New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced the draw for the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 – Suhandinata Cup (Mixed Team Event), to be held at the National Centre of Excellence, Amingaon, Guwahati, from October 6 to 11. Second-seeded India will compete in Group H alongside Hong Kong China, Nepal, and Ghana.This prestigious global junior team event returns to India for the first time since 2008 and will feature 37 teams from across the world. The tournam…

Manchester, Aug 8 (IANS) Manchester United have announced the completion of the 50 million Pounds redevelopment of the men’s first-team building at the Carrington Training Complex, marking an important milestone in the club’s commitment to providing world-class facilities for its players and staff.The year-long project under the direction of renowned Mancunian architect Lord Norman Foster has successfully delivered a leading-edge, high-performance training environment designed to inspire col…

Birmingham, Aug 8 (IANS) Aston Villa have announced the signing of striker Evann Guessand from OGC Nice for a reported fee of 26 million pound plus 4.3 million in add-ons, rounding the fee to 30 million.Guessand came through the ranks at the French club and enjoyed a 2024/25 campaign where he scored 12 goals, helping Nice finish fourth in Ligue 1.The 24-year-old cited the Villa boss as a major factor in his decision to join the club, and is confident Emery will bring the best out of him and help…

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Saturday’s double-header on matchday 17 of the 134th Durand Cup could have a major say in the knockouts race with all the four teams slated for action fighting to take control of their groups and can potentially make it to the next round.In Kolkata, a mouth-watering Group B clash for group supremacy sees current B toppers Diamond Harbour FC take on the ISL champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan at 7:00 PM IST.Earlier at 4:00 PM IST in …

Leicester, Aug 8 (IANS) English Premier League side Leicester City have confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas for the permanent transfer of long-serving midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, subject to international clearance.The Nigerian midfielder joins Besiktas on a three-year contract with an option to extend by one more year. The Turkish side confirmed that both clubs reached an agreement over a sum of eight million Euros.Wilfred joined Leicester from Belgia…

Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Hockey Punjab was crowned as the champions of the 15th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2025 as they won the final of Division ‘A’ defeating Hockey Jharkhand 4-3 on Friday. The match between Hockey Jharkhand and Hockey Punjab was a closely contested final, with both teams fighting till the final whistle. Hockey Jharkhand started the second quarter strongly, scoring two back-to-back goals through Ashish Tani Purti (21′) and Anish Dungdung (24′). However,…

Memphis (USA), Aug 8 (IANS) Akshay Bhatia was on fire at TPC Southwind, carding a career-best 8-under 62 to take the outright lead after the opening round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs.The 23-year-old Bhatia, already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, delivered a stellar performance marked by seven birdies and an eagle against one bogey. He made the turn at 4-under, then picked up another birdie on the 11th before briefly slipping w…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s top jockey Suraj Narredu, a four-time winner of the Indian Derby, the country’s most prestigious horse race, is all set to once again take his skills to foreign shores when he captains Team Asia in the Shergar Cup in Dubai.The Narredu clan has been bringing laurels to the country in the horse racing realm since the 1980s. Inspired by his father Satish’s journey and uplifted by his uncle Malesh’s performance at Ascot sixteen years ago, Suraj Narredu, who has wo…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Less than a year after a much talked about reunion with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), veteran off-spinner Ravichandran is likely to enter the mini auction ahead of the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after parting ways with the five-time championship winning side.Sources tracking the development have confirmed to IANS on Friday that Ashwin is indeed moving on from CSK, a franchise who he represented from 2008-2015 and became a two-time IPL winner. “It’…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) will represent the country at the 2025 Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) Conference, Asian Awards, and General Assembly scheduled to be held from August 10 to 15 in Astana, Kazakhstan. PCI President Devendra Jhajharia and General Secretary Jaywant Hammanavar will be attending the event on behalf of India.This prestigious gathering will bring together representatives from 45 Asian National Paralympic Committees (NPC), along with athle…