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Police in Bengaluru have begun a probe into charges that Indian national hockey player Varun Kumar raped a woman when she was underage.

England came prepared for the usual trial by spin that greets touring cricket sides in India, but a “magical” seam-bowling masterclass by Jasprit Bumrah in Visakhapatnam saw their hopes of victory in the second Test vanish into thin air.

Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh opened up about sexism and misogyny in the sport after the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands last month.