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NEW DELHI: For Anaya Bangar, the prospect of returning to competitive cricket is about much more than stepping back onto a field. It represents the culmination of a lonely and emotionally difficult journey that began when she started her transition in 2022.Now on the cusp of reclaiming her cricketing life, the 25-year-old trans athlete says…
At 23, Vijay Pratap Singh made a decision that could have looked risky to many: he walked away from a career in banking to build a life around the mountains he had grown to love. What began as a personal passion eventually became AdvenThrill, an adventure travel company that organises trekking and outdoor experiences across…
Marizanne Kapp and Anaya Bangar NEW DELHI: South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp has strongly criticised Cricket Australia’s decision to offer transgender cricketer Anaya Bangar a pathway back into competitive women’s cricket, calling the development “absolutely ridiculous” and saying it “should not be allowed”.Kapp’s reaction came after Australian media reported that Cricket Australia (CA) had cleared…
Kurumi Otake was a general goods retailer, who returned to Aeon Mall Kumamoto on July 28. A 22-year-old store employee in Japan died in an explosion at a shopping mall after she had already escaped the building following a powerful earthquake. Her employer later admitted that she and another employee had been asked to go…
Harmanpreet Kaur leads out the team during game two of the Women’s One Day International series between Australia and India at Bellerive Oval on February 27, 2026 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo/Getty Images) India have won seven of the nine Women’s Asia Cup editions played so far, across ODI and T20I formats, making them the most…
Dey’s victory marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. When Asmita Dey stood on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow, there was one person she kept thinking about. Her father, Arjun Dey, was not there to see the moment. Her father had passed away seven months earlier after suffering a brain stroke.On Friday,…
The All India cricket team on England tour, 1936. (left-right): Baqa Jilani, Lala Armanath, Syed Mohammad Hussain, Mushtaq Ali, Cotar Ramaswami, Khershed Meherhomji. Seated: Phiroze Edulji Palia, Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram, Mohammad Nissar, Vijay Merchant. (Photo/Getty Images) Only 13 cricketers in the history of Test cricket have made their debuts after turning…
What began as a celebration of Raksha Bandhan has grown into an emotional initiative that brings together more than 20,000 women from across Uttar Pradesh every year.Every year, these women, many from underprivileged communities, come together to tie Rakhis to Dr Umesh Gautam, Mayor of Bareilly and Chancellor of Invertis University in a celebration hosted…
One of the most confusing things about relationships is watching someone become distant when you know there is something between you. The conversations were easy, the chemistry felt real, and there seemed to be genuine interest. Then, suddenly, they start replying differently. Plans become less frequent. The warmth you were used to is replaced by…
Surrey groundsman who clashed with Gautam Gambhir Surrey groundsman Lee Fortis, who made headlines last year after a heated confrontation with India head coach Gautam Gambhir at The Oval, has been placed on leave following a separate altercation with an ECB employee.Fortis was involved in a heated exchange with the employee while preparations were under…
He spent 12 years at Wipro, eventually working as a lead architect. When Shashi Kumar left his technology career in the US and returned to India to work on farming, his father did not speak to him for eight years. Kumar had grown up in a farming family in Tiptur, Karnataka, watching his father work…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha plays a shot during day five of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: 1139 minutes, 722 balls, 420 runs and three hundreds. Over the last two weeks, Sonal Dinusha accumulated staggering numbers, but the time…
