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The directive also aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Viksit Bharat’ vision, under which India aims to become one of the world’s top 10 sporting nations by 2036, the year it hopes to host the Olympic Games, and among the top five sporting powers by 2047, when the country marks 100 years of Independence.

A coalition of Western Massachusetts business leaders are urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to re-open a branch office in Springfield. The branch was closed in 2025 by order of the then Elon Musk-led Department of Governmental Efficiency.The coalition is spearheaded by the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council (EDC), and includes multiple local chambers of commerce and local entrepreneurs. In a letter sent to the SBA this week, the group argued that the office’s closure left the western part of the state without a key resource. “The absence of an SBA office in Springfield has substantially affected the Western Massachusetts…

AMESBURY, Mass. – 10 student-athletes from the Boston College men’s hockey team were named to the 2025-26 Hockey East All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office on Monday morning.   Each student-athlete who received the honor achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which he was actively competing.   Jan Korec was named to the Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team after posting the highest GPA at his position during the 2025-26 academic year. Will Traeger was recognized as a distinguished scholar having been to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in…

If you’re reading this Wednesday night, the Division 1 and 2 girls’ lacrosse champions are being crowned, the final seven softball semifinals are wrapping up — including an Attleboro-Central Catholic Division 1 showdown that was suspended after 10 innings due to darkness Tuesday — and the last two boys’ lacrosse finalists are being determined.The baseball championships are set for Polar Park on Friday and Saturday, the softball championships will be held those same days at Worcester State, the boys’ lacrosse finals are Friday and Saturday, also at Worcester State, the last two girls’ lacrosse finals are Thursday at Babson, the…

Boston Red Sox For the first few months of the season, a watchable Sox team seemed too much to ask. Caleb Durbin celebrates a Red Sox home run in the dugout with his teammates. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh By Chad Finn July 10, 2026 | 10:01 AM 4 minutes to read Playing nine innings while starting to forget what Triston Casas looks like … 1. The Red Sox’ recent excellent play, which includes six wins in a row and 11 in their last 13 games after Thursday’s win over the White Sox, was as welcome as it was unexpected. With…

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How France, Kylian Mbappe, beat Morocco to advance to World Cup semifinalsMbappe and the entire France men’s national team put on quite a show in 2-0 victory over Morocco.FOXBOROUGH, MA – France entered the 2026 World Cup as the prohibitive favorite to win it all.Les Bleus are now two wins away from making that a reality. France defeated Morocco 2-0 – a score that made the match appear closer than it was – in the first quarterfinal of the tournament Thursday and will face the winner of Spain-Belgium in the semifinals.Morocco tried its best to hang with France in a rematch…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday pledged to appeal a decision from President Donald Trump’s administration denying a request to declare the February blizzard that dumped more than 2 feet of snow a major disaster.State officials asked the federal government to formally declare the storm a major disaster in April. If granted, the request would have helped state agencies and local governments pay for snow removal and storm-related costs.The storm dumped record snow across Massachusetts, particularly on the South Coast, where some communities reported more than 3 feet of snow.The storm also knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of…

AMESBURY, Mass. – Sixteen Boston College women’s hockey student-athletes were named to the 2025-26 Hockey East All-Academic Team, the league announced.Jade Arnone, Bailey Callaway, Grace Campbell, Emma Conner, Shea Frost, Kara Goulding, Jamie Griswold, Kate Ham, Jansen Lucas, Olivia Maffeo, Emily Mara, Madelyn Murphy, Maude Niemann, Tricia Piku, Bella Pomarico and Maxim Tremblay represented the Eagles on this year’s list.Campbell and Goulding earned Distinguished Scholar honors, which recognizes student-athletes who have qualified for the All-Academic Team in each of four seasons of varsity play.Callaway, Ham and Pomarico earned the honor for the third time in their careers, while Maffeo was…

The Boston Bruins announced today that the team has signed forward Riley Duran to a one-year, two-way contract extension through the 2026-27 season with an NHL cap hit of $850,000. Duran, 24, appeared in 72 games with Providence during the 2025-26 season, recording seven goals and 12 assists for a career-high 19 points with a plus-19 rating. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound forward has skated in 143 career AHL games, all with Providence, totaling 21 goals and 18 assists for 39 points with a plus-23 rating. He made his NHL debut with Boston on April 10, 2025, and has played in two…