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What’s planned for today?
recovery from that Semi-finals, eh? Australia and South Africa will meet in the other semi-final today to decide who will challenge India in the ICC Cricket World Cup final on November 19.
The Indian team aims to win the World Cup and the Indian team aims to qualify for the World Cup. Today at 10 pm, the Indian men’s national football team will play against Kuwait in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Kuwait City. The group also includes Qatar and Afghanistan, so Igor Stimac’s side have no room for error as they aim for a top two finish in the group. Aaditya Nagayan is here to give you a detailed preview and also guide you through the live coverage of the game.
Badminton will also be on the minds of Indian sports fans as HS Prannoy takes on Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen in the second round of the Japan Masters today (scheduled for 11:50 am). Prannoy, who played three consecutive matches, narrowly defeated Lee Chok Yu (Hong Kong) 22-20, 19-21, 21-17 in the first round and regained his usual form.
It’s a day in racket sports as Saurav Ghosal and Ramit Tandon shine in the quarter-finals of the Vitagen Singapore Squash Open, although the Indians face some tough battles. Ghosal will face world No. 3 Mostafa Assal of Egypt (2:30 p.m.), while Tandon will face former world No. 3 Mostafa Assal. 1 Diego Elias of Peru (5:45 p.m.).
Rohan Bopanna also won yesterday’s ATP Tour Finals, becoming the oldest player in history and continuing to break age records this year after becoming the oldest ATP Masters 1000 champion (he won the doubles title at Indian Wells). continued. Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden will be in action tomorrow.
Elsewhere, Anirban Lahiri is competing in the Indonesia Masters Golf Tournament, aiming to end a long title drought dating back to 2015. Rashid Khan, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Karandeep Kochar, SSP Chaurasia, Shiv Kapoor, S Chikkarangappa, Honeybaisoya and Yashath Chandra are also Indians in the fray.
What happened yesterday?
You can access a detailed version of yesterday’s events here. However, the cliff note is:
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India eased into the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup finals on the back of great performances from Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami.
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HS Prannoy remains the only Indian at the Japan Masters after Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat lost in the first round.
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Rohan Bopanna and Australian partner Matthew Ebden got back to winning ways at the ATP World Tour Finals.
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The legendary Arsene Wenger will establish the AIFF-FIFA Academy on November 21st.