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Topic: Asia Cup

‘Grovel’, ‘bauna’, ‘kaali taxi’—top 6 sports controversies of 2025

From Daniil Medvedev smashing his racquet and breaking a camera to Harbhajan Singh using a casually racist analogy for Jofra Archer, sports controversies dominated headlines.

Breaking from Asia Cup pattern, handshakes & high-fives at India-Pakistan hockey match in Malaysia

Internet is divided on the viral clip circulating from India vs Pakistan under-21 hockey match in Malaysia, where players from both sides are seen exchanging handshakes and high-fives.

BCCI rep walks out of ACC meeting. No clarity on when team India will receive trophy, medals

Naqvi is facing mounting backlash at home after Pakistan faced three humiliating losses against India in the Asia Cup. People are demanding that he step down from the post of ACC chief.

Taxpayers dropping like flies & Trump-man is the superhero the world doesn’t need

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Pakistani fan calls cricket team Baazigar. It lost Asia Cup final but got the trophy

In a tweet, one Pakistan cricket fan wrote that Haris Rauf will be promoted to Field Marshal for his Asia Cup final performance.

Asia Cup goes to Mar-a-Lago & vape hunters missed watching Animal

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Fans waiting since...

Why India refused to accept their 9th Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan minister Naqvi

Series with several references to Op Sindoor throughout ends without a trophy presentation. India Captain dedicates win to Pahalgam victims' families; PM says, 'Op Sindoor on the field'.

‘Get Abhishek Bachchan out early’—Shoaib Akhtar’s advice to Pakistan before Sunday final

The faux pas happened during the show 'Game On Hai'. Akhtar meant to warn the Pakistan team against letting Abhishek Sharma settle.

World’s greatest cricket rivalry is now an off-field battle between BCCI, PCB, and ICC

An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.