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Little League World Series, a significant event for young baseball players worldwide, is set to take place from August 16 to 27 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It will feature 10 U.S. regional champions and 10 international regional winners, totaling 20 teams. The series consists of 38 games scheduled over a 12-day period, concluding with the championship game on August 27. Viewers can watch the games live on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC. The tournament will run every day from August 16 to 27, except August 25, which is a designated off-day for the teams. Streaming options include Sling TV via subscription and FuboTV with a free trial. Additionally, games can be accessed on ESPN+ but require a cable login.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For most of 2025, Lakshya Sen was trying to put the jagged pieces of the puzzle in place. There were times when he was lacking physically, others when he struggled mentally.

PV Sindhu and the celebrated doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to toil to advance to the second round of the USD 950,000 India Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday, as home shuttlers experienced a mixed day. After missing the season-opening Malaysia Open Super 1000 due to her wedding in December, Sindhu looked a bit rusty but managed to battle through a 21-14, 22-20 victory over world No. 24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei.

Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu conceded a defeat in the final match of the Malaysia Masters competition against China's Wang Zhiyi on Sunday. The Indian shuttler lost to her Chinese opponent 21-16, 5-21, and 16-21 in the final match of the women's singles. Sindhu started the final game on a good note and dominated the first set as she won it by 21-16. In the second set, the Chinese made a comeback in the game and didn't give Sindhu a chance to clinch points. Zhiyi won the second set by 5-21. In the final set, Zhiyi had the last laugh of the game as she beat Sindhu by 16-21.

French Open badminton crown for the second time with a dominating straight game win over Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the men's doubles final here on Sunday. The world No. 1 Indian pair had finished runners-up in the French Open in 2019 before winning the title in 2022. On Sunday, the Asian Games champions outwitted Lee and Yang 21-11 21-17 in 37 minutes to regain the Super 750 tournament title and also win their first crown of the season after reaching the summit clash for the third time in 2023. The Indian duo had finished second best at Malaysia Super 1000, India Super 750 this year, while signing off as runners-up at China Masters Super 750 as well last year.

Olympic medal hopes from badminton have always been resting on the shoulders of its women players. They were, expectedly, realised too. Saina Nehwal brought home the first one in 2012 and Sindhu two, in 2016 and 2020 respectively.

HS Prannoy is enjoying the best phase of his career and would be one of the dark horses at the Paris Olympics, reckons Denmark's head coach Kenneth Jonassen. Prannoy had a phenomenal season in 2023, winning a maiden bronze medal at the Asian Games and World Championships, and also sealed his first super 500 title at the Malaysia Masters besides finishing runner-up at Australia Open. Jonassen, who has coached the likes of world no.

Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan, with 11 crossing a sensitive median line separating the self-ruled island from China, Taipei's defence ministry said Thursday, the first significant show of force since the weekend's presidential election. The ministry, which releases data daily on the Chinese military presence around Taiwan, said Thursday that 24 warplanes and 5 ships had been detected in the 24 hours leading up to 6 am (2200 GMT). «11 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entered Taiwan's southwest and north (air defence identification zone),» the ministry said in a statement.

Dhiraj Bommadevara clinched India's first Paris Olympics quota in archery when bagged a silver at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament here on Saturday. After his senior colleague Tarundeep Rai's last-eight exit, Bommadevara was the lone Indian in fray and the 22-year-old did not disappoint, cruising into the final with two straight-set wins.

Also Read: Asian Games 2023 LIVE Updates: India win gold in Kabaddi, archers shine with 3 medals; Total tally touches 100 As the Indian women's kabaddi team secured a gold medal in the final against Chinese Taipei last Saturday, India achieved its target of surpassing 100 medals in the multi-sport event. Prime Minister Modi announced through his social media post that he plans to host the Indian delegation from the Asian Games on October 10.

Narendra Modi, on Saturday, hailed India's 'momentous achievement' as the nation scripted history by winning a record-breaking tally of 100 medals at the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou, China. The Indian contingent, with their exceptional determination, made a significant leap from their previous record of 70 medals in the 2018 edition of the games.

Asian Games 2023: On Day 13 of the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, India clinched the bronze medal in the women's recurve archery event by defeating Vietnam with a score of 6-2. In the women's kabaddi semifinal on Day 13 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, India secured an impressive victory against Nepal, dominating with a final score of 61-17.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: On the 13th day, team India will face Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the Cricket men's tournament at the 2023 Asian Games this Friday.Following the gold medal victory by Harmanpreet Kaur and her team, the responsibility now rests on the shoulders of opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and the men's team to aim for India's second gold medal in cricket at the Asiad.A win against Bangladesh would guarantee India a silver medal in men's cricket. Day 13 of the Asiad will commence with India's recurve teams participating in the knockout rounds of the men's and women's tournaments in Hangzhou.Following their successful podium placements in men's badminton, athletes HS Prannoy, Chirag Shetty, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have the opportunity to elevate their medals to silver if they can secure wins in the semi-finals.In the afternoon session, India, the seven-time champions, will face their arch-rivals Pakistan in an eagerly anticipated semi-final clash in the men's kabaddi competition at the Asian Games.India secured a spot in the semi-finals by defeating Chinese Taipei 50-27 and then claimed the top spot in Group A with a convincing 56-28 victory over Japan.

archery compound men’s team featuring Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar defeated Korea by a score of 235-230 and clinched another gold in the ongoing Asian Games. With this India marked a hattrick of gold medals on Thursday. Congratulating the team, the Sports Authority of India said, “Hattrick for the day.

Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase but they were left chasing the shadow of Bahrain's Yavi Winfred Mutile, who set an Asian Games record on way to defending her title here on Monday. Parul clocked 9:27.63 seconds, which was more than nine seconds behind the Bahrain runner who took the top podium finish in 9:18.28, a new Games record.

Bopanna stayed solid with his big serves as India came back from a set down to win the tennis mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games, here Saturday. The second-seeded Indian team rallied to win the title clash 2-6 6-3 10-4 against Chinese Taipei's combo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang.

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni settled for the men's doubles silver medal at the Asian Games after being edged by Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Jason Jung but India's hopes of winning a gold from the tennis courts is still alive with the mixed team reaching the title clash, here on Friday. The duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale outplayed the Chinese Taipei combine of Chan Hao-ching and Yu-Hsiou Hsu 6-1 6-3 in the mixed double semifinal. In the men's doubles event, the Taipei team was unseeded but both Hsu (182) and Jung (231) were better-ranked singles players and it showed in their ground strokes and the way they went about their business in a 6-4 6-4 victory against the second-seeded Indians in the title clash.

Tulika Maan missed out of a chance to win a medal after going down to Mongolia's Amaraikhan Adiyasuren in the bronze-medal play-off of the women's +78kg event at Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 25-year-old from Delhi, a silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, lost to Adiyasuren 0-10 by ippon at Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium here. Earlier, Tulika knocked out Macao's Qing Lam Lai 10-0 in just 15 seconds with an ippon.

Asian Games in China's Hangzhou. Japan won the tie by winning straight three games by 25-16, 25-18 and 25-17 to secure their spot in the semi-finals. Japan proved to be a much higher challenge for the Indians as they established their dominance with a 10-6 lead in the opening set. Japan who are ranked No. 1 in Asia showed their command and prowess by stretching their lead to 15-8.

bronze medal finish at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 after falling short in their semi-final clash against Chinese Taipei in Pyeongchang, the Republic of Korea, on Wednesday. The Indian men's table tennis team comprising a mix of experienced as well as youth talent of Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 0-3 in the final four. The two losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze medals at the competition.

Indian recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men's and women's team events at the World Cup Stage 4, here on Thursday. Indian men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke defeated Spain's Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez and Pablo Acha 6-2 (54-56, 57-55, 56-54, 57-55) in the bronze medal play-off.