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The inaugural Indian Athletics Awards in New Delhi celebrated the best of Indian track and field, with javelin star Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary winning the Best Male and Female Athletes of the Year 2025 awards. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) also honoured emerging talents Shahnawaz Khan and Pooja, while legends such as P.T. Usha, Anju Bobby George, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa and Bahadur Singh Chauhan received Lifetime Achievement Awards. The ceremony recognised excellence across 10 categories, honouring athletes, coaches, officials and organisations for their contribution to the growth of Indian athletics.
India hammered Afghanistan by 9 wickets and 188 balls to spare to whitewash Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on Saturday (June 20). After being put in to bat first, Prasidh Krishna rattled Afghanistan's top order with early wickets and left them reeling at 36/4. Afghan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi stabilized Afghanistan's innings with a valiant ton and took the Afghan Atalans to a respectable 218 runs in the first innings. In reply, Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a majestic 110 not out off just 86 balls and forged a scintillating 170-run opening stand with veteran Rohit Sharma (79). Both Indian openers made short work of the chase and guided India home in a dominating manner to close the series with a bang.
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Australia's Alex de Minaur was stunned in the quarter-finals by Brandon Nakashima as he awaits the winner of the other quarter-final match between Francisco Cerundolo and Arthur Fery. De Minaur lost 5-7, 3-6 to the American qualifier. The 2026 Queen's Club Championships, is a professional tennis tournament set to occur on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom. This will mark the 123rd edition of the event for men and the 83rd for women. The women's competition is designated as a WTA 500 tournament within the 2026 WTA Tour and is scheduled to run from June 8 to June 14.
All-rounder Matt Renshaw and Australian Bowlers came to the party to lead Australia to a seven-run victory over Bangladesh on Friday in the second game of their three-match T20 series. The visitors lead the three-match T20I series 2-0. Leg-spinner Nikhil Chaudhary, the first India-born male cricketer to represent Australia in 60 years, went wicketless. Renshaw hit a magnificent unbeaten 89 and also took a wicket as the Aussies restricted the home team to 189/6 in 20 overs after amassing 196. Bangladesh was led by Tawhid Hriody after Litton Das was ruled out because of a calf injury he sustained during the third ODI.
Jalen Brunson held up the golden NBA championship trophy for a forest of outstretched hands to touch as fans celebrated the New York Knicks’ first title in 53 years with a booming parade through Manhattan’s skyscraper-flanked “Canyon of Heroes.” “Damn, New York, we really did it,” Brunson, the finals MVP, said at a celebration at City Hall. “Somehow, someway, I knew we were going to find a way to get this done.” Moments later, Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented keys to the city to the Knicks’ players, coaches, owners and staff. Wearing a team jersey under his suit jacket, Mamdani said he and other fans “waited because we knew deep down in our sick, suffering hearts” the Knicks would someday win.
Henry Nicholls, recalled by New Zealand to replace retired great Kane Williamson, smacked an unbeaten century against England to help boost their lead to a formidable 352 on day three Friday of The Oval test. New Zealand was 252-3 in its second innings at stumps, effectively 352-3 after earning a hefty 100-run first innings lead by dismissing England for 291 on the stroke of lunch. Nicholls reached stumps on 119 and featured on a blue-sky day with Rachin Ravindra, out for 76. They first steadied the innings, rebuilt it, then flayed England after tea. Their partnership of 161 from 201 balls is New Zealand’s highest ever at The Oval.
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