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‘We will make Pickleball biggest sport after cricket’ - Times Group MD Vineet Jain at IPBL Auction 2025 opening
IPBL Auction 2025: Pickleball is stepping out of community courts to step straight into the national spotlight as India is gearing up to host its first-ever sanctioned national pickleball league, launched by The Times Group in partnership with the Indian Pickleball Association.The inaugural event will be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from December 1-7, featuring six teams — Mumbai Smashers, Bengaluru Blasters, Capital Warriors Gurgaon, Chennai Super Warriors, Hyderabad Royals, and Lucknow Leopards.Ahead of the player auction, the league has lined up over 50 elite players, including international talents like World No. 3 Quang Duong and US champion Megan Fudge, and Indian stars, including country’s No. 1 Aditya Ruhela.IPBL Auction 2025 Kicking off the IPBL Auction 2025 on Saturday (November 22), Times Group MD Vineet Jain, hailed pickleball as the "fastest-growing sport in the world" and expressed confidence in the league's success. He emphasized a shared mission to make the league a "massive success" and urged unity among the team owners.IPBL Auction 2025: Times Group MD Vineet Jain’s address"A big warm welcome to all our team owners and their amazing teams. Today’s auction is not an ordinary event — it’s a very special moment for the Indian Pickleball League, and I’m truly excited to see how each one of you helps shape the league going forward.Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the world as well as in India. With your passion, dedication, patience, and commitment, I’m confident that together we will make Pickleball the biggest sport after cricket.As you plan, strategise, and pick your players and teams, I wish all of you the very best. May you choose players who match your vibe and ambition. I know each one of you want to win; however, please remember that we are one big family with one common mission — to make the Indian Pickleball League a massive success.So let’s come together with the grace and power of royalty, the strength of warriors, and the agility of leopards to make Season One a smashing success. Here’s to having a blast as we create history together."Suryaveer Singh Bhullar, Indian Pickleball Association's President on IPBL Auction 2025Suryaveer Singh Bhullar, President of Indian Pickleball Association (IPA) said, “Leagues are so exciting and I can assure you all the excitement that you've seen here is only the tip of the iceberg. It's going to get more exciting and more energetic once you get to Delhi.”When asked about the future expansion of pickleball, Bhullar stressed, “Pickleball is on the rise. It's already the fastest growing sport in India and the world. So, I see the sport only growing year after year and I see the league getting bigger and making the sport bigger in India. I'm very confident that pickle ball is going to be the second largest sport after cricket in India.”“After the event on the 18t, there's been a huge demand of teams and there are so many people who have been reaching out to me and other people and I think they are going definitely going to be more teams next year,” IPA President added.PWR President Sameer Pathak on IPBL Auction 2025 About Indian Pickleball LeagueLaunched by The Times Group, the Indian Pickleball League (IPBL) is India’s official and only national league for Pickleball, sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association (IPA), which is recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. The Indian Pickleball Association is the official governing body for pickleball in India and is dedicated to promoting, developing, and organising the sport across the country.Set to debut from December 1, 2025 to December 7, 2025, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, the inaugural edition will establish Delhi as the epicentre of India’s next major sporting revolution. The event will bring together top Indian and international players, franchise-owned city teams, and millions of fans through live and digital platforms.
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It's official! India to host 2030 Commonwealth Games, Ahmedabad awarded hosting rights
Commonwealth Games 2030: Ahmedabad on Wednesday formally awarded hosting rights of 2030 Commonwealth Games by the event's governing body in Glasgow. Delegates of 74 Commonwealth member nations and territories ratified India's 2030 bid at Commonwealth Sport General Assembly. This development paves the way for the big event's return to India after two decades and bolstering its ambition to be an Olympic host in 2036. The 2030 Games will also reinforce India’s long-term ambition to become a global sporting hub. The event will serve as a catalyst for urban renewal, youth participation, and international collaboration in sport.India last hosted the Games in 2010 in Delhi but this time, the multi-sport event would be coming to Ahmedabad, a city that has upgraded its sports infrastructure at war footing in the last one decade. Delighted that India has won the bid to host the Centenary Commonwealth Games 2030!Congratulations to the people of India and the sporting ecosystem. It is our collective commitment and spirit of sportsmanship that has placed India firmly on the global sporting map.With the…— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 26, 2025 Wednesday's General Assembly went through the formality of putting a seal of approval on what has already been recommended by the Commonwealth Sport's Board. That recommendation followed a process overseen by the Commonwealth Sport's Evaluation Committee.Ahmedabad had recently hosted the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships and the city's sporting infrastructure is also being upgraded to successfully conduct big-ticket multi-sport competitions.The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave is one of the prime venues that is currently under construction and apart from the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, it is designed to house an aquatics centre and a football stadium along with two arenas for indoor sports.The 2026 CWG, which will be held in Glasgow, has been massively scaled down to prevent the budget from overshooting. The city, which intends to conduct the entire event within an eight-mile (approx 12km) radius, has kept the budget at a modest 114 million pounds (over Rs 1300 crore). PHOTO | Ahmedabad formally awarded hosting rights of 2030 Commonwealth Games by the event's governing body in Glasgow. Delegates of 74 Commonwealth member nations and territories ratify India's 2030 bid at Commonwealth Sport General Assembly.#2030CommonwealthGames #Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/86vFrHt6iT— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 26, 2025 As a result, some major disciplines like wrestling, shooting, badminton and hockey have been left out of the 10-sport roster.However, the IOA has made it clear that the 2030 Games will have an elaborate programme featuring all the disciplines that have been dropped by Glasgow."The plan is to have all our medal-earning sports like shooting, archery, wrestling etc. Our traditional sports like kabaddi, and kho kho should also be there," IOA joint secretary Kalyan Chaubey had said after an IOA SGM in Delhi in August.India had spent close to Rs 70,000 crore to host the 2010 edition of the Games, far exceeding the initial estimate of Rs 1600 crore. Athletes from 72 countries participate in the Commonwealth Games.
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Smriti Mandhana-Palash Muchhal Wedding News: Why Smriti Mandhana wedding has postponed? What her manager said
Smriti Mandhana-Palash Muchhal Wedding: The wedding of Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana and music composer-filmmaker Palash Muchhal, which was expected to take place in Sangli this Sunday, has been postponed indefinitely. Mandhana's manager Tuhin Mishra confirmed that her father is not well and the family has decided to postpone the ceremony.Smriti Mandhana-Palash Muchhal Wedding News: What her manager said?"This morning, while they were having breakfast, Smriti’s father, Shriniwas Mandhana, suddenly started feeling unwell. We waited for a while, hoping he might feel better, but his condition kept worsening. So we decided not to take any risk, called an ambulance, and took him to the hospital. He is currently under observation," Mishra told news agency PTI.More about the weddingMandhana, one of the most recognisable faces in Indian cricket and a recent World Cup champion, was set to marry Muchhal in a small ceremony attended only by close family and friends. The celebrations in Sangli continued throughout the week, giving fans glimpses of the typically quiet opener's pre-wedding bliss.Mandhana and Muchhal have been in a relationship since 2019, when they met through common friends in Mumbai's creative circles.The couple kept their relationship private for many years and balanced challenging careers—Mandhana led India on the global stage, and Muchhal carved out a niche for himself in films and music. They only made their relationship public in July 2024, on their fifth anniversary. Since then, the couple has shared few but memorable glimpses of their journey, including Muchhal's much-talked-about proposal at the DY Patil Stadium after India's World Cup win.The couple was scheduled to make their marriage official on November 23, 2025, a date they had chosen to begin their next chapter. Now that the ceremony has been postponed indefinitely, the family is prioritising Mandhana's father's health. Meanwhile, the couple has not yet issued a public statement.
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