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Cricket-South Africa skittle Afghanistan to reach first T20 World Cup final

(Reuters) -Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi took three wickets apiece as South Africa skittled Afghanistan for 56 on their way to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 World Cup

Soccer-Rondon sends Venezuela into Copa quarters with win over Mexico

INGLEWOOD, California (Reuters) - Salomon Rondon struck a second-half penalty to send Venezuela into the Copa America quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Mexico in Group B, a result that

South Africa banish semifinal jinx with 9-wicket win over Afghanistan, enter maiden T20 WC final

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 27 (PTI) South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an...

South Africa qualify for maiden T20 World Cup final with 9-wicket win over Afghanistan

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 27 (PTI) A clinical South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over...

Olympics-Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah withdraws from national trials, will miss Paris Games

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five-times Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah has withdrawn from the Jamaican national championships and will be unable to defend her sprint titles at the Paris

Soccer-Ecuador beat Jamaica to keep Copa America’s hopes alive

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) - Ecuador kept their hopes of qualifying for the Copa America quarter-finals alive with a 3-1 win over Jamaica in Las Vegas on Wednesday that left the 'Reggae Boyz' on the

Soccer-Ukrainians keen for a wartime success lament Euro elimination

By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey and Anna Voitenko (Reuters) - Ukraine's national soccer team and its fans, hungry for success at Euro 2024 after more than two years of grinding war against Russia, lamented

Soccer-Turkey coach hails extraordinary Calhanoglu’s world class finishing

HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella lauded captain Hakan Calhanoglu as the complete player after a rocket of a goal helped his side beat the Czech Republic 2-1 on Wednesday,

Paralympics-Para climbing officially added to LA28 program

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Para climbing will make its Paralympic debut at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 after being approved by the International Paralympic Committee on Wednesday as the

Soccer-When you’re a small team, you have nothing to lose, Sagnol says of Georgia

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Georgia arrived at Euro 2024 with no expectations, manager Willy Sagnol said, having already celebrated what they thought would be their biggest achievement in just

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Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?