Pacers fashion Grand Cholas’ win against Madurai Panthers

Rajkumar’s big-hitting helped Trichy Grand Cholas pull off a win against Siechem Madurai Panthers in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The maximum average bounce offered by the Chennai Super Kings ground for the pacers this season came to the fore on Wednesday, as … Read more

IND vs ENG Tests | Archer shouldn’t be rushed back to play 2nd Test: Vaughan

File picture of England bowler Jofra Archer stretching during the IPL | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Injury-prone Jofra Archer should not be rushed back to play in England’s second Test against India at Edgbaston despite the pace bowler’s recent comeback to red-ball cricket, feels former captain Michael Vaughan. Archer played in his first first-class … Read more

Aurionpro Grandmaster tournament – The Hindu

A passed pawn did the trick as Lalit Babu beat Levan Pantsulaia with black and emerged the champion with eight points from nine rounds in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre here on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Lalit was tied with Mamikon Gharibyan, who also capitalised on a passed pawn to prevail … Read more

Greg Chappell in awe of Pant’s batting

Rishabh Pant celebrates after reaching his century, his second century of the match during day four of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 23, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Greg Chappell, former Australia captain and former Indian men’s cricket coach, is thrilled with Rishabh … Read more

Rishabh Pant reaches career-high 7th in ICC Test rankings

Rishabh Pant, who became only the second wicketkeeper to hit two hundreds in the same match during the first Test of the five-match series, climbed one spot in the list. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant reached a career-high seventh in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters on Wednesday (June … Read more

National aquatics | Dhinidhi and Shoan bag top honours

Dhinidhi Desinghu gestures after win in the 200m freestyle final. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Teenage Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu and her Karnataka State-mate Shoan Ganguly secured women’s 200m freestyle and men’s 200m medley crowns respectively with ‘India best’ times in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Monday. Dhinidhi, who … Read more

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Test | Dinusha and fast bowlers restrict Bangladesh on truncated day one

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim during the first day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Debutant spinner Sonal Dinusha and fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando took two wickets each to … Read more

Pacers fashion Grand Cholas’ win against Madurai Panthers

Rajkumar’s big-hitting helped Trichy Grand Cholas pull off a win against Siechem Madurai Panthers in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The maximum average bounce offered by the Chennai Super Kings ground for the pacers this season came to the fore on Wednesday, as Athisayaraj Davidson … Read more

Book launch celebrating V.V. Kumar’s 90th birthday with anecdotes, tributes, and memories from former cricketers and personalities.

C. D. Gopinath presents a commemorative book to V. V. Kumar as part of his 90th birthday celebration. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran It was an evening of celebration, filled with fascinating anecdotes and a trip down memory lane during the launch of a book on former India leg-spinner V.V. Kumar to commemorate his 90th … Read more

Harbour Diamonds beats Rarh Tigers, books semifinal berth

Harbour Diamonds rode on Abhishek Raman’s 15-ball 32 to beat Shrachi Rarh Tigers by 18 runs in a rain-affected Bengal Pro T20 League match at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The win helped the team seal a berth in the semifinals with 10 points from seven matches. The scores: Men: Harbour Diamonds 87/8 in 9 overs … Read more

National aquatics championships | Rohit sets India best time en route 100m butterfly gold

Rohit broke Khade’s India best mark of and co-competitor Sajan’s four-year-old meet record.  | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Armed with his new-found mental strength, B. Benediction Rohit set a India best time on his way to claim the men’s 100m butterfly gold on the opening day of the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic … Read more

Stokes hails openers Crawley and Duckett

Ben Duckett’s century set the tone for England’s win in the first Test against India at Leeds. | Photo Credit: Reuters England skipper Ben Stokes hailed the roles of openers Zak Crawley (65, 126b, 7×4) and Ben Duckett (149, 170b, 21×4, 1×6) in the staggering five-wicket win over India in the Headingley Test here. The duo’s tone-setting … Read more

ENG vs IND Test series | Team India needs solutions, and quickly

Stronger together: Captain Gill will need more than just Bumrah magic for India to take 20 wickets. | Photo Credit: Getty Images   If victories confirm grand plans and strategies, defeats often force an almighty rethink. In that sense, India’s bruising five-wicket reverse to England in the first Test at Headingley here has understandably posed … Read more

India should play Kuldeep in second Test: Monty Panesar

Kuldeep Yadav in action. | Photo Credit: AP Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes it’s time for India to unleash Kuldeep Yadav at the expense of seam-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur in the second Test in Birmingham where spin is likely to play a bigger role. India lost the first Test on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) … Read more

West Indies begins a new era under Chase

Trial by fire: Chase’s first assignment as the WI captain will be against Australia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Roston Chase has two immediate puzzles to solve — find his groove in Test cricket and tame Australia in his first series as the new West Indies captain, and he is confident of achieving those twin … Read more

Asian under-23 championships – The Hindu

Indian freestyle wrestlers collected five more gold medals and a silver at the Asian under-23 championships on Saturday (June 21, 2025). Nikhil (61kg) beat Kazakhstan’s Merey Bazarbayev 7-2, Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) outclassed Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov 10-0, Jaideep (74kg) got the better of another Uzbek Zafarbek Otakhonov 7-0, Chandermohan (79kg) defeated Turkmenistan’s Alp Begenjov 5-2 and … Read more

Kumar — a master whose love for his craft was pure

At 90, Vaman Vishwanath Kumar’s passion for cricket remains, and of regrets there is no sign. At another time, perhaps in any other country, he might have had a long career as a leg spinner in the classical mould. When he made his debut against Pakistan with a five-wicket haul in 1960-61, chief selector Vijay … Read more

Mathews bows out as a stalwart who gave it his all for Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan was hoisted by his teammates on their shoulders amid raucous cheer from a captivated crowd when he signed off in Test cricket with 800 scalps and a resounding 10-wicket victory against a star-studded India in Galle in July 2010. When Kumar Sangakkara hung up his boots in August 2015, also against India in … Read more

Logo, mascot for World Para Athletics C’ships unveiled

With 100 days to go for the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the logo and mascot for the global event were unveiled by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) in New Delhi on Friday (June 20, 2025). The 12th edition of the tournament, which will be held from September 27 … Read more

Kerala Cricket League auction on July 5

Sanju Samson has been included in the initial draft of around 170 players. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The player auction for the second season of Kerala Cricket League (KCL) will be held here on July 5. Sanju Samson, who didn’t take part in the inaugural edition of KCL for personal reasons, … Read more