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Having debuted in the 2009 edition of the ICC Women's World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur had to endure numerous heartbreaks, including a narrow defeat in the 2017 final, before staking claim on the trophy. Here is a peek into her inspiring journey

Lamine Yamal scored early as Barcelona rebounded from its clasico defeat by beating Elche 3-1 at home to regain second place in the Spanish league on Sunday. Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford also scored for Barcelona, a week after it lost 2-1 at Real Madrid in the first clasico of the season. Barcelona is five points behind league leader Madrid, which routed Valencia 4-0 at home on Saturday. Barcelona entered the match in third place, one point behind Villarreal, which defeated Rayo Vallecano 4-0 on Saturday. Barcelona next faces Club Brugge on Wednesday in the league phase of the Champions League.

Pakistan had qualified for the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup 2025, to be hosted in Chennai and Madurai, and was placed in the same group as India

The Italian was the last man standing in the French capital on Sunday, following a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime at La Defense Arena

After securing second in the 2025 MotoGP™ World Championship standings with a runner-up finish in Saturday's sprint race, Álex Marquez raced to a dominant victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at a sweltering Sepang International Circuit, leading home fellow Spaniard Pedro Acosta. Second place behind Francesco Bagnaia in the Sprint on Saturday secured the Gresini Racing Ducati secured Márquez the points he needed to wrap-up second place in the Riders' Championship and register an historic family 1–2 behind brother Marc - the first in MotoGP™ history. With the pressure off, Márquez attacked early in the GP. Starting from second on the grid, he made a brilliant pass on early race leader Bagnaia on Lap 2 and was never challenged again as he pulled away to win from Acosta by 2.676

Here is your ready reckoner for the opening round of FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 being held in Panjim: schedule, pairings, format, prize money, Indians in action and broadcast information