Washington Sundar during a practice session ahead of the Test cricket match series against England, in U.K. @BCCI via PTI The unusually dry weather here, combined with England’s aggressive style of play, has increased expectations of a “good surface” for the opening Test against India beginning on Friday (June 20, 2025), Leeds head of grounds … Read more
Special feeling: U Mumba players savour their triumph. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI U Mumba TT didn’t have much time to recover after a thriller of a semifinal on Saturday night. The draw ended up being extremely challenging against it. Still, U Mumba overcame all the challenges to lay its hands on the coveted Ultimate … Read more
Sam Burns tees off on the 10th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club on June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. | Photo Credit: AP Sam Burns out-duelled fellow American J.J. Spaun down the stretch to grab a one-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the US … Read more
In the next 15 months, South Africa, World Test champions, play no series at home. This says something important about their win in the final at Lord’s where they beat Australia convincingly in what their low-key leader, Tenda Bavuma, the first Black man to captain the country called, “a win for the “small” teams. These … Read more
With over 13,000 Test runs, Root has the highest tally among active players. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images For well over a decade, Joe Root and Virat Kohli were spoken of as the best batters in the world. With Kohli now having retired from Test cricket, Root stated that he will “miss those … Read more
Rajkumar hit five fours and as many sixes in his blistering knock. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN R. Rajkumar’s blistering unbeaten 58 (24b, 5×4, 5×6) set up Trichy Grand Cholas’ 14-run win over Lyca Kovai Kings in a TNPL clash at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Tuesday. After a sudden downpour delayed the … Read more
Can Mohammed Siraj be the Scottie Pippen to Jasprit Bumrah’s Michael Jordan? India will need him to during this English summer. If Shubman Gill’s new-look Indian team has to go toe-to-toe against England, Siraj’s performances have to be nothing short of top-notch. Of all the Indian pacers who have boarded the flight for this five-match … Read more
Indian Railways has been crucial for providing financial security to sportspersons, especially women, and it has been a conscious decision on its part. “I think it’s a combination of being a good fit for women athletes and a conscious decision on our part. The working conditions with Railways is conducive for women, which makes it … Read more
In this image released by @BCCI via X, Jasprit Bumrah during a practice session ahead of the Test cricket match series against England, in UK. Photo: X/@BCCI via PTI Photo The peerless Jasprit Bumrah has revealed that he had ruled out Test captaincy during the IPL itself as part of his workload management, and had … Read more
Daily Quiz | On World Test Championship 2023-2025 Cycle A file image of England’s Gus Atkinson, who made his debut in the WTC cycle of 2023-25. Within 11 Test matches, he took five wickets in each innings and 12 wickets in his debut Test at Lord’s START THE QUIZ 1 / 9 | Who not … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to sanction four-day Tests for smaller nations in the 2027-29 World Test Championship cycle but India, Australia and England can still play the traditional five-day matches, according a report here. The move … Read more
Netherlands beats Nepal in historic T20 match with three super overs, securing victory with a six in the final over. Photo: X/@KNCBcricket The Netherlands beat Nepal after an incredible three super overs during a T20 International tri-series match in Glasgow, the first time in the history of T20 or List A cricket. Michael Levitt struck … Read more
Indian Test captain Shubman Gill during a practice session ahead of the Test cricket match series against England, in UK. Photo: @BCCI via PTI India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill is a mix of his predecessors Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli but he will be “very much his own man” in the middle when he … Read more
Krittwika Sinha Roy. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Krittwika Sinha Roy had to win only one of the three games against Yashaswini Ghorpade to make it a hat-trick of Ultimate Table Tennis final appearance for Dempo Goa Challengers. After losing the first two games, she trailed 10-6 in the third. Krittwika then staged a superb … Read more
The MCA Emerging Team members and office-bearers at a press briefing in Mumbai on June 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Promising all-rounder Suryansh Shedge will lead a 17-member Mumbai Emerging team on a four-week exposure tour to the United Kingdom, starting June 28. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) secretary Abhay Hadap announced the squad … Read more
The Financial Action Task Force is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog and sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities. File | Photo Credit: AP The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the apex inter-governmental anti-terror financing watchdog, has issued a statement condemning the Pahalgam terror attack, noting that it “could … Read more
Lokesh Raj, third left, is the toast of his teammates. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Four-time champion Chepauk Super Gillies edged defending champion Dindigul Dragons by a narrow eight-run margin, thanks to pacer T. D. Lokesh Raj’s stunning five for 13 in a gripping TNPL clash at the Salem Cricket Foundation ground here on … Read more
Just before the heavens opened up at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on the afternoon of June 29, 2024, a distraught Aiden Markram was subjected to a barrage of unpleasant queries on yet another heartbreak for South Africa. In the aftermath of a seven-run defeat to India in the T20 World Cup final, it was … Read more
Deepesh is the son of former Tamil Nadu player Devendran. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Having come close last year, Tamil Nadu’s D. Deepesh finally made it to the India under-19 squad on Monday when he was announced as one of the injury replacements for the tour of England later this month. The 17-year-old pacer … Read more
Sam Burns tees off on the 16th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. | Photo Credit: AP Sam Burns matched the third-best US Open round ever fired at Oakmont, shooting a five-under par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead … Read more
Panthers have officially written to TNPL CEO Prasanna Kannan that Ashwin and his team tampered with the ball during Saturday’s match. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN A fresh controversy has erupted in the TNPL, with Siechem Madurai Panthers levelling serious ball-tampering allegations against Dindigul Dragons and its captain R. Ashwin following Dragons’ nine-wicket victory … Read more
Making a point: Yashaswini held her nerve and blanked Krittwika to seal the deal. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Never had a team made a comeback after trailing 4-7 in an Ultimate Table Tennis knockout match. And never had U Mumba TT been able to breach the semifinal barrier in the first five editions. Both … Read more
Ankita Raina in partnership with Alice Robbe of France made the doubles final with a 7-5, 7-6(7) victory over the second seeds Gabriella Da Silva and Elena Micic of Australia in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Guimaraes, Portugal. In the final, the Indo-French pair will play the Japanese third seeds Hiromi Abe and … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a significant move, the BCCI has decided to conduct an additional bone test at the junior level to ensure that no cricketer misses out on playing an extra season due to the “+1 factor” that is currently added to the calculation, … Read more
A combined image of Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson | Photo Credit: PTI and Reuters The launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy for the upcoming Test series between India and England has been delayed due to the recent airline tragedy in Ahmedabad which led to 275 deaths. Previously called the Pataudi Trophy in honour of former … Read more
Clutch performance: Arya and Arjun beat the Chinese pair of Wang and Sheng in style. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta clinched the mixed air rifle gold by beating the Chinese pair of Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao 17-7 in the shooting World Cup that concluded in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. … Read more
Kanak Jha got Jaipur Patriots off to a flying start in the UTT semifinal against Dabang Delhi TTC, beating Quek Izaac. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It couldn’t get any closer. A battle of attrition that was stretched right down the wire saw Jaipur Patriots stun Dabang Delhi TTC and enter the final of the … Read more
As Temba Bavuma strolled the Lord’s outfield on Saturday afternoon, the mace in one hand and young son Lihle in his other arm, a sea of emotion would have swirled through his mind. Just moments previously, he had helped end years of heartbreak, masterminding an extraordinary five-wicket conquest of Australia in the final of the … Read more
Groomed in confidence: Sreeja, after missing the last season due to a stress fracture, has remained unbeaten in this campaign. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Almost a year ago, Sreeja Akula was flying high. While achieving a rare feat of an Indian paddler featuring in the singles round-of-16 at the Olympics (she and Manika Batra … Read more
Winning start: Pipers’ Walther relied on his experience to trump Ankur. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It was a battle between a side that had to win big to put other teams in contention for the knockouts under pressure and a team that was fighting to avoid the wooden spoon. While Kolkata ThunderBlades crumbled, Ahmedabad … Read more