Snehangshu Dutta from Chinsurah, Hooghly, beat over one million applicants to become an official FIFA World Cup 2026 volunteer in Dallas. It is the second consecutive World Cup with a direct Bengal connection.
As a child, I played a game called 'Saap Seeri' (Snakes and Ladders). It was a simple pursuit: except for an occasion or two - having not mastered the "art of throwing dice" - I climbed the ladders of progress only to be swallowed by a snake that pulled me back to the threshold.
Yet beneath the soaring television promos and breathless studio debates lies a far less dramatic reality.
The victory also confirmed India’s qualification for the Super Eights, while Pakistan slipped to third in the group behind USA on net run-rate.
Ravichandran Ashwin has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to revisit its international calendar, arguing that the increasing frequency…
Women's team goalkeeper Savita Punia and men's team captain Harmanpreet Singh were adjudged Players of the Year even as Hockey India awarded its Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award to the 1975 World Cup-winning team in its annual awards celebration ceremony here on Saturday.
Marcus Rashford has been recalled to the England squad as head coach Thomas Tuchel named his first squad as the Three Lions manager on Friday.
As the focus shifts to white-ball cricket, the two superstars of the format — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli — will hope to get back to beast mode in the three-match ODI series against England as India begin their final preparations for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, starting February 19.
Following the successful conclusion of the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday expressed the government’s desire to take traditional Indian sporting discipline to the world and said a collective effort would be required to get kho kho included in the Asian Games and the 2036 Olympics.
India skipper Niki Prasad said her team’s objective is to win the 2025 U19 Women’s T20 World Cup and successfully defend the title they won under Shafali Verma’s leadership in 2023.
