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India are the hosts for the 2025 Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be played in September. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly begun exploring alternatives amid the rising non-clarity surrounding the 2025 Asia Cup. The continental tournament has been in limbo since the deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir, where innocent tourists lost their lives, which was followed by a military showdown between India and Pakistan. India are the hosts for the 2025 Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be played in September. It was pre-decided that Pakistan would not travel to India with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)…

Ravichandran Ashwin comes up with one of the best solutions to ensure Jasprit Bumrah has an injury-free tour of England. Ravichandran Ashwin may not be around to share his experience with the Indian team in England, but the former India off-spinner did spread his wisdom to his teammates all the way from Chennai. Ashwin, who announced his retirement from international cricket in December, issued a stern warning to the Indian team management, including decision-makers Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill, regarding Jasprit Bumrah, which, if ignored, can become catastrophic to India and their chances of winning the five-match series. Without Ashwin…

Novak Djokovic breaks silence on not being loved as much as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. For the first time in his illustrious career, 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic probably laid bare his emotions as he opened up about not being as loved as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. For the majority of his career, the Serbian has been involved in an intense rivalry with the two. The trio formed the ‘Big Three’ of tennis as they dominated Grand Slam after Grand Slam without letting anyone else enter the radar. Despite winning 24 Grand Slams and having a positive…

Gautam Gambhir’s mother’s condition is ‘still not clearly known’. However, the doctors at Gangaram Hospital have issued a positive update. India head coach Gautam Gambhir returned to India from England after his mother suffered a cardiac arrest. The former India opening batter had touched base in the UK last week to prepare for the upcoming five-match Test series against England. However, Gambhir, 43, landed in India on Wednesday after his mother was admitted to the Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi after suffering a heart attack. Gambhir’s mother’s condition is “still not known clearly.” However, doctors are encouraged by her condition,…

Following the strikes on Iran, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that Operation Rising Lion “will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat”. Israel on Friday launched a series of massive strikes against Iran, targeting its nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories, and military commanders. The Israeli strikes killed Iran’s top military officials, including the chief of staff of its armed forces, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, and Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s missile programme in Iran. Soon after the strikes on Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Gautam Gambhir’s mother is currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in Delhi after experiencing a cardiac arrest. Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has returned home midway from the England tour due to a family emergency. Gambhir took the flight back to India ahead of the intra-squad warm-up match to attend to his mother, who has been admitted to the hospital. The head coach accompanied the Indian team to England for the five-Test series starting June 20 and was involved in training sessions ahead of the warm-up matches, but a sudden family emergency forced…

Air India ordered to amp up safety checks on Boeing 787 fleet after Ahmedabad tragedy. In the wake of the AI-171 Ahmedabad plane crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday directed intensified safety inspections of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 fleet. The DGCA also cleared that there is no grounding yet of the Boeing 787 fleet. India’s aviation regulator directed Air India to perform checks on fuel parameter monitoring and associated system checks, in a development that comes in the aftermath of the fatal Ahmedabad plane crash that killed all, except one, people onboard on Thursday.…

Some parts where the plane debris had fallen are secured by police, while the rest of the area had turned into disaster tourism. Residents from across Ahmedabad thronged the Air India Dreamliner crash site at the BJ medical college hostel building in Meghani Nagar to click selfies and record videos on Friday, literally turning the location of India’s worst aviation accident in the last three decades into a ‘disaster tourism’ zone. Most wanted to click a photo of the tail of the Dreamliner still lodged in the hostel building, a grim reminder of the accident in which over 240 persons…

Netanyahu’s office said that since late Thursday he had held calls with the leaders of Germany, India and France, and is expected to speak later to Trump. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to PM Narendra Modi on Friday, along with other world leaders to brief on regional situation after Israel carried out strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear and military facilities, in an attempt to stop Tehran from going further with its nuke plans. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with several world leaders, his office said Friday, adding that more calls are planned with the US and Russian…

The Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), commonly referred to as the blackbox, was found on the rooftop of the building the plane crashed into. Black box of the Air India aircraft that crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday was recovered from the hostel building the plane plummeted into, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) confirmed on Friday. The Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), commonly referred to as the blackbox, was found on the rooftop of the building. The Ministry of Civil Aviation clarified that, contrary to circulating reports, a video recorder that had been recovered at the crash site was not…