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Goemkarponn Desk: MARGAO: Dempo Sports Club clinched three points in the Group A after a 2-1 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in the 2nd edition of the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy on Tuesday. The GPL champions Sporting Clube drew first blood through Doyal Alves while the newly promoted II-League Dempo SC restored parity through Kapil Hoble before the break. Dempo SC capitalized on a goalkeeping error to gain the lead while the honors were done by Shubham Rawat who slotted one in to seal them the win. With both sides battling for a must-win the Golden Eagles were left…

New Delhi: Virat Kohli oversaw arguably India’s most dominant period in Test cricket. Kohli, alongside head coach Ravi Shastri, built an era where India’s pace attack thrived and grew into one of the best in the world. Not only that, India achieved historic series wins in Australia and drew a series in England. Kohli’s aggressive captaincy influenced many players who played under him. Leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who made his Test debut under Kohli, heaped praise on the former India skipper’s style of leadership. Karn, in fact, played his first and only Test in Kohli’s first-ever Test as captain, the first…

New Delhi: Hockey India named 18-member Indian Men’s Hockey Team for the prestigious Asian Champions Trophy scheduled to begin in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia in China from 8th September to 17th September 2024. The tournament will see Asia’s top hockey playing nations India, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Japan and hosts China vie for honours. The defending Champions India will be led by ace dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh and will be supported by experienced midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad as the Vice Captain. The team will feature Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Suraj Karkera as the goalkeepers while the defence will see Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas,…

Kolkata: Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant defeated Bengaluru FC 4-3 on penalties after the game finished 2-2 in the semi-final of the 133rd Durand Cup at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Tuesday. Bengaluru started the game on the front, determined to make an immediate impact with quick passing using intricate triangles. The Mariners initially looked out at sea but gained composure to steady their defensive ship. One-touch passes through left released Roshan Singh down the flank with two good deliveries somehow cleared by Subhaish Bose. The Mohun Bagan captain was the shortest of the defenders as…

New Delhi: Stressing that bail is the rule and jail exception, the Supreme Court today said any incriminating statement given by an accused to the investigating officer while in custody in a money laundering case will not be admissible as evidence. The court made the strong observation while granting bail to Prem Prakash, allegedly an aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, in a money laundering case. This comes a day after the Supreme Court granted the relief to Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, who was arrested in March in a money laundering case linked to Delhi’s now-scrapped liquor…

New Delhi: Airtel will soon shut down its Wynk Music app and partner with Apple to provide customers with music and video content. The telecommunications giant will provide exclusive offers for Apple TV+ and Apple Music to its customers in India later this year. “We can confirm that we will sunset Wynk Music and all Wynk Music employees will be absorbed within the Airtel ecosystem,” a spokesperson told news agency PTI soon after the company announced a strategic partnership with Apple. Users subscribed to Airtel’s music streaming service, Wynk Premium, will now gain access to special offers on Apple Music.…

KOLKATA: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued its 12-hour ‘Bengal Bandh’ over police action of Nabanna Abhijan protesters, the saffron party claimed that Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers hurled bombs and fired shots at its leader Priyangu Pandey’s car in the Bharpara area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Pandey alleged that bombs were hurled at his car and then six to seven rounds of firing were done. “Today I was going to our leader Arjun Singh’s residence. We moved some distance and the road was blocked by a jetting machine from Bhatpara Municipality. The moment our car…