.
• It is Just 7% of total tax on petroleum.
• For every ₹1 repaid, ₹13 was pocketed BY THE Modi government.
2. Roads were built
• NHAI debt in 2025 was ₹3.35 lakh crore, twice the oil bonds!
• The roads are being privatised and toll this year was nearly 73000 crore rupees.
• Roads were built on borrowed money, future tolls are pledged to repay loans and reward investors, and people continue to pay rising tolls to drive on those roads.
3. The money went to the poor
The subsidy bill has actually drastically fallen during Modi regime, since 2014.
• Total Subsidy share of budget: fell from 16.3% → 13.06%
• Petroleum subsidies: collapsed from 5.1% → 0.24%
• Fertilizer subsidy: reduced 9.6 % → 7.33%
• Housing subsidy is stagnant
• DBT didn’t expand welfare, it rebranded existing schemes and reduced the budgets
The Debt Trap
• the total debt goes up from 55 lakh crore rupees in 2014 to 218.63 lakh crore rupees in current financial year!
• India now pays ₹11 lakh crore/year in interest alone
• Every citizen carries ₹1.5 lakh in debt, not counting off-budget liabilities
I write for @NH_India ✍️
@INCIndia@kharge@RahulGandhi
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Broadcasters in India treat the Olympics like a festival, you show up, put on some face paint, cheer for 15 days, and then pack it all away in a box for four years.
@SonySportsNetwk@JioHotstar
🚨 SHANE WARNE - THE MASTERMIND. 🚨
📢 Shane Warne took a salary of just 9.35cr from Rajasthan Royals for playing for 4 seasons, but here’s the real twist:
⚠️ He demanded a 0.75% equity in RR every year till the time he plays for coming out of retirement!
❗️Warne played for 4 seasons and secured 3% equity in Rajasthan Royals.
💰Today, RR is sold for 15,301cr and his 3% becomes 460cr for his children. 🤯👏
✍️ 'Cricket is the world’s second most popular sport, yet it is a game in which the rules are adapted according to political expediency and flagrant commercial interests' | Writes @timwig
Read the full column below 👇
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Zimbabwe's journey in the #T20WorldCup2026 so far:
beat 🇸🇨 Seychelles by 76 runs
beat 🇲🇿 Mozambique by 9 wickets
beat 🇷🇼 Rwanda by 149 runs
beat 🇬🇲 Gambia by 290 runs
beat ��🇪 Kenya by 61 runs
beat 🇺🇬 Uganda by 5 wickets
beat 🇧🇼 Botswana by 170 runs
beat 🇹🇿 Tanzania by 113 runs
beat 🇰🇪 Kenya by 7 wickets (SF)
beat 🇳🇦 Namibia by 7 wickets (F)
beat 🇴🇲 Oman by 8 wickets
beat 🇦🇺 Australia by 23 runs
no result with ☘️ Ireland
beat 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
TBD vs 🏝️ West Indies
TBD vs 🇮🇳 India
TBD vs 🇿🇦 South Africa
#zimbabwe #icc #t20worldcup
Zimbabwe become the first team ever to go all the way from Sub-Regional Qualifying through Regional Finals and now the World Cup Group stage without losing a single game.
13 wins and 1 no result so far this World Cup cycle.
#SLvZIM
Not so fun fact, the organizers of the games were so unprepared for a Ukrainian to win gold that the ceremony was delayed for an hour.
They initially hung the Ukrainian flag upside down and realized they didn't even have a recording of the national anthem. After Ukrainian team refusing offers to play the russian or soviet anthem instead (!!!), a Ukrainian team official had to rush back to the Olympic Village to retrieve a recording found in the bag of fellow skater Liudmyla Mykhailovska for the Ukrainian anthem to be played.
@thesportsniche Biathlon delivers it's suprise always! W Individual is one of the most exciting events across the entire Olympics! Happy for Hristova, disappointed with Minkinen expected more from her