Ajay Singh, who is also the managing director of SpiceJet Airlines, being felicitated after his re-election as President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) for a third consecutive term, in Gurugram, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Ajay Singh defeated Olympian boxer Jaslal Pradhan to be re-elected the Boxing Federation of India … Read more
South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke prepares to hit a shot during the second One Day International (ODI) cricket match between Australia and South Africa at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on August 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Matthew Breetzke slammed a superb 88 and speedster Lungi Ngidi claimed five wickets as South Africa … Read more
India’s Shreyas Iyer, plays a shot, during the India vs Australia 5th T20 match, at M Chinnaswamy stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on December 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor on Friday said the depth in India’s T20I squad for the Asia Cup allowed the national selectors to … Read more
Indian men’s T20 cricket team captain Suryakumar Yadav. | Photo Credit: PTI Former India opener Virender Sehwag has backed the current T20I team to win the upcoming Asia Cup under Suryakumar Yadav’s “fearless captaincy”. The continental tournament will be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28. India, who won the inaugural edition of … Read more
Raghvi Bist smashed 16 boundaries during her knock of 93. | Photo Credit: Cricket Australia website Middle-order batter Raghvi Bist hit a fighting 93 while tailender VJ Joshitha (51) produced a fine half-century to script India A’s comeback in the one-off Women’s unofficial Test as the visitors posted a competitive 299 before reducing Australia A … Read more
Gouher Sultana of India (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the fouth wicket of Dilani Manodarain in the first One Day International women’s cricket match against Sri Lanka at the ACA VDCA cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday January 19, 2013. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India woman left-arm spinner Gouher Sultana has retired from … Read more
Maharashtra will not host any game in the Pro Kabaddi League’s 12th edition but with the State being a kabaddi heartland and two of the fiercest rivals in the league hailing from the State, the PKL fever has caught up in Maharashtra. Sunil Kumar — the most successful PKL captain who will lead U Mumba … Read more
Krishna Kumar with his ward Khaleel Ahmed. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Jammu and Kashmir bowlers, led by left-arm spinners Vanshaj Sharma, Abid Mushtaq and leggie Abdul Samad, beat the bat consistently and were proving a big puzzle for the Railways batters on day two of their first round Buchi Babu contest recently. Just … Read more
Andre Siddarth scored 111 against Maharashtra. C. Andre Siddarth’s 111 and B. Indrajith’s 104 helped TNCA President’s XI post 384 for nine against Maharashtra on day one of a second-round match in the All India Buchi Babu invitational cricket tournament at the Gojan-B ground here on Friday. B. Indrajith made 104 against Maharashtra. Siddarth added … Read more
For the ongoing second edition of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), two new teams were added to the men’s competition to make it an eight-team affair. Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rohan Jaitley is hopeful about an expansion in the four-team women’s event also transpiring in the near future. “Once our talent pool … Read more
Indian great Viswanathan Anand will revive his iconic rivalry with Russian stalwart Garry Kasparov, while world champion D Gukesh will go up against familiar foe Magnus Carlsen in Clutch Chess exhibition matches come October in St Louis, USA. Kasparov and Anand last squared off in 2021 in the Croatia Rapid and Blitz competition at Zagreb … Read more
Mansour Alrashidi, champion Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Ali Ahmed Al-Ishaq, the skeet medallists in the Asian shooting championship in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Asian Games silver medallist Anantjeet Singh Naruka emerged the Asian champion in skeet as he beat Mansour Alrashidi of Kuwait 57-56 in the 16th Asian shooting championship in … Read more
A view of the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The stadium will host the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup matches that were originally scheduled to be played in Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Photo Credit: The Hindu Navi Mumbai has replaced Bengaluru as a venue to host the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, to … Read more
India will have no sporting bilateral link with Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Union Government has made a categorical policy that it would follow the Olympic charter for hosting or competing in multinational events, but would not have any sporting bilateral link with Pakistan in any part of the world. India will … Read more
Women’s Cricket World Cup: Navi Mumbai replaces Bengaluru as host city
Nikhat is among the four Indian women boxers to reach Sheffield. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images Even as the World championships-bound Indian boxers’ preparations have been impacted by a delay in the issuance of UK visas for a camp in Sheffield, the coaches are keen to make the most of the time left. … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for two slots in the men’s senior selection committee, one in junior selection panel and four members in the women’s senior selection panel. The deadline for the eligible candidates to … Read more
Excluded from India’s World Cup squad, Shafali Verma produced a 38-ball 35 before India Women’s A slipped to 93 for five against Australia on the rain-truncated first day of their unofficial Test despite, here on Thursday (August 21, 2025). Shafali provided a brisk start to the side hitting eight fours. Her knock was critical since … Read more
Sumit Malik lost 5-8 to European under-20 bronze medallist Magomed Ozdamirov in the 57kg freestyle final to take the silver medal at the World under-20 wrestling championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, on Tuesday. Women wrestlers Tapasya (57kg) and Srishti (68kg) reached their respective finals to ensure two more medals for India. Tapasya pinned Dolzhon Tsyngueva and France’s Romaissa El … Read more
Rashmika, who won the junior air pistol gold on Tuesday. Rashmika Sahgal and Kanak won the junior and youth gold medals in air pistol in the 16th Asian shooting championship on Tuesday. The best of Indian shooters found it hard to capture the gold in the main event, and double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker no … Read more
Ridhima. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is a lot of excitement among the leading women golfers in the country about the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) as they view it as the beginning of a new era that would ensure better funds, visibility and inclusivity along with the … Read more
A proposal to restructure the World Test Championship (WTC) into a two-tiered system, potentially dividing the 12 Test-playing nations into two groups of six teams, or into two groups of seven and five teams, is gaining traction. While some argue that this system could improve the quality of matches and increase competitiveness by having top … Read more
Ever since its inception in 1984, the Asia Cup has often been caught in the diplomatic crossfire which engulfs all talk pertaining to India and Pakistan. The imminent one commencing in the United Arab Emirates on September 9 is no exception. A fiery debate has commenced over whether India should play against Pakistan following the … Read more
File photo of Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa | Photo Credit: AP Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa outplayed World Champion D Gukesh in the opening round of the Sinquefield Cup Chess tournament to rise to the third position in live world rankings. He now shares the lead with the unstoppable Levon Aronian of United States, who outsmarted Nodirbek Abdusattorov of … Read more
Throughout the recently concluded Test tour of England, the one popular refrain was: Where is Kuldeep? In their collective wisdom, skipper Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir decided that Kuldeep Yadav, the left-arm wrist-spinner, had to be sacrificed at the altar of batting depth. There was a strong case for the 30-year-old starting the … Read more
B. Sachin | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM There is nothing more frustrating for a young cricketer than missing a whole season just when things are starting to align. Tamil Nadu’s B. Sachin has had to undergo one such trying phase. The 21-year-old made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 2023-24 season, but an ACL … Read more
Seeking a third consecutive term, Ajay Singh will have a straight fight with Olympian boxer Jaslal Pradhan for the president’s post in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, scheduled on Aug 21. As per the final list of contesting candidates published on Monday, Ajay Singh, representing the Uttarakhand association, will take on 1984 Olympian … Read more
The Ministry unveiled the new policy with regard to India’s international engagements with emphasis on Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India and Pakistan won’t engage in any bilateral sporting clash, but the cricket team will not be stopped from playing the multi-lateral Asia Cup next month, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday (August … Read more
Ajinkya Rahane with Mumbai during a Ranji Trophy match on February 21, 2025 | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane has stepped down as Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy captain to “groom a new leader” ahead of the upcoming season. He has, however, stressed that he will continue to don the team’s lion’s crest with … Read more
