The coach of the Under-19 cricket team in Pondicherry was brutally beaten up in the Cricket Association of Pondicherry grounds in the field of the cricket association of Pondicherry. The three local cricketers have been accused of not being in the Saita Mushtaq Ali Trophy team and the police have launched a case against three people and started a campaign to catch them.

Police said that after Monday afternoon, coach Venkataraman was watching the practice in the net session. The three cricketers named Kartikatan, Aurobindoraj and Santosh Kumaran started to squeeze him in the gita team. Allegedly, suddenly they started hitting the coach with a cricket bat and after hitting the coach several times, he quickly started to hit the coach with a cricket bat and hit him several times.

‘The attack was planned and very dangerous,’ a senior police officer told NDTV, ‘The three are still absconding. The operation is underway to nab them.’

Coach Venkataraman was seriously injured, with a fracture in his shoulder and ribs, a deep wound on his forehead and 20 stitches, said police, who are undergoing treatment, said the investigation officials said that the CCTV cameras were not working in the field.

The incident has sparked a rift in the local cricket community, officials say, adding that such attacks are highlighting the dangerous aspects of the pressure, disappointment and breaking of discipline of the young cricketers, the cricket association has learned that they will take action after the police investigation is over.

He is the fifth bowler in the world of cricket to take 100 wickets in all three formats in the international career, and he is the first Indian bowler to take it.

Bumrah has a record of taking a minimum 100 wickets in all three formats of international cricket before Bumrah – Sri Lanka’s former star Lasith Malinga, New Zealand’s team Southee, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Pakistan’s Shahin Shah Afridi have been added to the elite list, including 22220 wickets in a total of 222 matches in all three formats.

India got into trouble at the beginning of the innings against South Africa in the first game of the five-match T20 series yesterday; Hardik Pandit scored a challenging score of 175 runs in 28 balls with a maximum of 59 runs in 28 balls.

The target of 176 runs off 120 balls is the lowest score in the T-TOTTs short format of 74. India has used 6 bowlers to take at least one wicket each.

Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Bharun Chakraborty and Akshay Patel have taken the highest two wickets for India. In this match, Bumrah was the only one to reach the 100th wicket milestone of the international T-Too, and he achieved that feat as a second Indian bowler after Arshdeep.

Bumrah's 101 wickets in 81 T-Toos, 101 wickets in 69 matches, 18.37 in 18.37.

On this day, Pandita recorded 100 sixes in the international T-Tourti as the fourth Indian cricketer. Before that, Rohit Sharma (205), Suryakumar Yadav (155) and Virat Kohli (124). Bharti Another star Lokesh Rahul is already on the way to touch the myft plaque with 99 sixes.

Real Madrid's relationship with Spanish champions Barcelona is in tatters. But not only that, but Barca's relationship with city rivals Espanyol is also bitter. Barca is looking to sign Espanyol's young goalkeeper Juan Garcia, who is also the best in Spain!

A deal has even been agreed with Garcia. Under the deal, Barca are signing him for €25 million, which could rise to €30 million if he is called up to the Spanish national team.

The 24-year-old has been in excellent form this season in La Liga, making the most saves in Spain with 138. He is also among the best in Europe, making him the second-most 'interventions' goalkeeper in Europe, behind only Brentford's Mark Flecken.

Barca said: "We have made this decision considering the present and the future. We need a change in goalkeeping, and Garcia can be our place of hope."

Marc-Andre ter Stegen's fitness has been in doubt for the past few seasons after undergoing three knee operations. Meanwhile, it is still uncertain whether Poland's Cech Szczesny will stay with Barca. In this situation, Barcelona were looking for a new hope for the future, and they found it in Garcia.

On the other hand, Espanyol were in financial trouble and needed to sell a player worth at least 15 million euros before June 30. This pressure forced them to make a quick decision. Although Arsenal had an offer of 20 million euros, the club leaned towards that as Garcia himself expressed his interest in joining Barca.

Barcelona are now considering a season-long loan deal to secure Garcia's playing time. Real Betis and Valencia have already shown interest. But Garcia himself wants to play at the top level now. "I want to play at a club where I can improve. Barcelona is the place to be," he said.

'Bond, James Bond.'

Ian Fleming's timeless dialogues for his timeless character. Several actors have played the role of this world-famous British Secret Service agent on screen. But the gentleman we'll talk about today is a little different from the rest.

Perhaps the most famous line in the history of cinema was first uttered by him. Standing 6ft 2in tall and of Scottish descent, James Bond fans will already recognize the gentleman.

For those who don't know, know a little more: he won the most prestigious award in film, the Oscar, in 1987, for his performance in the film The Untouchables. According to a survey by People magazine, he was named the sexiest man of the century even at the age of 69!

Before he passed away in 2020 at the age of 90, in addition to seven James Bond films, he gave many box office hits like The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Russian House (1990), The Rock (1996) and Entrapment (1999). Surely the gentleman's face has come to mind by now? Sean Connery.

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg once said, 'There have only been seven superstar actors in the history of the world. Sean Connery is one of them.' After these words, there is nothing more to say about Connery. But then why suddenly make a story about him! That means something.

A few days ago, he won the Football Writers' Association (PFA) Footballer of the Year award. This time, Mohamed Salah also received the title of Premier League Player of the Year. Today, the Premier League authorities announced Salah as the best player for the 2024-25 season.

Salah has won the Premier League Player of the Year award for the second time in his career. He previously won the award in the 2017-18 season. Salah also broke Manchester City's dominance by winning the award for the second time. City players were named Player of the Year for five consecutive seasons from 2020 to 2024.

The Premier League website said Salah was voted Player of the Year by a panel of experts, as well as ordinary football fans. Salah was up against Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenburch, Morgan Gibbs-White, Alexander Isak, Brian Mbuemo, Declan Rice and Chris Wood.

Although it is not known how many votes were received, Salah is expected to be ahead of the others by a large margin. The 32-year-old forward has scored 28 goals and assisted 18 more for Liverpool in the current season. No one has contributed to 46 goals in 38 league games before.

Liverpool will play their final game of the season against Crystal Palace tomorrow. If Salah can contribute two goals in this match, he will break the record for the most goals in a single season in Premier League history. Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole were involved in 47 goals each in the Premier League season, with 42 matches.

Salah is also on course to win the Golden Boot and Playmaker of the Year awards in this season's Premier League. He is five goals ahead of Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, who is the second highest scorer, and six ahead of John Murphy, who has the second highest assist.

If Isak and Murphy fail to close the gap by 5 and 6 goals in the final match of the season, Salah will become the first player in Premier League history to win the Golden Boot, Playmaker of the Year and Player of the Year awards in the same season.

The Ballon d'Or has been a hot topic of discussion this year. A month before the award was announced, European media outlets reported that Vinicius Junior would be the winner.

Real Madrid had also completed preparations to celebrate their player's Ballon d'Or win. But the whole scene changed a few hours before the award was announced.

Real Madrid also cancelled their trip to Paris after news of Rodri's Ballon d'Or win emerged.

However, in the meantime, British media outlet The Guardian has given Real another disappointing news. Like the Ballon d'Or, they have also chosen Rodrigo as the best footballer of the year.

The Guardian's selection process for the best player of the year was made up of 23 former footballers from different countries, including legendary Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci, Germany's World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm and Brazil's World Cup-winning star Bebeto.

Among the coaches in the selection process were Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk, Iceland's Afturelding club coach Magnus Mar Einarsson, and Brazil's 2018 and 2022 World Cup assistant coach Kleber Javier. In addition, more than a hundred journalists from different countries also gave their opinions on the player selection.

In the player selection, the number one player in each judge's order of preference received 40 points and the second-choice player received 39 points. Thus, the number 40 player received 1 point. Then, all the votes were added together to determine a score.

In this voting, Rodri received 7495 points, while Rodri received 7427 points. That is, Rodri won by 68 points in the end. Of those who voted, 92 chose Rodri as the best player. And 72 people chose Vinicius as their first choice.

Although the top two are the same as in the Ballon d'Or, there have been some changes in the subsequent places. Jude Bellingham came third in the Ballon d'Or. He has dropped to number five in the Guardian's list. And Holland, who was fifth in the Ballon d'Or, is number three in the Guardian.

The fourth day of the first South Africa-Pakistan match begins today in Centurion with a glimpse of a thrilling ending.

Those who went to watch the game at SuperSport Park today were not disappointed. Those who watched the game on television were not disappointed either. What a thrilling battle the two teams presented!

South Africa had the last laugh after that tense match. Batting for a target of 148 runs, the Proteas lost 8 wickets for 99 runs. After three years, pacer Mohammad Abbas, who was included in the Pakistan Test team, started giving Pakistan dreams of a great victory by taking 6 wickets. But Kagiso Rabada, along with Marco Janssen, took away that dream from the Pakistanis.

South Africa celebrated their 'world title' when the third ball of Abbas' 40th over was bowled out of bounds by Marco Jansen at point. The team came a step closer to winning the match they had almost lost. With this two-wicket win, South Africa became the first team to qualify for the final of the third round of the World Test Championship.

When Jansen took the last four wickets to win the match, he was unbeaten on 16 runs. Rabada's partnership of 50 runs for the ninth wicket was 31 runs off 26 balls.

South Africa started the day at 27 for 3. The team's mainstay was Aiden Markram. He had scored 22 of South Africa's 27 runs the previous day. That same Markram, along with captain Temba Bavuma, safely made it through the first hour of the day. The Proteas went into the drinks break at 62 for 3.