Maharashtra

Prithvi Shaw

Arshin Kulkarni

Ankit Bawne (C)

Siddhesh Veer

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ramakrishna Ghosh

Nikhil Naik (W)

Vicky Ostwal

Jalaj Saxena

Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Pradeep Dadhe

Punjab

Abhishek Sharma (C)

Prabhsimran Singh (W)

Anmolpreet Singh

Salil Arora

Naman Dhir

Ramandeep Singh

Krish Bhagat

Sukhdeep Bajwa

Gurnoor Brar

Harpreet Brar

Raghu Sharma

Abhishek Sharma

Arshdeep Singh

Gaurav Chaudhary

Gurnoor Singh Brar

Harnoor Singh Pannu

Jashanpreet Singh Sidhu

Mayank Markande

Prabhsimran Singh

Raghu Shivam Om Gauri Dutt Sharma

Sanvir Singh

Shubman Singh Gill

Sukhdeep Singh Bajwa

Sumit Sharma

Uday Pratap Saharan

Ankit Ramdas Bawne

Arshin Atul Kulkarni

Harshal Ajay Kate

Hitesh Walunj

Jalaj Sahai Saxena

Mandar Bhandari

Mukesh Choudhary

Nikhil Shankar Naik

Pradeep Changdev Dadhe

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Rajneesh Naresh Gurbani

Rajvardhan S Hangargekar

Ramakrishna Shekhar Ghosh

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Sachin Sanjay Dhas

Satyajeet Sunil Bachhav

Saurabh Shivaji Nawale

Siddharth Sanjeevkumar Mhatre

Siddhesh Ashok Veer

Vicky Kanhaiya Ostwal

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WPL 2026

The three matches of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 will likely to be played in closed doors at the DY Patil Stadium because of municipal corporation elections in Navi Mumbai on January 15. Local police have told the BCCI that they will not be able to provide enough security for the Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz match scheduled on election day.


Three WPL 2026 matches will likely to be played without spectators.

WPL 2026 matches will likely to be played without spectators due to local elections.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana with WPL Trophy 

Explained: Why some of WPL 2026 matches likely to be played without spectators

Mumbai Indians (MI) notched up a commanding 50-run win over Delhi Capitals in their second Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 clash on January 10

Mumbai Indians thrashed Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

DC failed to chase down the 196-run target and were bundled out for mere 145

Mumbai Indians' Nat Sciver-Brunt (R) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur celebrate with each other in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: Harmanpreet-Sciver Brunt combine to hand MI 50-run win over DC

Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Devine combined to hand Gujarat Giants (GG) a 10-run win over UP Warriorz (UPW) in their Women's Premier League 2026 clash 

Gujarat Giants beat UP Warriorz by 10 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Devine remained the architects of Giants' victory

Gujarat Giants' Ashleigh Gardner (R) and Sophie Devine in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: Gardner-Devine's all-round show helps GG edge UPW by 10 runs 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Malolan Rangarajan confirmed that India all‑rounder Pooja Vastrakar will miss at least two weeks of Women’s Premier League (WPL) matches due to a hamstring injury.

RCB defeated MI by three wickets in WPL 2026 opener.

Pooja Vastrakar set to miss two weeks of WPL 2026.

Pooja Vastrakar of India prepares to bowl during game two of the ODI series between India and South Africa at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 19, 2024 in Bengaluru, India.

RCB shares worrisome update on Pooja Vastrakar’s WPL 2026 comeback

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her side fell short in the final over of their three-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the WPL 2026 opener, saying they failed to bowl even one good delivery under pressure.

RCB defeated Mumbai Indians by three wickets. 

Nadine de Klerk picked up four wickets against MI in WPL 2026 opener.

Mumbai Indians' Amelia Kerr (L) speaks with her captain Harmanpreet Kaur during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 

Harmanpreet Kaur indirectly blames Nat Sciver-Brunt after MI’s defeat vs RCB

Football

Diego Simeone has apologised to Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr and president Florentino Perez over the Supercopa clash. Here is what the Atletico Madrid manager has said. 

Real Madrid winger and Simeone were captured clashing on the touchline when Vinicius was substituted

Real Madrid were defeated by their arch-rivals, FC Barcelona, with a score of 2-3, to lose the Supercopa title

Diego Simeone apologises to Madrid star Vinicius & president Perez over Supercopa drama

Diego Simeone, Vinicius Jr, Florentino Perez

Simeone apologises to Vinicius and Perez over Supercopa drama

T20 World Cup 2026

The International Cricket Council has clarified that Bangladesh can safely play its matches in India during the 2026 T20 World Cup. Independent security assessments by international experts have rated the overall risk as low to moderate, with no specific threat to the team, officials, or venues in Kolkata and Mumbai.


Bangladesh will play their three T20 World Cup matches in India.

Bangladesh will start their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against West Indies.

India captain Suryakumar Yadav vs Bangladesh and T20 World Cup

ICC refutes Bangladesh's ‘security risk’ claim in India for T20 World Cup 2026

Tennis

A look at the top tennis players’ ATP and WTA rankings in Men's and Women's ahead of the Australian Open.

The top-ranked players enter the tournament automatically at the main draw stage

 The 104-ranked players will directly go into the singles draws alongside eight wildcard entries and 16 qualifiers

Top seeded players at Australian Open 2026

Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz

Top ATP and WTA tennis player rankings ahead of Australian Open 2026

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The rules explain how sportspersons of outstanding merit (SOMs) will be included, how the General Body and Executive Committee of National Sports Bodies will be formed, and how elections will be conducted.

These rules set out how national sports organisations in the country will be run and regulated.

The rules explain how sportspersons of outstanding merit (SOMs) will be included.

National Sports Policy (Representative image)

New sports Governance rules aim to reform national sports bodies

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

Saurashtra skipper Harvik Desai produced a composed unbeaten hundred to steer his side into the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-finals after a rain-affected 17-run victory over Uttar Pradesh in Bengaluru. The result was decided by VJD method after rain played the spoilsport.


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