Yashasvi Jaiswal's promising knock ended in him making 87 while captain Shubman Gill showed enormous patience to be unbeaten on 42 as India reached 182/3 in 53 overs at tea on day one of second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test against England at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

It was a session where old-fashioned attritional cricket took centrestage, as India made 84 runs in 28 overs. Though Jaiswal fell 13 runs short of his sixth Test hundred, Gill continued to hold fort in his unbeaten 109-ball knock laced with just three boundaries. With Rishabh Pant unbeaten on 14 off 28 balls, India will look to pile more runs, as another session of toil awaits England's bowlers.

The second session began with Gill and Jaiswal picking up singles whenever an opportunity came. While Jaiswal got a boundary by slicing over the slips, Gill got his boundaries off edges through gully twice, while being severely tested on playing around his front pad.

The Indian women’s football team produced another commanding performance in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers, dismantling Iraq 5-0 at the 700th Anniversary of Chiang Mai Stadium on Wednesday, July 2.

First-half goals from Sangita Basfore and Manisha set the tone before a dominant second half saw Karthika Angamuthu, Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi, and Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi add to the scoreline, taking India’s goal tally to an impressive 22 from three games, all without conceding a single goal.

India’s boxing contingent continued its impressive run at the World Boxing Cup – Astana 2025, with Minakshi (48kg) and Pooja Rani (80kg) delivering assured performances to guarantee the country two medals on Day 3 of the competition.

Minakshi was the first to make her mark, producing a dominant display against Guo Yi-Xuan of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals. The Indian pugilist showcased sharp footwork, precision punching, and superb ring awareness to seal a comprehensive 5:0 unanimous decision win.

Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his good run in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series by hitting an unbeaten 62 as India made 98/2 in 25 overs at lunch on day one of the second Test against England at a sunny Edgbaston on Wednesday.

It was a session of two halves for India after being pushed into batting first by England skipper Ben Stokes. A magnificent Chris Woakes took out KL Rahul, before Jaiswal passed a tough examination, including being 16 off 34 balls at one point, to notch up his 11th Test fifty and build a stand of 80 runs with Karun Nair for the second wicket.

Two clinical first half strikes from Serhou Guirassy helped Borussia Dortmund ease past a determined Monterrey outfit to book a quarter-final showdown with Real Madrid.

The German giants will face Real Madrid CF in the quarter-finals on July 5 at MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey.

The match began with heavy challenges by both teams as they signalled their intent for a physical encounter. Dortmund used their attacking firepower to take control.

The German side carried a 2-0 lead into the break thanks to the duo of Karim Adeyemi and Serhou Guirassy. Adeyemi played provider both times, the first goal being the result of some clever combination play at the top of the Monterrey penalty area.

In the 14th minute, Guirassy passed to Adeyemi, whose return ball into space allowed the striker to easily slot his strike inside the left post for a 1-0 lead.

Marcos Leonardo settled an instant classic to give Al Hilal 4-3 victory over Manchester City to reach FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday (IST).

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring just nine minutes. Al-Hilal responded with two goals in the first six minutes of the second half through Marcos Leonardo and Malcom before Erling Haaland quickly levelled.

Al-Hilal again took the lead early in extra time through Kalidou Koulibaly before Phil Foden’s 100th City goal pulled us level. However, it was Leonardo who proved the match winner late on for Al-Hilal.

Indian pair Vani Kapoor and Diksha Dagar had a fine finish in the Top-10 at the Amundi German Masters on the Ladies European Tour.

Vani, playing her third event of the season, was Tied-sixth and Diksha was T-8 as Singapore’s Shannon Tan won the title. Another Indian Avani Prashanth was T-26.

Vani rallied from a disappointing third round to shoot 2-under 71 in windy conditions in the fourth round on the North Course at Green Eagle Golf Courses in the final round of the 2025 Amundi German Masters. That helped her close at Tied-sixth and get her first Top-10 finish since October 2022, when she finished T-8 at her home event, the Women’s Indian Open.

Ayush Shetty clinched his maiden title on the BWF World Tour after he defeated Canada’s Brian Yang in the US Open, a BWF Super 300 badminton tournament, final here at the Mid-America Center on Monday (IST).

World Junior Championships 2023 bronze medallist Ayush registered a 21-18, 21-13 over World No. 33 Yang in 47-minute to cap off a stellar week with.

"Ayush Shetty clinches maiden BWF Super300 title, winning the US Open 2025! He dismantled Brian Yang in straight games 21-13, 21-18 with commanding flair right from start to the end. A breakthrough triumph that cements his arrival among badminton’s elite and marks the rise of a new Indian powerhouse," BAI posted on X.

China registered a determined 3-0 win against the Indian women's hockey team on Saturday in Berlin, pushing them to the brink of relegation from the FIH Hockey Pro League (Women) tournament.

It was a disappointing outing for India, who missed converting from the chances, including a penalty stroke in the fourth quarter when Deepika hit the post.

"We are giving away too many soft PCs," was Chief Coach Harendra Singh's half-time analysis. From only six chances in the circle for China, they scored thrice with goals from Yang Chen (21'), and Ying Zhang (26') - both these goals from PC, while Anhui Yu (45') scored a field goal.

India’s left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed has signed a deal with Essex to play County Championship and One-Day Cup games until the end of the 2025 season. Ahmed, 27, has been in England since the end of May as a member of the India A squad facing England Lions in red-ball games.

He dismissed James Rew, George Hill, Chris Woakes, and Jordan Cox, his teammate at Essex, in the first game at Northampton. Ahmed has played eleven ODIs and eighteen T20Is for India since 2018 and has picked 15 and 16 scalps in both respective formats